🌱 Robbery reported on West Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Harker Heights
Harker Heights, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readHey hey Harker Heights! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Robbery reported on West Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Harker Heights
- Harker Heights' Re'Shaun Sanford earns honors after injury comeback
- Jury convicts woman in Harker Heights daycare assault
Also on today's calendar: Forged Men's Breakfast and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
- Thursday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 77, low: 49.
- Friday: Pleasant with sunshine, with a high of 76 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Police reports: Assault of pregnant person in Killeen; firearm discharges in Copperas Cove; robbery in Harker Heights (kdhnews.com) — A robbery was reported Saturday morning in the 500 block of West Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Harker Heights. The area's latest police roundup also lists an aggravated assault arrest Friday on West FM 2410 and reports of vehicle burglaries on East Beeline Lane and East Central Texas Expressway. 
• Sanford Secures Comeback Player of the Week Honors (uhcougars.com) — Harker Heights native Re'Shaun Sanford II earned Comeback Player of the Week honors after rushing for 126 yards and a touchdown in Houston's win over Cincinnati. The junior missed last season with his second collegiate ACL injury, making this season's return especially meaningful after also losing his freshman season to injury.
• 3 Bell County cases result in convictions, including for injury to a child and arson (kdhnews.com) — A jury convicted Emily Celest Tudela Williams of injuring a child in a 2023 incident at a Harker Heights daycare on Mountain Lion Circle. Williams, 32, is scheduled for sentencing Jan. 15 after a three-day trial involving video evidence of her biting a 2-year-old's hand.
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Other local events
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MPR Coffee with Council Member →
Mary Ruth Briggs Library - City Hall, 8 Morgan's Point Blvd., Morgan's Point Resort
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Forged Men's Breakfast →
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Future Career Exploration for 4th-7th Grade Students
Alice W. Douse Elementary School, 700 Rebecca Lynn Lane, Killeen
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The Wellness Mixtape: Y2K Inspired Wellness Social →
701 Sun Meadow Drive, Harker Heights
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College & Career Planning: Paying for College
Killeen ISD Career Center, 1320 Stagecoach Dr., Killeen
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Forged Ignited →
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8:00 am
Friday November 13
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Tuesday November 17
Saturday November 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Miles for the Military 5K →
Killeen TX
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Veterans Day Parade (AVAC) →
City Hall, 101 North College Street, Killeen
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Community Town Hall - Optimization
Killeen ISD Killeen, TX 76543
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Paws for Reading →
Copper Mountain Branch Library, 3000 South WS Young Dr., Killeen
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Fall Night Market →
Killeen TX
5:00 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Gas is $2.
95 at the neighborhood Walmart in Harker Heights. (Nextdoor Skipcha South) - Santa for Seniors, we have begun our 8th annual gift drive.
Gift bags are for the residents of the Harker Heights Nursing & Rehab Center (formerly known as Indian Oaks). Please see items that will go in each… (Nextdoor Cedar Oaks)
- Today's Car Wash posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Harker Heights. Apply here.
- Sonic posted a job opening for Crew Member in Harker Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Harker Heights here.
🗞 Nearby News
Killeen
- Killeen ISD weighs school closures, rezoning as enrollment declines (kcentv.com)
- ‘If These Walls Could Talk' brings hidden struggles, healing to Killeen stage (kdhnews.com)
- Six residents displaced by fire at Killeen apartment complex (kcentv.com)
Fort Hood
- Passing Skills Down: Three Careers Built on Teaching (envzone.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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