BELTON — The past three years have been full of loss for the brother of a Fort Hood soldier who was murdered in 2020.

A case of a drug deal gone bad will be heard by a Bell County jury this week, as jury selection started for a 21-year-old Killeen woman accused of the shooting death of a Temple woman almost exactly three years ago.

A Killeen man was indicted on a murder charge Wednesday by a Bell County grand jury in connection with a Temple’s first homicide of 2023.

A Killeen man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a 24-year-old woman during an armed robbery in Harker Heights almost two years ago.

A Harker Heights man was indicted on a third-degree felony charge after he allegedly injured a police officer during a liquor store robbery in far West Temple.

A Temple man accused of secretly recording two teenagers and a senior woman in a bathroom last year now faces a child sex charge.

A Belton man faces a second-degree felony for allegedly threatening a father and his daughter with a gun.

Three weeks have passed since the jury selection process began in the trial of capital murder suspect Cedric Marks — a former mixed martial arts fighter who was arrested for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend, Jenna Scott, and her friend, Michael Swearingin, at a Killeen residence on Jan. 3, 2019.

A Belton man who stabbed a victim so violently that he was eviscerated was caught in the act by a roommate who fled into a wooded area and called 911, according to an arrest affidavit.

A Killeen woman who used a pair of scissors to stab her ex-boyfriend in the neck while he slept will be heading to prison for decades.

CAMERON — A Cameron man has received a lengthy prison sentence for a child sex crime, the Milam County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

A man involved in a domestic dispute allegedly gave his 8-year-old daughter a small bag of suspected drugs to dispose of.

A 22-year-old man faces a second-degree felony charge in connection with a knife attack on his Temple grandmother.

A Killeen man is charged with two second-degree felonies after he allegedly assaulted two Belton police officers during a stop.

A Temple 20-year-old is charged with a second-degree felony for allegedly shooting a man in November.

A Copperas Cove man faces a state jail felony after he was accused of stealing weapons from the parking lot of a Belton shooting range.

Ten Central Texas men — ranging in age from 23 to 77 — are charged with state jail felonies after they were arrested in a two-day human trafficking suppression operation, Bell County Sheriff’s Department officials said Saturday.

A Temple woman accused of throwing soup in the face of a restaurant employee has pleaded no contest in the case, court records show.

A Killeen motorist — arrested by Belton police for driving without a valid license or insurance — allegedly consumed a marijuana cigarette in a squad car.

CAMERON — A former Milam County commissioner received a one-day jail sentence and a fine after he pleaded to a misdemeanor charge, officials said.