Faced with growth in almost every area of the community, representatives from business, medical, education and government met this week at Temple College to establish a framework on which to plan for that growth. Full Story »
Red sumac is one of the more colorful species of foliage found in Central Texas. Sumac produces “the most brilliant reds I have ever seen,” said H. A. “Joe” Pase III, a Texas Forest Service forester and entomologist in Lufkin. Full Story »
United States Marine Lance Cpl. James White from the 2nd MEB, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion takes position Friday in the high grass during a patrol near Khan Nashin in the volatile province of Helmand, southern Afghanistan. Full Story »
Did you have polio? Sixty-five years ago, just at the end of World War II, the United States experienced one of the worse polio epidemics with an average of more than 20,000 cases annually from 1945 to 1949. Full Story »
The unemployment rate in the Temple metro area is about 3 percentage points lower than the national rate, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Full Story »
KABUL - President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces have theirs. Full Story »
Earlier this year, Mine Service of Rockdale built this entry to a defunct quarry near Lake Belton but could not begin operations because the city would not issue a permit. The company will present a new site plan to the city this week. Full Story »
Lt. Gen. Robert Cone laughs with his wife, Jill, when they talk about the first time they met in Austin. The couple got together while the newest commander of Fort Hood was first stationed at the Central Texas Army post in the early ’80s. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Full Story »
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Ed Johann will always remember the sound of planes diving out of the sky to bomb U.S. battleships, the explosions and the screams of sailors. He still recalls the stench of burning oil and flesh. Full Story »
More than a 100 years ago, Temple was in the grips of its own supernatural apparition, coming like a black-sheathed visage from another world. In fact, a Telegram staffer who was an eyewitness to the spook claimed it reminded him of "Count Dracula or the un-dead." Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates denied Sunday that President Barack Obama had set an "exit strategy" for Afghanistan, and he forecast that only a "handful" of U.S. troops might leave the country in July 2011, when a withdrawal is scheduled to begin. Full Story »
J.C. and Katie Cook may be world-record shoppers. The Comanche couple blew into town Wednesday morning and by noon were finished shopping for seven grandchildren. Full Story »
The Temple Christmas tree lighting and parade beings at 6:15 tonight at City Hall, and thousands of people are expected to attend. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Seven days cannot encapsulate the whole of a presidency, but the past week was a vivid illustration of the arc of President Barack Obama's first year in office. Full Story »
Santa, riding in an old-fashion fire truck driven by Thomas Pechal, arrives Monday night at the Municipal Building in downtown Temple during the city's annual Christmas parade. Full Story »
As President Obama considers how to create more jobs, he's being encouraged to look at the potential in the services sector of the economy - already the largest, employing 93 million Americans. Full Story »
Little Elm Valley Water Supply Corp. of Cameron recently spent $130,000 in upgrades at this facility at the Berger Road-Lower Troy Road intersection. Fred Afflerbach/Telegram Full Story »
Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Force, Iraq, visits with guests Monday night during the social hour of a dinner in Killeen sponsored by the Central Texas-Fort Hood chapter of the Association of the United States Army. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health. Full Story »
More than one in 10 Temple area employers expect to hire more workers in the first quarter next year, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey results released Tuesday. Full Story »
BELTON - Military officials have ruled on several motions filed on behalf of accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, his attorney John Galligan said Tuesday. Full Story »
Brittney Emerson serves customer Will Thomas at Best Buy. Seasonal employees like Emerson hope their job performance will mean they’ll be hired permanently after the holiday. Full Story »
A vociferous group of property owners at Tuesday night's Planning & Zoning Commission meeting persuaded the board to deny a mining company's request to open a controversial limestone quarry inside city limits, near the Texas 36 and 317 intersection. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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