Showing posts with label Killeen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Killeen. Show all posts

Friday, May 1, 2009

Killeen to be the home of new A&M campus

From News 8 Austin, May 1, 2009...

Fort Hood Thursday transferred 662 acres of land to the Texas A&M University System for a new campus.

It's a big donation that will bring in all kinds of benefits and something that has college students like Courtney Simpson excited.

"I think it'll definitely bring more diversity in the area, which we already do have a large diversity with Fort Hood being here and the soldiers, but I just think it'll bring more students here and more activities," she said.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Killeen trash won't go to Williamson County landfill

From statesman.com, August 6, 2008...

Williamson County's landfill operator announced Tuesday that it has abandoned plans to bring up to 100,000 tons of trash annually from Killeen to the landfill.

Instead, Waste Management of Texas said the trash will go to the City of Temple landfill, which it operates for the city.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Serial Bank Robber Hunted By FBI

From KXXV.com, July 13, 2008...

For more than four years, he's eluded authorities, who believe he's robbed at least thirteen banks in Texas, and made off with more than a million dollars. The FBI calls himi the "Interstate Bandit", because most of those hold-ups have been at the small and mid-size banks along Interstates 35, 45 and 20. The FBI says he's acting alone, he's getting more brazen, and he's never been close to getting caught.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Williamson County's landfill could start taking Killeen's waste

From statesman.com, May 30, 2008...

The amount of waste coming into Williamson County's controversial landfill could increase dramatically under an proposed agreement between the City of Killeen and the landfill's operator, Waste Management of Texas.

The Killeen City Council gave the go-ahead Tuesday for the city to negotiate a contract with Waste Management to send the roughly 100,000 tons of waste that Killeen produces each year to Williamson County's landfill. Last year, the landfill took in 250,000 tons of waste from Williamson County, parts of Travis County and Salado, said Don Smith, Waste Management's Central Texas general manager.

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