Temple News

TEMPLE, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry today visited with wounded victims from the Fort Hood shooting and said his conversations with the soldiers were "humbling." Perry was at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, where 10 wounded victims were taken following Thursday's shooting spree - allegedly by an officer.

George Stratton III was at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center Thursday when an explosive torrent of gunfire erupted behind him.

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice Also Included In: Medical Students / Training Article Date: 06 Nov 2009 "Work hard and persevere, and you can achieve most anything." That was the message of approximately 50 minority physicians and medical students to more than 450 minority and disadvantaged students Thursday in Houston.

The sun rises over the Scott & White hospital in Temple, Texas, Thursday Nov.6, 2009.

Sergeant Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer, was taking her vehicle to be serviced Thursday when the killing began.

Doctors and nurses at a hospital at Fort Hood described what they saw as those wounded in a massive shooting on the Army post rushed to them for help, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

The single gunman in the Fort Hood mass shooting is still alive, officials say. He was previously reported to have been shot dead by police forces.

People waited in line for hours Thursday evening to donate blood at a Temple hospital where 10 Fort Hood soldiers were being treated, some for multiple gunshot wounds.

There has been a shooting at Fort Hood military base in Texas today, with CNN reporting that twelve people are dead including one of the gunmen, with as many as 31 wounded.

At Dibz Restaurant in downtown Temple, you won't see hard liquor on the menu, but restaurant Manager Tootie Wingo said that could all soon change.

Running back Lache Seastrunk didn't make his schedule official visit to Oregon over the weekend.

Herald/CATRINA RAWSON Volunteers clean up the aftermath of a fire at Second Chance Animal Shelter Sunday in Killeen.

The Rappahannock Teen Abstinence Program recently honored local youths who submitted award-winning essays.

Herald/CATRINA RAWSON Aurora Yauk, 8, of Temple takes part in an audience participation activity as Lynn Watson, of the Lewisville Roughneck Gunslingers, demonstrates during the Salado Founders Day Festival Saturday in Salado.

Temple firefighters rescued a driver in a low water crossing Monday morning. The 27-year-old driver got stranded at a crossing near Wildflower Country Club.

" The 2009 Temple Christmas Parade will be held Monday December 7th at 6:30 P.M. The theme of this year's parade is "Christmas in the Forties," and it is not too late for Temple residents to get involved.

Temple firefighters were called out Monday morning to rescue a man stuck inside his vehicle from rising water.

Killeen police officers and a game warden made several attempts Saturday to stop a suicidal 27-year-old man from killing himself, but the man was able to elude authorities and fire a single shot that left him critically injured.

Two Temple residents, a husband and wife, ages 52 and 42, were walking through a neighborhood in the 1000 block of W. Avenue M when two black males approached them with a gun.

On Tuesday, October 13, the National Recreation & Parks Association recognized the finalists for this year's prestigious Gold Medal Award.