Belton La Quinta Inn & Suites wins  regional customer service award

Belton La Quinta Inn & Suites wins regional customer service award

By Michelle Rodriguez The Belton Journal The La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham located at 229 W. Loop 121 in Belton recently received an award for a wide region of hotels. “We are number 1 in the region out of 59 La Quinta Inn & Suites. The region is from...
Belton city council approves annual budget

Belton city council approves annual budget

By MIKE MYERS The Belton Journal Mike Rogers, Finance Director, presented the proposed fiscal year 2025 Annual City Budget to the Belton City Council, for a vote to be adopted on Tuesday night. The budget planning process commenced on Feb. 1, and is constructed on the...
Christmas on the Chisholm Trail accepting vendor applications

Christmas on the Chisholm Trail accepting vendor applications

By LYNETTE SOWELL The Belton Journal Non-food vendor applications are now being accepted for the annual Christmas on the Chisholm Trail, held in downtown Belton. This year’s festival will take place on Dec. 6-7, starting with the showing of the movie “Arthur...
UMHB’s presents annual 9/11 Memorial

UMHB’s presents annual 9/11 Memorial

Special to the Journal The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT-UMHB) announced they have planted 2,977 American flags at Luther Memorial on the UMHB campus to honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001. UMHB students helped...

Bell County lifts burn ban a month early

Special to the Journal After many areas of Bell County received beneficial rainfall over several days last week, Bell County Judge David Blackburn has issued an order lifting the Burn Ban. This order went into effect on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Judge Blackburn initially...