BELTON - A guilty conviction for three men who police say were involved in the shooting death of a Temple apartment manager could bring death sentences for two of them after a Bell County grand jury Wednesday indicted each man on capital murder charges.
It´s too early in the process to talk about whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty upon conviction, said Murff Bledsoe, first assistant district attorney. Capital murder convictions carry automatic life prison terms without the possibility of parole if the death penalty is not sought.
For some, the idealistic Currier and Ives images of wintry landscapes with people in horse-drawn carriages bundled up in jackets, scarves and blankets doesn´t elicit a sense of warmth and excitement of the season to come.
There are many in the community, especially the homeless, who view winter as a time of struggle just to stay warm.
The Temple Parks and Leisure Services department is going directly to the source to find out what kind of activities youth want to participate in.
The department recently formed a yet-to-be-named commission that will be made up of about 25 junior high and high school age residents.
WASHINGTON - The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions - but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.
Lawmakers have signaled their intent to craft health care legislation early next year, and the insurance industry´s support would make passage easier. That legislation is expected to closely track the proposals of President-elect Barack Obama. However, Obama separated himself from his Democratic challengers by opposing an individual mandate for adults to buy health insurance.
Area teenagers have a forum for their voices to be heard and their photos seen as the Underage Page returns to the Temple Daily Telegram today on page 4D.
The page, named by students who took part in a Telegram organizing event, carries on the tradition of earlier pages by area teens. It will run on Thursdays.
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