Little River-Academy, Texas

Academy High School is a 3A public high school located in Little River, Texas, United States. It is part of the Academy Independent School District located in southern Bell County. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.

The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks - the North, Middle, and South Leon Rivers, which meet near Eastland and then run for around 185 miles (298 km) until it meets with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to form the Little River near Belton. Tributaries include Pecan Creek and Cowhouse Creek in Hamilton County, Texas.

The Lampasas River ( lam-PASS-əs) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The river originates near the city of Hamilton and travels southeast for 75 miles through central Texas to a man-made reservoir called Stillhouse Hollow Lake. The river flows about 100 miles southeast through Lampasas, Burnet, and Bell Counties. It continues for a short distance after the lake to converge with the Leon River to form the Little River (Texas) near Belton. The Lampasas River is the northernmost and westernmost river in the natural range of the American alligator, which is still found there. In June 2015, two men were arrested for shooting and killing an alligator that they found on the river.

Sparks is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

Heidenheimer is an unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 144 in 2000. The community is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Summers Mill, also spelled Sommers Mill, is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, only six people lived in the community in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

Central Texas Christian School (CTCS) is a private pre-K-12 Christian school in Temple, Texas whose goal is to graduate students who are academically and spiritually ready for leadership. CTCS is associated with the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).

Temple College is a public community college in Temple, Texas, with regional branch campuses at other locations in Central Texas.

Temple Mall is a regional shopping mall and trade area located in Temple, Texas. It contains four major department store anchors, and a total of 57 tenants comprising a total of approximately 555,400 square feet of gross leasable area. The anchor stores are Dillard's. Junior anchors are Planet Fitness and Premiere Cinemas. There are 3 vacant anchor store that were once Dillard's,JCPenney,and Steve & Barry's. Premiere Cinemas last day of operation was December 25th, 2022. Temple Mall is one of two regional malls in Bell County, with the other being Killeen Mall, in nearby Killeen, Texas. The Sears anchor store closed and was replaced in 1995 by Foley's. Foley's became Macy's in 2006. Macy's closed in 2016 and Dillard's closed their store across the mall and relocated to the former Macy's space in 2017.On December 17, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would closing in March 2021 as part of a plan to close 15 stores nationwide. After JCPenney closes, Dillard's will be the only traditional anchor store left. Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the mall in late October 2021.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple is a 636-bed multi-specialty teaching hospital located in Temple, Texas. The facility was founded in 1897, when Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh R. White Jr. opened the Temple Sanitarium in Temple, Texas. The group practice consists of over 800 physicians and scientists. The primary clinical teaching campus of Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Baylor Scott & White – Temple is ranked as one of the top 100 hospitals and one of the top 15 teaching hospitals in the United States by Thomson Reuters. Baylor Scott & White – Temple has 31 accredited residency and fellowship programs, including programs in emergency medicine, radiology and offers a well-established and respected chaplain resident program. In 2013, Scott & White merged with Baylor Health Care System to form Baylor Scott & White Health. In October 2018, Baylor Scott & White Health and Memorial Hermann announced their plan to merge.

KTEM (1400 AM), branded as "Newsradio 1400", is a radio station serving the Killeen-Temple, Texas, area with a News/Talk/Sports format. KTEM is under ownership of Townsquare Media, through licensee Townsquare Media Killeen-Temple License, LLC. Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Temple.

St. Mary's Catholic School or SMCS is a Roman Catholic co-educational school, PreK-8, located in Temple, Texas.