TEMPLE, Texas —
Local News
Killeen firefighters worked for 30 minutes to put out a fire at a fourplex in Killeen around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. No injuries were reported and the 14 residents have been displaced from their home. Officials know the cause of the fire.
Kerry Sloan, a 56-year-old private track coach and retired U.S. Army sergeant first class from Killeen, said in a plea agreement that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl during an out-of-state trip, according to the Department of Justice in a press release. You can read the full statement here and what's next for Sloan.
Jonathan Scott, the father of a Jenna Scott, a Temple woman who was killed after she was denied a protective order against a man now charged with murder, has started a petition calling for changes to Texas protective order laws. The petition was published online Monday and now has over 1,500 signatures.
KCEN Channel 6 covered this story from start to finish. Here's how Jonathan Scott led to this decision.
The Waco Independent School District Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, where its possible an interim superintendent will be named. This comes a week after the resignation of Dr. Marcus Nelson after he was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana charge on March 6. Here's the latest from Waco, and a rundown of what's on the board's agenda for the meeting.
Texas & Beyond
Michael Center, the former University of Texas head tennis coach, is due in court Thursday and expected to plead not guilty for his alleged role in the college admissions scandal. Center was fired from his position for allegedly agreeing to accept $100,000 from a bribe in exchange to designate a student as a recruit for the tennis team. Read more.
Sorry, Texans. The winning $768.4 million Powerball ticket was sold in Wisconsin, and tickets worth $2 million and $1 million were also sold in a number of other states. Better luck next time!
Treat yourself to a nice day outdoors, Central Texas.