News New plan for districts splits BellThe House Redistricting Committee passed a new congressional district map early Wednesday that splits Bell County into two districts, one stretching as far north as Tarrant County and the other as far south as Bexar County. The map by State Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, would place most of Bell County, including Temple and some of Fort Hood into a new District 17 with McLennan and Bosque counties, and a small chunk of Tarrant County. Also included in that district are Hamilton, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Somervell and a quarter of Falls County. State Rep. Dianne White Delisi, R-Temple, said she doesn |