McLane Global, a Houston subsidiary of Temple-based McLane Co., is participating in an emergency hunger relief effort announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in mid-March.
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Bell County officials reported an eight-person jump in COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the total number of known infections to 36.
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Fort Hood officials issued a shelter-in-place order over the weekend and will be hosting a virtual Facebook town hall at 11 a.m. Tuesday to answer questions.
Amtrak announced Monday that the rail service would temporarily stop taking cash for tickets at Temple and other train stops across the system.
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In an abrupt turnaround, President Donald Trump extended lockdown measures across the United States as deaths in New York from the new coronavirus passed 1,000. Spain on Monday became the third country to surpass China in infections after the United States and Italy.
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Nesting is the new normal in Bell County amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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While COVID-19 keeps everyone cooped up at home, local entertainers, fitness experts and the like have resorted to reaching audiences solely through the internet.
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“Quarantine shaming” — calling out those not abiding by social distancing rules — is part of a new and startling reality for Americans who must navigate a world changed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NORFOLK, Va. — President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine as early as Saturday for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, though it wasn’t clear whether he had the power to order state residents to stay put.
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Three more cases of COVID-19 — all involving Killeen residents — moved the Bell County count up to 28, health officials reported Saturday.
Bell County superintendents are recognizing the importance of their Class of 2020 students — at a time when students are looking for messages of reassurance coming from their administrators.
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With a countywide shelter-in-place order keeping citizens home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, local churches are adjusting to an online existence and making the best of the unusual situation.
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A Salado couple is ecstatic to be back in the comfort of their own home after spending 14 days in isolation on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.
Janice Means, 83, and Victor Means, 86, returned home late Tuesday evening, but their journey back to Texas after testing negative for the COVID-19 virus didn’t come with ease.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening corona…
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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans rushed to build a makeshift hospital in its convention center Friday as troubling new outbreaks bubbled in the United States, deaths surged in Italy and Spain and the world warily trudged through the pandemic that has sickened more than a half-million people.
Academy Elementary students Bella Strickland, left, Paisleigh Williams and Preslynn Evans greet their teachers Friday afternoon on Worthing Drive during a car parade around the Academy school district. Academy ISD campuses are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, and students are usin…
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Some Bell County school districts have experienced an increase in student meal pickups with campuses closed due to COVID-19.
