COPPERAS COVE - Authorities believe the armed robbery of the Guaranty Bank in Temple two weeks ago and a similar robbery Wednesday in Copperas Cove may have been the work of the same man. “We sent an investigator there to work with the FBI,” Temple police spokesman Sgt. Allen Teston said.

BELTON - The former owner of Sheffield Funeral Home is scheduled to enter a guilty plea Jan. 30 on a charge that he misused more than $200,000 that a woman had willed to charity, according to Bell County documents. Hall Wade Sheffield, 69, was the executor for the will of Vida C. Miller, who died of breast cancer on Nov. 21, 1998. He was indicted in May by a Bell County grand jury on a charge of misapplication of fiduciary property.

NEW YORK - With oil having briefly touched the once unfathomable price of $100 a barrel, consumers can expect the cost of filling their gas tanks, heating their homes - in fact, the price of most everything - to also keep rising. Still, analysts don´t expect record-high prices by themselves to send the economy into recession, simply because expensive as oil is, energy doesn´t consume as big a chunk of Americans´ budget as it did decades ago.

BELTON - With four Republicans vying for the District 55 seat in the state House of Representatives there is a good chance a runoff election will be necessary after the Republican primary on March 4. Republican Party Chairwoman Nancy Boston said voters should anticipate a runoff.

BELTON - Things are changing for Blair Heitmiller. The second of five children (four daughters and a son) born to Kyle and Pam Heitmiller, Blair has spent most of her life surrounded by two things - peers and sports.

COPPERAS COVE - A common definition of the word “cove” is a sheltered inlet - possibly, a safe port in a storm. Copperas Cove found that to be more than true Wednesday night when it inaugurated its newly opened Bulldawg Gym with an easier-than-expected 70-54 victory over Temple in boys basketball action.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Rich who? The West Virginia Mountaineers didn´t need coach Rich Rodriguez. They had Pat White, and their elusive quarterback led them to a surprising 48-28 romp over No. 3 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday night.

AUSTIN - Jamaal Charles was the fourth Texas Longhorn to rush for more than 1,500 yards in a season. He´ll be the first from a list that includes a pair of Heisman Trophy winners to leave early for the NFL. Charles, the junior running back who had 1,619 yards and 18 touchdowns this season, announced Wednesday he will enter the NFL Draft.