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Tractor driven over 12 graves

By John McCusker

THE callous actions of two youths who went on a rampage in a graveyard causing mass dstruction has left families affected traumatised. The spree has been described as desecration on a large scale. Up to a dozen graves were wrecked after a tractor was driven through a cemetery at St Patrick's Church in Cranagh in the early hours of Monday morning. And as police launched a hunt for those who carried out the...>>> more

Widower's book charts 80 years of life in Beragh

by Ronan McSherry

Retired Beragh farmer Mick Grimes who lost three generations of his family in the Omagh bomb has published a book dedicated to all those killed in the atrocity on August 15, 1998. His wife Mary, granddaughter Maura and daughter Avril, who was pregnant with twins, went on a shopping trip to Omagh to celebrate Mary's 65th birthday. They never came home. Mary was never to see the flowers waiting on the kitchen...>>> more

McElduff defends his partisan stance in opposing RIR homecoming parade

BY MARK McKELVEY

WEST Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Barry McElduff caused uproar this week among the unionist community following comments opposing a proposed Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) homecoming parade from Afghanistan. With appearances on the Stephen Nolan show and stories on the front pages of regional daily newspapers regarding this, Mr McElduff had to ask, "Is anyone surprised that Sinn Féin, the Irish Republican...>>> more

Baby Katie making miraculous progress in Chicago

BY MARK McKELVEY

The good news about baby Katie's miraculous progress in Chicago keeps flooding back to Omagh in the weekly reports from her father Gary McCann. Katie started her intense physiotherapy on Monday at the pathways centre where Billy Caldwell has been receiving rehabilitation treatments since January. This was followed on Tuesday with speech and language therapy as the medical team tries to teach Katie how to...>>> more

Castlederg bus cut described as 'ludicrous'

BY MARK McKELVEY

Representatives from the Western Education and Library Board (WELB) hope to meet DUP Assembly Member Tom Buchanan to discuss his concerns about the proposed withdrawal of transport provision for some children attending Castlederg High School from September 2008. In recent criticism of the WELB's transport department regarding this issue Mr Buchanan condemning the proposals as "ludicrous" and expressed his...>>> more

Local family reject Zimbabwe suicide claim

By John McCusker

THE Omagh-born father of an award-winning photojournalist has refused to accept his son took his own life while on an undercover assignment in Zimbabwe. Richard Mills Jnr, 42, was working for The Times newspaper when his body was discovered on July 14. Although the cause of death was given as suicide, his family has rejected the official line given by authorities in the war-torn African country. Mr Mills had...>>> more

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