Inside Killeen
Inside Killeen is a podcast about news, events and politics in the Killeen-Fort Hood area. A production of KDH News, the podcast is recorded weekly from the Newsroom of the Killeen Daily Herald. Read more about the articles we talk about at kdhnews.com. Email us at news@kdhnews.com.
Episodes
29 episodes
Cory with the Keys
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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32:38
Dr. Lincoln Coffie
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:01:25
Killeen Chess Club
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 Kille...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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26:50
Killeen's Donut Hole
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 cit...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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47:52
Killeen Social Media
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 s...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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50:04
Killeen-Fort Hood Thanksgiving
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 commu...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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25:02
Fort Hood Doctor Investigation
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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45:44
Killeen ISD Education News Update
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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37:03
Councilwoman Jessica Gonzalez
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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53:39
Councilman Joseph Solomon
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 a...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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33:41
Councilman Jose Segarra
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 cit...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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43:51
Killeen Police Chief
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 cit...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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47:53
More ICE in Killeen Area
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 K...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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53:52
Fort Hood’s Serial Rapist
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, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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44:42
Bullying at Killeen Schools
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 Kilcrea...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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47:10
Killeen Vape Shops
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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37:41
The Death of Charlie Kirk
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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47:00
Killeen City Budget
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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30:54
Education in Copperas Cove
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 educati...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:04:50
Cove FD Investigation
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 Jac...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:13
Unhoused in Killeen
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:29
Killeen ISD and Education Reporting
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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27:24
ICE in Killeen Area
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:35