Reserve your vendor space now at the Bell County Senior Expo

Reserve your vendor space now at the Bell County Senior Expo

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Senior Expo time! We’ll Rock Around the 14th Annual Bell County Senior Expo on Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 from 8:00-1 in the Exposition Building at the Cadence Bank Center (Bell County Expo Center). All I Want for...
Belton area offers lineup of Easter-themed activities

Belton area offers lineup of Easter-themed activities

By LYNETTE SOWELL The Belton Journal The Belton area will be having a number of activities leading up to Easter, which is earlier than prior years, on Sunday, March 31. With Easter being earlier this year, some events will be held this weekend, and others next weekend...
BISD Penguin Project Presents Finding Nemo Jr. April 26-28th

BISD Penguin Project Presents Finding Nemo Jr. April 26-28th

By DAVID TUMA The Belton Journal    Jennifer Ramirez updated the Belton Lions Club on the second annual theater production through The Penguin Project.    This program uses special needs children and volunteers to produce a play. This year they will perform Finding...
Local merchants sell items ahead of total solar eclipse

Local merchants sell items ahead of total solar eclipse

By DAVID TUMA The Belton Journal There are several local merchants selling items for the solar eclipse on April 8th. This eclipse is a total eclipse which is a world event. Total solar eclipses happen, on average, every 18 months. But for a given spot on the planet,...
Lakewood Elementary  assistant principal receives grant

Lakewood Elementary assistant principal receives grant

Special to the Journal Lakewood Elementary School Assistant Principal Ashlie Thomas was surprised by the Education Service Center Region 12 Technology Foundation with a $12,940 grant on Tuesday morning. Thomas was one of nine Region 12 educators who are receiving over...
Belton celebrates new  mural downtown

Belton celebrates new mural downtown

By MIKE MYERS The Belton Journal Belton City Manager Sam Listi gets excited when he talks about Belton’s Beautification Committee and the progress they are making. The committee was developed in 2023 at the suggestion of then Mayor Wayne Carpenter. “I asked Sam Listi...