The Federal Trade Commission has put a halt to Scott & White taking over King's Daughters Hospital.
Earlier in the year, King's Daughters Hospital board let it be known the hospital was in financial trouble and could no longer operate as community hospital. After looking for another health care system to merge with, or to take over the Temple facility, the KDH board OK'd a proposal by Scott & White to merge with the facility and convert it into a regional children's hospital.
Before Thursday, before a gunman killed 13 people and wounded 38, Fort Hood Police Department's Sgt. Kimberly Munley wrote on her twitter: "I live a good life ... a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life."
The 34-year-old civilian police officer was credited with stopping that gunman before he could kill more people.
KILLEEN - Quiet. Reclusive. Religious. Deadly.
One day after Maj. Nidal Hasan reportedly gunned down more than 40 people on Fort Hood, killing 13, neighbors and co-workers say the image of a mass murderer is a stark contrast to the demure man who moved here from the East Coast in July.
FORT HOOD - Fort Hood bristled with activity Friday as hundreds of reporters and dozens of satellite trucks descended on Fort Hood in the wake of a shooting incident Thursday that claimed the lives of 13 and hospitalized 30.
Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey addressed the group at Sadowski Parade Ground in front of III Corps Headquarters.
FORT HOOD - The justice of the peace who officially pronounced death on 12 soldiers and one civilian killed during a shooting spree Thursday at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center described the scene in one word: Carnage.
Justice of the Peace Garland Potvin said all the victims were killed in the lobby of the processing center, where paperwork was strewn all over the ground and furniture and partitions were turned over.
Many mourners came to Fort Hood on Friday night to join in a candlelight vigil in honor of the dead and wounded from Thursday's bloody attack on Fort Hood. (Mitch Green/Telegram)
For more details on the events of Fort Hood, or information on how you can help, please see the print version of the Temple Daily Telegram.
recent articles
Friday - Nov, 6
Thursday - Nov, 5
Wednesday - Nov, 4
special features
Backroads ArchiveTurn the pages in history with this weekly column dedicated to the rich past of Central Texas and surrounding communities.