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Static text above category page

I’m trying to add some static (welcome) text above my post excerpts, for which the posts page has been set up to display a category, in this case News. Link

I’ve tried entering the following:

<?php echo category_description(); ?>

into the index.php and then adding a category description, and it sort of works, but I end up with a huge white, empty space below the static text, and before the first blog excerpt. Any help will be greatly appreciated.