Community leaders and area volunteers mingled in a room filled with scrapbooks and old photographs depicting 100 years of Temple history.
The 300 or so people were gathered Friday night at the Frank W. Mayborn Convention and Civic Center to support the Temple Chamber of Commerce and celebrate a century BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In perhaps the boldest and most sophisticated attack in four years of warfare, gunmen speaking English, wearing U.S. military uniforms and carrying American weapons abducted four U.S. soldiers last week at the provincial headquarters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala and then shot them to death.
The U.S. military confirmed a report earlier Friday by The Associated Press that three of the soldiers were dead and one was mortally wounded with a gunshot to the head when they were found in a neighboring province, about 25 miles from the compound where they were captured. A fifth soldier was killed in the initial attack on the compound.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Iran plans to begin work next month on an underground uranium enrichment facility, as part of a plan to create a network of tens of thousands of machines turning out material that could be used to make nuclear arms, U.N. officials said Friday.
The officials AUSTIN (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry and several state lawmakers met with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt on Friday to discuss plans to restructure Texas
The city of Temple hopes to keep dialog flowing with the city of Belton, but with Temple still working on its growth management plan, discussions on potential annexation and related land exchanges might have to become part negotiations in the future, Temple Mayor Bill Jones III said on Friday.
A letter from Temple City Manager David Blackburn to Belton City Manager Sam Listi indicated that for the time being at least, both cities might simply agree to disagree for the time being regarding an annexation agreement.
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sportsArmed with the experience of advancing to the NJCAA Division I World Series last season, the Temple College baseball team knows it needs to play its best in April and May - not late January.
That said, the Leopards must be encouraged by their season-opening performance against Galveston College.
BELTON - To say that this week was a downer for the Belton girls basketball team might be a gigantic understatement. A person wanting it stricken from the master 2007 calendar wouldn
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Serena Williams won her eighth and most improbable Grand Slam title, overwhelming top-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2 in the Australian Open women
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obituariesfuneral noticesDITTO, Florence, 88, Cameron, 11 a.m., First Baptist Church, Gause. Burial in Gause Cemetery. Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home, Rockdale, in charge.
GRIESBAUM, Michael, 50, Kempner, 11 a.m., Clear Creek Baptist Church, Kempner. The body will be cremated. Sheppard Funeral Home, Copperas Cove, in charge.
LANGSTON, Dorothy Dell, 86, Belton, 10 a.m., Heartfield Funeral Home, Belton. Burial in North Belton Cemetery.
LEVI, William I., 73, Killeen, 2 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Killeen. Burial at a later date in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Harper-Talasek Funeral Home, Killeen, in charge.
LOWREY, Gerald Don, 59, Temple, 11 a.m., Bellwood Memorial Park. Scanio-Harper Funeral Home, Temple, in charge.
LUSTY, Leo Jr., 61, Lott, 1 p.m., Wallace Creek Cemetery. Howell-Doran Funeral Home, San Saba, in charge.
RUSH, Rebecca Nan, 48, Belton, 2 p.m., Heartfield Funeral Home, Belton. Burial in North Belton Cemetery.
STEVENSON, Jeremiah Cecil, infant son of Delton C. and Schlitzala D. Stevenson, Fort Hood, 11 a.m., Suburban Funeral Home, North Charleston, S.C. Burial in Low Botton Family Cemetery, Ridgeland, S.C.
WILLER, Ada Beatrice, 73, Killeen, 1 p.m., St. Paul Baptist Inc. Church, Leesville, La. Burial in Leesville Memorial Garden. Chisolm |
