The Bell County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two senior citizens who they say pose a credible threat to their own health and safety.

Voters in several Texas cities have sought to decriminalize marijuana. However, their efforts have been met by reluctant city councils that say they can’t go against state law.

A report from Department of Family and Protective Services watchdogs paints a picture of a roughshod safety-net system that is unprepared to protect its youthful charges from predators and unable to keep them from endangering themselves.

Home to more than 260,000 people, the West Texas town of Lubbock is no stranger to passing local laws by petition. In 2021, residents overwhelmingly approved a local ban on abortion.

Bell County Court records show Brandon Michael Olivares of Killeen was sentenced on March 24 for the murder of 28-year-old Pfc. Brandon Rosecrans.

The COVID-19 pandemic also cut down on clinics’ revenue and underscored broadband access disparities in rural Texas, health care providers said in a conversation with The Texas Tribune.

A tornado was confirmed to have touched down in Salado on Tuesday afternoon and area residents have been posting photos and videos of the tornado on social media.

Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a storm system that’s expected to spawn more twisters and damaging winds.

Officials say several tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service have caused widespread damage in Central Texas north of Austin.

The doughnut district would be in Bell County, a traditionally red area that has trended blue in recent years as the diverse community around the nation’s biggest military installation grows.

A Fort Hood soldier who went under while trying to grab a floatation device at Stillhouse Hollow Lake over the weekend has been found dead.

An Army soldier has been arrested in connection with the 2019 death of his former girlfriend’s baby, Tempe police said Thursday.

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BELTON, Texas U.S. Army officials said Tuesday that a Fort Hood soldier drowned at the same lake near the Texas base where another soldier's body was found last month. Francisco Gilberto Hernandezvargas, 24, was recovered Sunday after he went underwater while being pulled on an inner tube behind a motorboat on Stillhouse Hollow Lake, according to Fort Hood officials. Fort Hood officials say they are cooperating with local authorities. Trump says hell help with funeral costs for slain soldier Vanessa GuillenHernandezvargas is at least the fourth Fort Hood soldier whose body has been found in recent months. According to a federal complaint, the 20-year-old was bludgeoned to death at the base by a fellow Fort Hood soldier who later killed himself.

BELL COUNTY, Texas Authorities are searching for a missing man near Stillhouse Hollow Lake, according to the Bell County Sheriffs Department. The incident happened Saturday afternoon in the area of Dana Peak Park on Stillhouse Lake. According to Lt. Bob Reinhard, the sheriffs department was alerted that a man, while riding an inner tube behind a boat, went under the water and did not resurface. The sheriffs department and Texas Parks and Wildlife searched the area where the man was last seen; however, he has not yet been located, officials said. The search for the man will resume on Sunday morning.

BELL COUNTY, Texas A 24-year-old mans body was recovered from Stillhouse Hollow Lake after he drowned on Saturday, according to the Bell County Sheriffs Department. Texas Parks and Wildlife continued their search for the man Sunday morning in the area of Dana Peak Park on Stillhouse Lake, where witnesses last reported seeing him. However, BCSD said it will launch a death investigation to learn more about the incident. The mans identity has not yet been released, pending notification of his family. RELATED: Search underway for missing man near Stillhouse Hollow Lake, officials say

AUSTIN, Texas U.S. Army officials on Tuesday said that the body of a Fort Hood soldier was found near the Texas army base, marking the third time in a month that a Fort Hood soldiers body has been discovered. Mejhor Morta, 26, was found unresponsive July 17 in the vicinity of Stillhouse Hollow Lake, according to Fort Hood officials. Morta's awards and decorations include the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon. Then on July 1, U.S. Army officials found more human remains, which were later identified as 20-year-old missing Fort Hood soldier Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, near the Leon River in Bell County, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Fort Hood.

The death of a Fort Hood soldier the third in the span of a month is consistent with a drowning, according to a preliminary autopsy report. The Bell County Sheriffs Office on Wednesday stated a full autopsy report has not been finished or released by the medical examiners office in Dallas, but a preliminary autopsy report suggests Pvt. His awards and decorations include the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon. Lawmakers call for military changes after Vanessa Guillens deathThe case of soldier Vanessa Guillen, 20 garnered national attention when she disappeared in April from Fort Hood. Another Fort Hood soldier, 24-year-old Gregory Morales disappeared in August.