Kansas soldier killed

An Army staff sergeant from Overland Park, Kan., was reported Tuesday as one of the latest casualties in Iraq.

Army Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Zeigler, 31, was one of two soldiers killed Saturday in Baghdad by an explosive. He was assigned to the Army’s 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

As of Tuesday, at least 2,601 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.