Editor’s Note: This is the opinion of the Sports Editor and not of The Belton Journal newspaper. The 2020 National Football League Draft will be an event like no one has seen in some time. The event was set to…
0 Comments / 195 View / April 23, 2020
By now, people are looking forward to the beginning of the 2020 baseball season. People have bought tickets and some fans have even gone so far to book out of town trips to follow their teams on the road. Most…
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Jared Janczak has seen a ton of baseball in his young life in various cities. From Belton to Fort Worth and from Omaha to Goodyear, AZ, Janczak has taken the baseball train to many destinations around the country. Janczak, a…
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As Americans continue to pay high prescription medication prices, ScriptCo Pharmacy today announced the company is making prescription medications affordable to residents in Texas, Idaho, Massachusetts, and Nebraska. ScriptCo launched in October 2019 and currently serves dozens of members in…
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By Cassidy Pate, News Editor In line with the Local Disaster Declaration for Public Health Emergency associated with COVID-19, or coronavirus, published by Bell County Judge and County Emergency Management Director David Blackburn on Wednesday, Directive #2 has been issued…
0 Comments / 1427 View / March 20, 2020
While I have several feelings about how sports stopped on the international, professional, collegiate, and high school levels, there was one that kept creeping into my two broadcasts at the Jay Higgins Lake Highlands Classic last Thursday, March 12: uneasiness….
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By Cassidy Pate, News Editor Due to the development of five presumptive positive COVID-19, or coronavirus, cases in Bell County, Bell County Judge and County Emergency Management Director David Blackburn declared a local state of disaster, effective Wednesday at midnight….
0 Comments / 545 View / March 18, 2020
By Cassidy Pate, News Editor The second presumptive positive case of COVID-19, or coronavirus, has been identified in Belton, a press release from the Bell County Public Health District (BCPHD) said. The BCPHD is employing self-isolation protocol and contact tracing…
0 Comments / 565 View / March 16, 2020
By Cassidy Pate, News Editor In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus, and protect its students, faculty and community, Belton ISD has extended its spring break by one week. Classes are set to resume on Monday,…
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By Cassidy Pate, News Editor In response to the first presumptive positive case of COVID-19, or coronavirus, being identified in Belton, a situational update briefing was held at the Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) on Friday to inform and…
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