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...
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...
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...
By Michelle Rodriguez The Belton Journal Michael Wagner is a local author and military historian who works at The Hop. “I’ve worked there since 2009,” said Wagner. He lives in Temple with his wife, Carolyn. He’s also a veteran, having served in the United States Air...
By MIKE MYERS The Belton Journal The HOP – Hill Country Transit District held a ribbon cutting in Belton on Friday to launch its final testing and rehearsal of their new Microtransit System. Service changes began on September 3rd, when the new vans literally...
By MIKE MYERS The Belton Journal The unofficial end of summer was marked by a four-day run of the Central Texas State Fair held at the Cadence Bank Center in Belton. The popular fair was held on Labor Day weekend, August 29th thru September 2nd. As fairgoers...