KILLEEN, Texas – Members of the community gathered in Killeen on Wednesday to ensure that a U.S. Air Force veteran was not buried alone. An Unaccompanied Veteran Burial was held for Sgt. Paul Michael Sollars at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery where he received military honors. Sgt. Sollars served from October 1965 to February […]
Mar. 26—KILLEEN — At 11 a.m. sharp April 2, the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will conduct an Unaccompanied Veteran Burial for U.S. Army Veteran Private Kellie C.A. Mason. Born on October 5, 1966, Private Mason served from October 2001 to April 2009. Private Mason received the National Defense Service Medal and the Global War […]
Jan. 27—FORT GIBSON — Porter High School junior Addison Criner joined scores of others at the funeral of U.S. Air Force veteran Sgt. Darrin Thurman at Fort Gibson National Cemetery. “It was a very good opportunity to pay our respects to someone we didn’t know, but fought on our behalf, and didn’t know us,” Criner […]
The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or do not have a male guardian, according to a UN report. In one incident, officials from the Afghan vice and virtue ministry advised a woman to get married if she wanted to keep her job at a healthcare […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday. In one incident, officials from the Vice and Virtue Ministry advised a woman to get married if she wanted to keep her job […]
PARRISH, Fla. (WFLA) —It was a nightmare before Christmas for Parrish parents after their son was flown 1,200 miles south to Puerto Rico instead of 1,000 miles north to Cleveland. Logan Lose, 16, waved goodbye to his family last Friday at Tampa International Airport and headed to his flight to visit his mom for the […]
A Spirit Airlines agent who put a 6-year-old on the wrong flight during the holiday travel rush is no longer working for the company, the airline said. An internal investigation determined that a gate agent at Philadelphia International Airport incorrectly put the child on a plane to Orlando when he was meant to fly to […]
Spirit Airlines has apologized after it mistakenly put an unaccompanied child on the wrong flight during the holiday season travel rush. The child was supposed to fly from Philadelphia International Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers on Thursday. But the minor was “incorrectly boarded” on a flight to Orlando, according to the […]
On Thursday, Maria Ramos went to pick up her 6-year-old grandson at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers — only to be told that he was actually 160 miles away in Orlando. As reported by WINK-TV, a television station in Fort Myers, the child was an unaccompanied minor who had been traveling from Philadelphia […]
Spirit Airlines has apologized after it mistakenly put an unaccompanied child on the wrong flight during the holiday season travel rush. The child was supposed to fly from Philadelphia International Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers on Thursday. But the minor was “incorrectly boarded” on a flight to Orlando, according to the […]