More COVID-19 Coverage

Staffing issues at Temple hospitals and emergency medical services are a challenge during COVID-19, officials said.

High demand at the Wilson Park vaccine and testing site prompted Temple officials to expand the service through January.

Temple’s annual parade celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. is now canceled following concerns over the spread of highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19.

The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation's COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job.

A garage sale fundraiser scheduled Saturday by the Greater Zion Temple Church of God in Christ Women’s Department has been canceled.

The Bell County Public Health District on Wednesday upgraded the COVID-19 threat level as severe uncontrolled community transmission prompted a rapidly increasing positivity rate and surge in hospitalizations.

Temple residents were not deterred by the cold nor rain Tuesday morning as lines of cars at Wilson Park wrapped around Avenue H for vaccinations and testing.

The city of Temple will join forces with Temple Fire & Rescue and the Texas National Guard to host a COVID-19 testing and vaccination site at Wilson Park starting Tuesday.

As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free to people to use at home. But despite high public demand for tests, it will still be several more weeks before these kits are available …

WASHINGTON — Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. The court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate fo…

The Bell County Public Health District recorded five new COVID-19 deaths — including two in Temple — on its dashboard Friday.

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently shortened its recommended quarantine period for individuals infected with COVID-19 to five days, Temple ISD will return to a required 10-day quarantine period next week.

Belton City Council will hold a second public hearing on amendments to its Thoroughfare Plan, a thoroughly-devised framework for future roadways, during its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday.

The number of COVID-19 related deaths in the county increased by two this week as active cases continue to rise.

Cases of COVID-19 continued to skyrocket Monday, increasing by more than 200% compared to last week.