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Elementary students and their families are gearing up for the Walking School Bus. The Walking School Bus is a health and fitness program designed to encourage elementary children and their families to be more physically active by walking before school. The program will be in place at two Temple ISD elementary schools and two Belton ISD schools. "We want to get the word out about health and fitness,"...

February is Heart Month and Scott & White Hospital – Temple has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® Heart Attack Receiving Center Accreditation. The accreditation program — sponsored by the American Heart Association and the Society of Chest Pain Centers —recognizes centers that meet or exceed quality of care measures for patients experiencing the most severe...

The newest Art in the Park sculpture will decorate Temple’s Pepper Creek Trail. The new piece, a tortoise with two children will adorn the waterfall area on Pepper Creek Trail. On Saturday, February 25, at 10:00 a.m., a dedication will be held at the waterfall on Pepper Creek Trail (W. Hwy 2305) in Temple. We invite and encourage the public to attend the dedication.

It may seem like the dead of winter but now is the time to get busy in the landscape. Continue to gather fallen leaves to the lawn areas and mulch with the lawnmower to add micronutrients to the soil.  

The annual Big Bell County Garage Sale benefiting the Bell County Museum will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2012, from 9-4, at the Bell County Expo Center. A few booth spaces are now available to vendors and area non-profits.

Country-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Ely will light up the stage on February 25, 7:30pm at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple.

The United Way of Central Texas will be hosting a Small Business Blitz on Friday, February 17th as part of its ‘Blitz to the End Month.’

The concept of playing fantasy sports, essentially a game participated by individuals who act as team owners and compete against other teams, first came up as early as 1960; however it was during the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s that fantasy league sports grew in immense popularity. The concept of this game is pretty simple. You sign up for a league online in any chosen sport, whether it’s...

The young Texas Longhorn team (eleventh seed) appears to be up and ready for sixth seed Cincinnati in the East Regional NCAA Tournament. The game is scheduled for Friday, March 16, 2012 at 12:15pm in Nashville, TN. This is the 14th straight year that Rick Barnes has taken the Longhorns the NCAA March Madness. Even though the Longhorns have more than their share of freshmen, they have grown a lot...

Looks like the Aggies are down for the count in two major men's sports for the last games against "forever rival" UT.  In addition to winning the "last" football game, the 'horns came away winners from the "last" men's basketball game.

A Saturday 74-57victory for the Texas Longhorns over Texas Tech Red Raiders ended a two game losing streak.  The 'horns last two games had been against top teams and they took out their frustrations on the Big-12 team with the worst record - Tech.

Young Miguel Morin is being returned to his family after eight years of separation caused by a kidnapping in 2004. Miguel was 8 months old and being cared for by Krystle Tanner, his godmother as well as his babysitter, on the 2004 night when both disappeared. Although the police investigated the disappearance and a lead that the pair was in Texas, they were never found and the case was closed after...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the Federal Election Commission to use money left over from his failed Presidential campaign to form a Political Action Committee (PAC) or a Super PAC which would then be able to advertise for candidates of his choosing.

Michael Morton was wrongfully convicted in the 1986 murder of his wife but was exhonerated in October after DNA testing showed he did not commit the crime.  Former Williamson County District Attorney, Ken Anderson, now a District Court Judge,  has been accused of withholding crucial evidence and now faces a Texas Supreme Court inquiry into his conduct during and after the trial.

The Newt Gingrich GOP campaign had hinted Wednesday that he would be getting the nod from Donald Trump, but in an unexpected turn of events, Trump endorsed candidate Mitt Romney instead.  This comes after Trump had been critical of Romney, but says he has since “gotten to know” the candidate.

Tech has improved many area of our life.  We tend to think of “tech”  as major innovations in gadgets, particularly electronics.  However, the low-tech items of the 20th century remain critical to a well stocked first aid kit. A first aid kit comes handy in a variety of situations, whether at home or during travel. A prepackaged first-aid kit works best for travels, especially if...

There are scores of thousands of politicians in America from local office seekers to the federal government participants. Many of these are honest citizens on both sides of most issues that are seeking a better life for us from their perspective. Unfortunately, as these honest citizens progress up the ladder of success and reach for higher offices, some give in to the temptation to win at any cost.   This...