Killeen Daily Herald

WALL – The Ellison Lady Eagles suffered their second loss of the season and first since mid-November, 42-39 in overtime at Class 2A No. 5 Wall. Full Story »

HARKER HEIGHTS – As coach Shirretha Nelson put it Tuesday night, just two more to go. The Harker Heights girls basketball coach is referring to wins, as in her Lady Knights need just two more wins to match their total from all of last year. Full Story »

BELTON – The Killeen Lady Roos simply had no answer for Amber Peters. Belton's Peters scored 14 points in the second half Tuesday and led the Lady Tigers to a 54-52 win over Killeen at Belton High. Full Story »

One down, 44 to go. Killeen hit six of its first eight shots to rebound from its first home loss in four years with a 90-53 win over the Austin Crockett Cougars. Full Story »

"I thought it was real sloppy, I thought we could do a whole lot better," Jones said. "I'll take an 18-point win any day, but I thought we could have played a whole lot better and had a whole lot fewer turnovers." Full Story »

Following an ongoing investigation, two suspects were arrested at a Gatesville residence Monday on charges of manufacturing or delivering narcotics. Full Story »

Two conveniences stores were robbed about an hour apart early Tuesday morning. Killeen police were unsure if the robberies were related, police spokeswoman Carroll Smith said Tuesday. Full Story »

Cru Film students at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will give a Readers' Theater presentation of original short screenplays in Brindley Auditorium in York Hall at 7 p.m. today. Full Story »

COPPERAS COVE – With designs in hand, Copperas Cove ISD is weighing the first round of bids in plans for a new 800-student elementary school. Full Story »

BELTON – Belton Tomorrow, an economic development plan prepared for the city by the consulting firm AngelouEconomics, was adopted on Tuesday by the Belton City Council. Full Story »

Money does grow on trees for the Armed Services YMCA during its Christmas Festival of Trees fundraiser. The Armed Services YMCA raised about $33,000 during its Festival of Trees fundraiser Friday, said Tony Mino, Central Texas Armed Services YMCA executive director. Full Story »

Bell County's population grew by more than 47,000 people in the past eight years, making it the 12th fastest-growing county in Texas, County Judge Jon Burrows told the Harker Heights Kiwanis Club Tuesday. Full Story »

HARKER HEIGHTS – The City Council on Tuesday approved two contracts for city projects, each with a price tag of just under $1.5 million. Full Story »

Killeen City Council members officially appointed a new municipal court judge Tuesday, but not without resistance from Councilman Billy Workman. Full Story »

About 1,000 soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team are set to return this week to Fort Hood from Northern Iraq. About 350 are set to arrive 1:15 p.m. Thursday. Three welcome-home ceremonies are set for Friday. Full Story »

A cookie swap is a popular holiday gift giving tradition and the Herald is asking readers to join in this year. Send your favorite holiday cookie recipes to share with other readers on the Dec. 16 Taste page. Recipes must be received by Dec. 11 for consideration. Full Story »

The Central Texas College culinary arts/hospitality department will host the last Patio Café cuisine nights dining experience of the semester Friday. The menu will feature a Thai cuisine. Dinner will be served from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center (Building 106) cafeteria. Full Story »

As much as I love watching culinary competitions on television, reality TV can't compare to the real thing – because as I've always suspected, tasting the food is the best part. Full Story »

Due to a split vote Tuesday, the Killeen Independent School District pre-kindergarten program will remain a full-day, targeted service next school year. Full Story »

A collision on Interstate 35 in Lorena has shutdown traffic on both northbound and southbound lanes near exit 323, according to witness reports. Lorena Police Department is working the scene but has not released information on the crash yet. Full Story »

ROUND ROCK – Kenneth Black scored 15 points and the Round Rock Dragons held off the Shoemaker Grey Wolves 69-65 on Monday. Jade Allen and AJ McDonald each scored 16 points to lead Shoemaker (5-5). Anthony Gonzales finished with 10. Full Story »

IRVING – The Dallas Cowboys already have the December doldrums again, no matter how much coach Wade Phillips wants to avoid that kind of discussion. "Well, the facts are that we're 8-4," Phillips said Monday, trying to fire a preventive strike for the questions he knew were coming. Full Story »

COPPERAS COVE – The Copperas Cove Leader-Press is vacating its current home in downtown Copperas Cove, but an ongoing dispute with landlord Jack Smith continues over the cause of the move. Full Story »

As of Monday, the races in Coryell County are one-sided with no Democrats filing and a few Republicans taking on fellow party members. Full Story »

COPPERAS COVE – The Copperas Cove Independent School District board will consider setting a cap on the number of foreign exchange students in the district at tonight's meeting. Full Story »