A light, steady drizzle brought Temple an inch of rain on Friday and caused flooding in low-lying parts of Killeen. Fortunately, the temperature stayed well above freezing, with a low of 61 degrees. More rain may fall before it ends today, said Chief Meteorologist Andy Andersen of KCEN-TV, but the weather should stay warm, for January. The normal temperature for Jan. 16 is 34 degrees. The record was 17 degrees in 1982.

Scott and White received a remodeling permit this week for a project worth an estimated $3 million toward work on the second floor of its hospital

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Situations involving anthrax, West Nile virus, SARS, Monkeypox, influenza and mad cow disease since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have resulted in a time for incredible challenges for health as well as health care delivery and public health in the nation, along with around the world, an official with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in Temple. Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said these challenges have encouraged the agency to take a big view of what

With the filing deadline over and the U.S. Supreme Court refusing Friday to block the GOP-redistricting map from taking effect, the candidates and lines for District 31 are set for the March 9 primary elections. U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, retired Army Lt. Col. Wes Riddle of Belton and former Air Force Capt. Dirk Armbrust of Rosebud, filed for the Republican primary.

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The Temple girls soccer team achieved mixed results as it kicked off the Tem-Cat Invitational on Friday. The Tem-Cats lost their morning matchup with the Cedar Park Lady Timberwolves 4-1 at Woodson Field but bounced back to hand the Fort Bend Kempner Lady Cougars a 6-2 defeat in the afternoon at Korompai Soccer Complex.