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Killeen City Council narrowly OKs Danielle Singh as new assistant city manager
By a narrow 4-3 vote, the Killeen City Council voted Tuesday to approve Executive Director of Public Works Danielle Singh as the new assistant city manager.
Voting in favor of Singhâs appointment were Councilmembers Terry Clark, Steve Harris Debbie Nash-King and Ken Wilkerson.
Councilwoman Melissa Brown, Councilman Rick Williams and Councilwoman Shirley Fleming voted against the motion.
Singh will be filling the position that has been vacant since David Ellison retired in late October 2020.
Brown said it is not the councilâs job to approve someoneâs position because they like them and that there has been a breach of trust against the council, which had not been informed of the hire in advance by City Manager Kent Cagle.
Seven weeks later, the cause of the February Hilton Garden Inn fire may be lost in the hotelâs ashes after fire officials found no cause for the blaze.
On the evening of Feb. 19, the Hilton Garden Inn, located at 2704 O. W. Curry Drive in Killeen, was seen fully engulfed in flames as dozens of onlookers watched from the nearby Academy Sports and Outdoors parking lot.
At 8:27 p.m. Feb. 19, the Killeen Fire Department was sent to the hotel and upon arrival saw fire coming from the roof of the fourth floor of the building, according to a news release from the fire department.
Killeen man facing death penalty wants new lawyer
Another delay in the quest for a trial for Marvin Guy, accused of killing a Killeen detective, may be imminent, as Guyâs family said he is looking to seek new legal representation.
Guy, 56, is accused of shooting a Killeen Police Department detective, who later died, during a no-knock raid on Guyâs residence on Circle M Drive in 2014. Guy has claimed self-defense, saying that he did not know it was police entering his residence.
KPD SWAT Detective Charles âChuckâ Dinwiddie and three other officers were shot on May 9, 2014, and Dinwiddie died in a hospital two days later.
Two weeks later, questions remain surrounding the Hilton Garden Inn blaze that took place in Killeen on Feb. 19.
One hotel guest, Debbie Hargreaves, of Killeen, said fire alarms in the four-story hotel never sounded on the night of the massive blaze. She also said the owners of the building have yet to contact guests following the fire.
The Herald reached out to Hilton spokeswoman Lisa Cole about the alleged lack of communication Tuesday.
âHilton Garden Inn Killeen is an independently owned and operated property,â Cole said. âAs such, I am unable to speak on their behalf.â
The property is owned by Le Family LLC, according to the most recent record from the Bell County Appraisal District.