The Bell County Water Improvement and Control District No. 1, which provides drinking water for Killeen and other area cities, will need more than $170 million to fix the area’s
As the Killeen Independent School District continues to grow, the school board and district administration are faced with the task of ensuring the districtâs facilities keep up with the projected population increase.
Tuesday the Killeen ISD board of trustees met to compare transportation options to keep pace with the growing needs of the district.
Killeen Independent School District school buses depart the bus depot located off Atkinson Avenue in Killeen on Friday, March 28.By Lauren Dodd | Herald staff writer
The existing Main Transportation Facility, at 2301 Atkinson Ave., is at capacity, according to the district, with a total of 240 buses parked at the site. On the south side of town, the Sheridan Transportation Facility, located at 9132 Trimmier Road, is also at capacity, according to the district, with 110 buses parked at that location.
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UPDATE, 6:50 p.m.:Â The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of Central Texas until 10 p.m. tonight. The alerted area includes all of Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties.
A cold front that is expected to drop temperatures well below normal may be preceded by another round of potentially severe storms in the Killeen area.
The Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport has recorded nearly a quarter-inch of rain Sunday morning, according to data from the National Weather Service. We have a cold front that s making its way south, said Jason Godwin, meteorologist with the NWS. That front right now is actually just kind of hitting the west side of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex right now. It will probably be getting to the Killeen area around 5 or 6 (p.m.) tonight.
Frequent flashes of lightning brightened the sky Monday evening. Winds gusted as high as 25 mph in some places, and a swift moving storm system dropped more than an inch of rain in less than two hours.
Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport reported a total of 1.1 inches of rainfall from Mondayâs storms that sparked severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches across Central Texas.
The Killeen area reported 1.25 inches of rain during last weekâs storms.
Looking ahead, skies should stay sunny or mostly sunny through Friday. Residents could feel wind gusts as high as 30 mph Saturday.
High temperatures should remain in the mid- to upper-80s, the National Weather Service forecast shows.