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- Traffic cameras voted down
- How Brazos County voted
- Red light cameras will stay on for 8 more days
- Red light cameras in CS voted down
- ELECTION UPDATE: Some CS polling sites seeing long lines
- Man dies after being trapped under tractor in Leon County, police say
- Vigil to honor bonfire collapse victims
- Problems at polls
- Man convicted for another DWI
- Pedestrian injured in Bryan hit-and-run
- Man arrested on felony DWI charge in CS bar parking lot
- 60 years celebrated at Crockett Elementary
- Road work underway at Sims and 31st in Bryan
- Lanes, speed reduced on Campbells Creek Bridge
- Man subdued after fleeing traffic stop
- Couple arrested in cell phone robbery
- Thursday deadline for auxiliary trip
- Pa. woman, daughter hold signs admitting theft
- La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding
- Voters pass 11 amendments
- Highs in the mid-70s forecast for Wednesday
- Automakers show sales revved up in Oct.
- McDonnell's win in Virginia fuels GOP optimism
- States vie for school dollars
- Houston may hit target for smog
| Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST College Station's red light cameras will be coming down.Voters on Tuesday opted to remove the city's nine cameras at seven intersections by a margin of 4,081 to 3,809.For the first time since College Station resident Jim Ash began his crusade against ... |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Proposition 1, College Station red light camerasFor: 4,08151.72%Against: 3,80948.28%State constitutional amendmentsProposition 1For: 6,68455.31%Against: 5,40044.69%Proposition 2For: 8,35069.66%Against: 3,63730.34%Proposition 3For: 7,86665.42%Against: ... |
| Red light cameras will stay on for 8 more days Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Not so fast, red light runners.Voters succeeded Tuesday in getting rid of the red light cameras in College Station, but a combination of state laws and legal issues prevents the city and the company it contracted to run the program from taking down t ... |
| Red light cameras in CS voted down Posted: 03 Nov 2009 11:11 AM PST A measure to get rid of red light cameras in College Station narrowly passed by 272 votes. Tallies that include early voting show that 3,809 people, or 48.28 percent, cast ballots to save the cameras, while 4,081 asked to take them down. The final ... |
| ELECTION UPDATE: Some CS polling sites seeing long lines Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:36 AM PST Brazos County election officials on Tuesday had to bring additional voting machines and employees to help with an unexpected high turnout in College Station. College Station residents are voting on whether to approve Proposition 1, which would remo ... |
| Man dies after being trapped under tractor in Leon County, police say Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:34 AM PST A 71-year-old man died late Tuesday after his tractor rolled on top of him in Leona, officials said.The man was on his farm tractor on his property on Private Road 4055 when it rolled over around 6 p.m. and trapped him, Leon County Sheriff Jerry Wake ... |
| Vigil to honor bonfire collapse victims Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST A candlelight vigil at 2:42 a.m. Nov. 18 -- the 10-year anniversary of the deadly collapse of bonfire -- will culminate a weeklong remembrance of the event, officials said Tuesday. Jacob Robinson, like many on the committee formed to mark the catastr ... |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Brazos County election officials on Tuesday had to bring in additional voting machines and employees to help with an unexpectedly high turnout at a College Station polling place. And police were called to one polling place after a man lobbying agains ... |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST A 49-year-old Normangee man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday after a jury handed him his eighth conviction for driving while intoxicated.The verdict came after less than an hour of deliberation by the jury of seven men and five women. Pros ... |
| Pedestrian injured in Bryan hit-and-run Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Bryan police were investigating a hit-and-run accident on Texas Avenue on Tuesday night.Details were sketchy, but a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle that didn't stop, and officials were looking for a black pickup with front-end damage.The acciden ... |
| Man arrested on felony DWI charge in CS bar parking lot Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:11 AM PST Police said they arrested a 25-year-old man on his third drunken driving charge after he ignored a College Station bar employee who tried to persuade him not to drive.Christopher John Ray of Bryan was arrested Monday on a charge of DWI, third offense ... |
| 60 years celebrated at Crockett Elementary Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Gordon Gregg, a 70-year-old from Bryan, remembers walking into Crockett Elementary School the day it opened to students. He describes the building, which had just been completed, as a "state-of-the-art facility" complete with fresh paint and new furn ... |
| Road work underway at Sims and 31st in Bryan Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:23 AM PST Knife River, working for the City of Bryan, will have subcontractors working on the Sims Avenue and West 31st Street intersection starting today to prepare for installation of sewer line for the Bryan Avenue and Beck Street rehabilitation project. C ... |
| Lanes, speed reduced on Campbells Creek Bridge Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:00 AM PST The Texas Department of Transportation has reduced the northbound lanes from two to one to continue work on the widening of the Campbells Creek Bridge on Texas 6 just north of OSR in Robertson County.The speed limit has been reduced to 60 mph in the ... |
| Man subdued after fleeing traffic stop Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST A Brazos County sheriff's deputy deployed his Taser twice after a man drove away from a traffic stop, authorities said.The deputy wrote in his report that Edwin Dale Dominguez of Brazos County became agitated after being stopped for an obstructed lic ... |
| Couple arrested in cell phone robbery Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST A Houston couple accused of hitting a 74-year-old Washington County man with a bat and stealing his cell phone remained in jail Tuesday. Jose Gorgonio and Cindy Ocampo were arrested Monday on charges of aggravated robbery, police officials said. Two ... |
| Thursday deadline for auxiliary trip Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Thursday is the deadline for reservations for a bus trip to the Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market at Reliant Arena on Nov. 12. The trip is sponsored by the Hospice Auxiliary. A second bus trip, to the Junior League Christmas Affair Market in Austin, i ... |
| Pa. woman, daughter hold signs admitting theft Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:35 AM PST BEDFORD, Pa. -- In exchange for no jail time, a woman and her adult daughter have agreed to stand outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.Fifty-six-year-old Evelyn Border an ... |
| La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST BATON ROUGE, La. -- At least four times in the last 2 1/2 years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.He said from his experience and discussions, he had concluded that blacks a ... |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST AUSTIN -- Texas voters on Tuesday passed a proposition limiting the government's eminent domain powers and another creating a fund for more top-tier research universities, along with nine other constitutional amendments on the ballot.Proposition 11 - ... |
| Highs in the mid-70s forecast for Wednesday Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST Highs in the mid-70s under sunny skies were forecast Wednesday across parts of Texas.In Central Texas, National Weather Service forecasters called for sunny skies with a high near 78 in Austin. The overnight low was expected to be around 48.Forecaste ... |
| Automakers show sales revved up in Oct. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST DETROIT -- After months of roller coaster-like sales, the auto industry offered signs of recovery from its yearlong slump on Tuesday, as most automakers reported higher levels of U.S. sales in October.GM, the largest U.S. automaker, reported its firs ... |
| McDonnell's win in Virginia fuels GOP optimism Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Republicans wrested Virginia from the Democrats Tuesday in a one-sided sweep of top offices, and New Jersey's unpopular Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine fought for his political life as independent voters swung behind the GOP in elections in ... |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Using stimulus dollars as bait, President Barack Obama is coaxing states to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they compete for $5 billion in school reform grants, the most money a president has ever had for overhauling ... |
| Houston may hit target for smog Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST HOUSTON -- Houston is cleaning up its smoggy act.The city whose air was once considered the dirtiest air in the nation could, for the first time, meet federal limits for lung-irritating smog, based on a three-year running average.According to the E ... |
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