BELTON

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) Under sapphire blue skies that once held Columbia and her crew, President Bush paid tribute Tuesday to the shuttle

Temple College has drafted plans for its budget cuts, to meet Gov. Rick Perry

FORT HOOD

AUSTIN (AP)About 1,400 chronically ill Texas children suffering from diseases such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy would go without medical treatment under a Texas Department of Health proposal. The Children with Special Health Care Needs program provides health care to 4,000 chronically ill children who would otherwise go without treatment. The health department stopped enrolling children in the program when it predicted having a budget deficit. A waiting list with 1,400 names was created.

A month-long process finally concluded Tuesday, with the Temple school board

Many of Temple College

BELTON

More than 600 contestants will compete over the next four days for the rodeo bragging rights of Central Texas as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit comes to Belton. The Bell County PRCA Rodeo gets under way at 7 tonight at Bell County Expo Center and runs nightly through Saturday. Bad Company Rodeo, which annually puts on 25 rodeos and bull riding events across the Southwest, is in charge of the four-day competition for the eighth consecutive year.

Temple boys soccer coach Ciso Mosnia said there was one big question coming into Tuesday