WACO, Texas — A shootout among rival motorcycle gangs at a popular Central Texas restaurant left nine bikers dead and 18 injured, and it sent panicked patrons and bystanders fleeing for safety, a police spokesman said Sunday. The violence erupted shortly after noon at a busy Waco shopping center along Interstate 35 that draws a […]
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Robert H. Rawson
1941 – 2015 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Robert H. Rawson, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed on to his next adventure on Monday, April 27. Bob was born April 24, 1941, to William Whitney Rawson Sr. and Elizabeth White Rawson of Auburn. He was a graduate of St. Dominic High School and achieved Eagle Scout prior […]
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Gerard ‘Jerry’ Roy
1935 – 2015 WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Gerard R. Roy, 80, of Broomfield, Colo., passed away on Monday, April 27, from a long, lingering illness. He was born in Lewiston on Jan. 6, 1935, the son of Ovila and Annette Marcotte Roy. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1952 and married the love of his […]
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Crews search for missing after tornadoes hit Texas, Arkansas
VAN, Texas — Emergency responders searched through wreckage in parts of Texas and Arkansas early Monday after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities, killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others. As many as 10 people were still missing at daybreak, raising the possibility that the number of dead could climb. […]
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Video: Tornado rolls across Texas plains
As storms developed Tuesday across the Great Plains to North Texas, a tornado was spotted in Ralls, Texas, and captured on a camera on a police cruiser.
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Former House Speaker Jim Wright dies at age 92
DALLAS — Former House Speaker Jim Wright, the longtime Texas Democrat who became the first speaker in history to be driven out of office in midterm, has died. He was 92. Wright, who had been living in a nursing home in Fort Worth, died early Wednesday morning, according to the Harveson and Cole funeral home […]
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Video: FBI searches Phoenix home in Texas prophet contest shooting
GARLAND, Texas — Federal agents searched an apartment in Phoenix in an investigation into a shooting outside a suburban Dallas venue hosting a provocative contest for Prophet Muhammad cartoons, the FBI confirmed Monday. Police officers shot and killed two gunmen who opened fire on a security officer outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland on […]
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Janet Swinchatt
1933 – 2015 TOPSHAM — Jan Swinchatt, beloved wife of Peter and mother of Tom, Karen and Jeff, passed on Friday, April 10, at Mass General Hospital due to a severe case of interstitial lung disease. Jan was born in Lewiston on June 30, 1933, to parents Margaret and Frank Bean. She grew up at […]
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Muriel Knowles
1924 – 2015 BRUNSWICK — Muriel Knowles passed away on Tuesday, April 7, in the manner in which she lived: strong, independent and peaceful. Born Jan. 30, 1924, in Greene, Muriel commenced her life in education as a student in Greene’s one-room Morse School, where she attended kindergarten through eighth grade with her brothers and […]
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James E. Verrill
1946 – 2015 AUBURN — James E. Verrill, 68, a resident of Sabattus Street in Lewiston, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14, at the Androscoggin Hospice House with his loving family by his side, after a long illness. He was born in Lewiston on Dec. 8, 1946, the son of Charles and Magdalyn (Orlandini) […]