Inside Killeen

The filing periods have begun for local elections, and things are already starting to heat up. Opinion editor Dave Miller joins the discussion about all things election related. Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Members of the KDH News crew talk about the top stories of 2025, how they were reported and how they impacted the community in the first episode of 2026 for the Inside Killeen podcast.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Cory with the Keys is an entrepreneur, hip-hop artist, and well-known social media personality in the Killeen area. He joins Inside Killeen to talk about his music and how he was able to turn his life around following a six-year sentence in the Texas prison system.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Dr. Lincoln Coffie is an entrepreneur, pastor and advocate for north Killeen, where he owns and runs several businesses, including a medical clinic. A Jamaican native, he spent several years in the U.S. illegally before earning his citizenship through the military and becoming a doctor.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support th...

The Killeen Chess Club, which meets weekly on Wednesdays at the Whataburger on Trimmier Road, is a staple of the city. George Miller, who regularly attends the chess club, talks about some of the club history and discusses with the Inside Killeen podcast some of the finer points of the game.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Suppo...

Inside Killeen is joined by James Sills, a Killeen resident since 1993. An advocate for better roads and well-planned growth in the city, Sills is a resident of Killeen's Donut Hole, an area of south Killeen where distrust and resentment of city politics runs deep.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

KDH staff talk about the uses and drawbacks of social media for journalism, and how Killeen-Fort Hood area Facebook pages and other platforms can influence local news. In one recent case,  a Harker Heights Police Department Facebook post showing an elderly man accused of shoplifting groceries had close to 1,000 comments, with many seeming to be on the accused shoplifter’s side. Send us a message....

Thanksgiving has come to pass in the Killeen area, but not before many organizations, churches, businesses and others opened their doors and their hearts to the less fortunate in the area by providing hot meals and messages of hope to the community. Here’s a recap of what happened with KDH News reporters who covered the meal giveaways and more in Killeen and Fort Hood. Send us a message. Let us kn...

Inside Killeen is joined by The Carlson Law Firm, one of several firms representing dozens, perhaps hundreds, of women who may have been victims of a Fort Hood doctor — an OB-GYN — who has been accused of inappropriately and covertly recording and photographing his female patients. The Army sent out about 1,400 letters to patients who may have been affected. Send us a message. Let us know what you...

Big moves by the Killeen Independent School District recently have been making headlines, including the naming of a new superintendent, King Davis, and the approval of a turnaround plan for failing schools. Inside Killeen hosts Jacob Brooks and Kevin Limiti talk to KDH News education reporter Ethan Housewright about the latest. Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or sugges...

Killeen Councilwoman Jessica Gonzalez discusses a variety of topics including downtown revitalization, street maintenance, the results of a citizen survey and SNAP benefits being taken away as a result of the government shutdown. Gonzalez is a life-long Killeen resident who represents District 1, which includes north Killeen, in the Killeen City Council. Send us a message. Let us know what you thi...

In this episode, Killeen Councilman Joseph Solomon talks about issues with food banks, responds to a city survey and says he is considering a potential run for mayor of Killeen. Solomon is a military veteran and has been active in the Killeen area for more than 30 years. He works as a campus pastor for the Christian House of Prayer and is the executive director of the Refuge Corporation, which is...

Longtime Killeen Councilman Jose Segarra is an Army veteran, business owner and former mayor. In this episode of Inside Killeen, he discusses a wide-ranging area of topics including downtown revitalization, homelessness and the state of the city's roads. Segarra, who grew up in Chicago, said he will "probably" run for Killeen mayor during the 2026 election.  Send us a message. Let u...

Pete Lopez Jr., originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., has been in law enforcement since 1987 and became the Killeen police chief in 2023. He talks with the Inside Killeen podcast on how KPD tackles crime and Killeen's perception as a crime-ridden city. Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Activity by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ramped up in the Killeen area recently with the arrest of a KIlleen school district employee and an increase of ICE air flights at the Killeen Regional Airport. KDH News journalists Kevin Limiti and Brent Johnson talk about their recent stories on the topic, and what may be coming up next.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think o...

Inside Killeen talks with Stars and Stripes reporter Rose Thayer and Brent Johnson, KDH military editor, about their coverage of Greville Clarke, who was a Fort Hood soldier convicted earlier this year of breaking into female barracks on post, and then torturing and raping his victims. Clarke, an Army sergeant at the time of his arrest, was sentenced to life in prison. He was found dead in his jai...

Inside Killeen talks with KDH News education reporter Ethan Housewright about a violent bullying case at Killeen High that fractured a boy’s orbital bone. Inside Killeen hosts Jacob Brooks and Kevin Limiti, along with reporter Jana Lynn Kilcrease, also talk about other cases involving bullying in Killeen, including a fatal stabbing, and what school officials and parents can do about it. Read Ethan...

Hosts Jacob Brooks and Kevin Limiti are joined by KDH News business and legislative reporter Joseph Bahr to discuss recent new regulations of the vaping market in Texas, as well as how it impacts the many vape shops in Killeen.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

KDH News journalists Jacob Brooks, Kevin Limiti, Brent Johnson and Erik Walsh talk about local reactions to the death of Charlie Kirk, a well-known political activist, who was assassinated in Utah on Sept. 10, 2025. Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Killeen Mayor Pro Tem Riakos Adams sat down with Inside Killeen last week to talk about some aspects of the newly adopted 2026 fiscal year budget.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Copperas cove ISD Superintendent Brent Hawkins is interviewed by KDH News Copperas Cove Editor Erik Walsh and KDH education reporter Ethan Housewright. Hawkins talked about everything from his nickname to the challenges of public school education in today’s world. He also talked about a major issue – a $165.7 million school bond – that Copperas Cove residents will vote on this November.  Send us a...

For nearly two months now, there has been a brewing scandal within the Copperas Cove Fire Department. Three firefighters have been fired and one resigned. One of the ex-firefighters has been charged with meth possession. KDH Managing Editor Jacob Brooks talks with co-host Kevin Limiti and Copperas Cove Editor Erik Walsh about the issue, which has sowed distrust in the Cove community. Send us a mes...

Suzanne Armour of Families in Crisis and Daelan Cheh, KDH intern reporter, discuss the homeless issue in Killeen and broad approaches to tackling the issue. Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Ethan Housewright, education reporter for KDH News, talks with host Kevin Limiti about education issues concerning Killeen ISD and the challenges of reporting on education. Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show

Bell County Commissioner Louie Minor, D-Killeen, and Brent Johnson, military editor for KDH News, talk about Immigration Customs and Enforcement in the Bell County area, and immigration issues more broadly.  Send us a message. Let us know what you think of the podcast or suggest a guest we should interview. Support the show