By David Tuma Correspondent It took 36 years Belton got it done with the opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge connecting Main Street with Loop 121. It was almost a lifetime effort for former City Engineer Mack Parker…
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Special to The Belton Journal ESC Region 12 has named LaGay Pittenger, a fifth-grade teacher in Belton ISD,as the Region 12 Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Michael Chirhart, a high school science teacher in Hillsboro ISD, as the Region…
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By Katherine Gibbs Correspondent On June 30, the Belton Lions club met at the Gin for their weekly meeting and held their annual officer installation banquet. All of the previous officers were replaced with new members for the new year…
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By Tony Adams Sports Editor The 2016 Belton Tiger Football season ticket drive and advertising campaign is underway at the Belton Multipurpose Athletic Center. Season tickets are on sale at http://www.schedulefm.com/belton/stadium. At press time, 800 reserved seats remained (red seats…
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By David Tuma Publisher Medium home sales prices are up 23 percent from last year. Retail sales continue to go up and down for the year. In April sales tax rebates were down 7 percent. For the month of June…
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By Lindsay Starr Platt Correspondent Friday night at the Gin at Nolan Creek an Independence Day celebration got started a little early. Another country that also earned their freedom from Britain is Canada. The celebration is known as Canada Day…
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By David Tuma Publisher The City of Belton is planning to expand their sewer line network along IH-35 to the Lampasas River. Earlier this year Belton’s city staff attended a Texas Municipal League Annexation Conference in May. It was recommended…
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By Lindsay Starr Platt Correspondent First Baptist Belton church hosted its annual “God and Country” concert for the 45th year on Sunday. The church had 1,000 seats available and it was a full house and a few standing still to…
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By Katherine Gibbs Correspondent In honor of our nation’s 240 anniversary the Texas criminal defense lawyers association organized a reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Bell County courthouse on July 1. The reading started in 2010 with just…
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By Katherine Gibbs Correspondent Tradition. That is what the Belton parade means for a lot of people. Most of the spectators have been coming since they were kids and now they bring their own families to carry on that tradition….
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