Thursday, October 29, 2009

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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'A Day in the Life'

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Rain, a Beatles tribute band, plays at Rudder Theatre on Wednesday. The performance featured costume changes that depict the iconic band in each phase of its career. Another performance will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, visit ...

B-CS economy faltering

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

The Bryan-College Station economic index fell for the ninth consecutive month in September, dropping from 119.6 in August to 118.2.The index is down 7 percent compared to September 2008.Karr Ingham, an Amarillo-based economist who compiles the econom ...

Golf course project begins

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Traditions Golf & Country Club broke ground Wednesday on a long-awaited $6 million clubhouse.And that's just the beginning, officials said.Plans are in the works to add a hotel, retail space and a larger fitness center, said Spencer Clements, one ...

Police urge caution on Halloween night

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Area law enforcement officers are gearing up for a busy Halloween weekend while urging trick-or-treaters and their parents to be safe.Bryan officers and Brazos County officials will be watching the homes of registered sex offenders on Saturday to mak ...

CS' 'Channel Fright-teen' will aim to entertain, inform

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

City property tax and utility bills could be considered frightening, but the city of College Station is hoping to give residents a different kind of scare this Halloween.Government access Channel 19 will be known as "Channel Fright-teen" when it high ...

Wanted posters aid BV authorities

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Three people wanted by Brazos County authorities were arrested the day their photos were featured with seven others in a wanted poster advertisement in The Eagle. "The wanted fugitive part of our program has been very successful," said Brazos County ...

Soft market good for renters

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Residents looking for new apartments have entered the market in Bryan-College Station at a prime time. With competition tightening due to recent market trends, apartment managers are offering perks to residents who are quick to sign a lease. In Bryan ...

Bryan leader dead at 67

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Former Bryan City Councilwoman Annette Stephney was a true community servant, friends and family members said. Funeral services are pending for Stephney, who died Wednesday morning after developing a blood clot from knee surgery at the College Statio ...

St. Joseph wins recognition

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

St. Joseph Regional Health Center recently received an Outstanding Patient Experience Award, along with Excellence Awards for spine and vascular surgery from Health Grades, a national health care ratings organization. The Bryan-based hospital also re ...

CS man found guilty of assaulting officer

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A Brazos County jury found a 44-year-old College Station man guilty Wednesday of two counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer and one count of evading arrest with a vehicle.Authorities said Geoffrey Elder tried to run over police officers with ...

Nobel laureate to address Aggie grads

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A Nobel laureate will be the commencement speaker for Texas A&M University's fall graduation. Dudley Herschbach, a Texas A&M physics and chemistry professor, will speak at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 17 in Rudder Theatre. The San Jose, Calif.-native wo ...

Rock Prairie section closed for repairs

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A section of Rock Prairie Road West in College Station was closed Wednesday to allow workers to repair a collapsed drainage pipe and to stabilize the road.The portion of the road, northeast of the Great Oaks subdivision, will remain closed until Nov. ...

Texas inmates not priority for swine flu vaccine

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- State health officials say Texas prisoners are not a priority to get swine flu vaccine and will not be vaccinated ahead of the general public.The Department of State Health Services says Texas has not allocated any H1N1 vaccine to ...

Man charged with hitting deputy's car

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A 22-year-old Buffalo man remained behind bars without bail Wednesday after running into a Brazos County sheriff deputy's patrol car, officials said.Witnesses told the deputy that people were shooting deer on private property off Long Trussel Road, a ...

Navasota forum to discuss district post

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A representative from the Texas Association of School Boards will visit Navasota on Thursday to talk to residents, Navasota school district employees and students about the district's search for a superintendent.The community forum, set for 6 p.m. in ...

Health measure ready in House

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for mil ...

Charges thrown out in '91 deaths

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- A judge on Wednesday dismissed murder charges against two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 slayings of four teens at an Austin yogurt shop after prosecutors admitted they weren't ready to take the case to a jury.Robert Springsteen was sent ...

Doctors' lobby is losing ground

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Does the AMA matter in the health care debate? Congress is beginning to have its doubts, despite the medical association's deep pockets and platoons of lobbyists.It's lost its principles, some lawmakers and physicians say. Perhaps more ...

Free lemonade -- sort of

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Matt McClellan hands a cup of lemonade to fellow A&M student Lauren Cox on campus Wednesday during "E-lemon-ate The Debt," a tongue-in-cheek program sponsored by Concerned Youth of America. A cup costs 25 cents, but the customer fills out an IOU, ...

4 new businesses celebrate openings

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:36 PM PDT

Four local businesses are celebrating ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Royalty Pecan Farms, at 10600 Texas 21 East in Caldwell, will host its ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Family Dentistry by H. Lee Kavanagh, DDS, at 1817 Brothers Blvd. in Co ...

Companies sought for career fair

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:35 PM PDT

The Youth to Career Fair encourages local eighth-graders, including private-school students and home-schooled children, to look at various career paths and explore occupations they are interested in pursuing. The event, sponsored by Sylvan Learnin ...

After Hours event planned for Nov. 5

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:35 PM PDT

The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business After Hours on Nov. 5. The free program will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Chrome: A Salon Experience, 1501 University Drive, Suite 210 in College Station. Food, drinks and net ...

Spoon's Yogurt shop opens in CS

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:34 PM PDT

A new yogurt shop has opened in College Station. Centro Properties Group announced a 1,286-square-foot Spoon's Yogurt on the northwest corner of Texas Avenue South and Harvey Road. The self-serve, pay-by-weight yogurt shop is Aggie-owned and -o ...

Tech company on BuyBoard Contract

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:33 PM PDT

BVOS Business Technologies has been awarded a position as a qualified vendor on the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative's BuyBoard Contract. With the award, the company can expand its office equipment to include computer equipment, busin ...

Greyhound buses have a new stop in Bryan

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:32 PM PDT

Greyhound Lines has a new location in Bryan as of Tuesday. Greyhound will now service from Rattlers No. 3, 891 Earl Rudder Freeway, with two daily schedules connecting to Dallas or Houston. This facility is open from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 ...

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