Thursday, March 4, 2010

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Seniors' night on the court

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Above: Texas A&M senior Donald Sloan is greeted by teammates on senior night at the team's last home game Wednesday. Below: Texas A&M senior Derrick Roland holds up his framed jersey while standing beside family members at Reed Arena Wednesda ...

CS city manager, city secretary leaving

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

College Station City Manager Glenn Brown plans to leave his post by the end of the year.City Secretary Connie Hooks also announced her pending retirement in a late-night City Council meeting Tuesday. She said she has tentative plans to make her last ...

Two top CS council-appointees to retire, officials said

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:58 AM PST

College Station City Manager Glenn Brown told council members that he plans to leave his post at the city by the end of the year. City Secretary Connie Hooks also announced her retirement in the same late-night City Council meeting Tuesday while th ...

McLeroy loses ed board spot

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

After 12 years as a member of the State Board of Education, Bryan dentist Don McLeroy said losing the seat in Tuesday's election was disappointing. The race was close, with Thomas Ratliff, a legislative consultant from Mount Pleasant, securing the po ...

Defense: Deadly force justified in Northgate killing

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:17 PM PST

As prosecutors spent Wednesday rehashing the aftermath of the 2007 stabbing death of a Rice University basketball player outside a College Station bar, lawyers on both sides of the case continued to dispute whether the former Marine on trial for murd ...

Norma Bryan dies at age 86

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Just more than five months after her husband died, Norma Bryan died Wednesday morning after battling an illness for several weeks. She was 86."She was one that was always there for me," said her son, District Judge Travis Bryan III. "There with advic ...

Berry, Madison file for city seats

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Bryan City Councilman Paul Madison on Wednesday filed to run for re-election in the May municipal election, one day after losing his Democratic primary bid for a Brazos County commissioner seat.Irma Cauley won the Precinct 4 commissioner race with ne ...

Police report drugs, gun found on stop

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA man who told police he was on his way to do community service as part of his probation was in jail Wednesday after officers reported finding drugs in his vehicle during a traffic stop. According to a police report, Jory James Barh ...

BPD investigating report of assault, robbery

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 01:19 AM PST

Bryan police on Wednesday said they were investigating a report of woman who said she was assaulted and robbed the day before.Police responded to the intersection of East Duncan Street and Maloney Avenue around 4 p.m. for a report of a robbery, Offic ...

Allen Academy open house set Thursday

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportArea residents are invited to learn more about Allen Academy during an open house at 5 p.m. Thursday. The open house is part of series of events designed to bring more awareness to the private Bryan school, which offers classes from ...

Five plays highlight students' talents

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportStudent-run, -directed and -produced plays will be on display at Texas A&M this week as part of the Student New Works Festival. Five short plays will be presented 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday. A two-act play titled The Ballad of ...

Key influential Texas ed board race remains tight

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 01:55 AM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- Pivotal state education board races in Texas that could shape what millions of students read in textbooks nationwide remained tight Wednesday, including that of a prominent conservative Christian struggling to keep his longtime seat.Le ...

B-CS landfill panel sworn in at meeting

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe newly incorporated Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency Inc. swore in its board members Wednesday. Three Bryan City Council members and three College Station City Council members will make up the board of directors for th ...

NC congressman wants Ronald Reagan put on $50 bill

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:24 AM PST

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A U.S. congressman from North Carolina wants the $50 bill redrawn to feature the face of former President Ronald Reagan.Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry wants Congress to tell the U.S Treasury to replace former President Ulysses S. Gr ...

Police: Men tossed drugs from vehicle

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:19 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportTwo 18-year-old Bryan men were in jail Wednesday, accused of throwing marijuana from their vehicle during a traffic stop. Gerald Lynn Johnson Jr. was stopped by a Bryan police officer Wednesday near Texas Avenue and Texas 21 for not ...

Company modernizing sites on South College Avenue

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

Doug Pederson and Jack Threadgill officially are turning a half-mile stretch of South College Avenue into Midtown.That's the surname given to five rental properties in Bryan that the pair are spending millions on renovating, hoping to turn it from wh ...

Rangel gives up top tax position

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Buffeted by ethics inquiries, veteran New York Rep. Charles B. Rangel stepped down Wednesday as chairman of the House's powerful tax-writing committee, delivering a fresh political jolt to a Democratic Party already facing angry voters. ...

2 workers killed in New Mexico oil refinery fire

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:23 AM PST

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Federal and state investigators were probing blackened debris Wednesday at a southeastern New Mexico oil refinery where a storage tank explosion killed two Texas men and critically injured two others.Authorities say warning siren ...

Anti-government voters factor in Texas race

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:10 AM PST

AUSTIN, Texas -- Debra Medina was hardly the ideal candidate in Tuesday's Republican primary: She didn't raise much money and came under fire for suggesting the U.S. might have been involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. Still, she won nearly one out of e ...

UT regents elect first woman to lead board

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:07 AM PST

AUSTIN, Texas -- Colleen McHugh, appointed a University of Texas System regent in 2005 by Gov. Rick Perry, has been elected as the board's first chairwoman.Regents on Wednesday unanimously chose the 63-year-old attorney and hospital executive from Co ...

Ex-Gitmo detainee back with Taliban

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:17 PM PST

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan -- A man who was freed from Guantanamo more than two years ago after he claimed he only wanted to go home and help his family is now a senior commander running Taliban resistance to the U.S.-led offensive in southern Afghani ...

FDA takes aim at food labeling

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:17 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on baby food manufacturers and other companies for misleading nutrition labeling on their products, the beginning of a larger effort to set stricter standards for the labels.The FDA sent ...

Cooks invited to prepare Cajun meals

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:08 PM PST

Messina Hof Winery & Resort will host a Cajun-themed cooking party March 18. The 6:30 p.m. event will feature a variety of Cajun dishes paired with Messina Hof wines. Participants will prepare a spicy Southern meal while learning tips, tricks, tec ...

Christian Brothers Automotive opening

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:07 PM PST

Christian Brothers Automotive will hold a grand opening for its College Station shop on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shop is at 4054 Texas 6. There will be children's activities, food and drinks and tours of the 5,000-square-foot automotive ...

Annual job fair scheduled April 13

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:05 PM PST

The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce's annual job fair is set for April 13. Hundreds of job-seekers are expected at the annual event, which will be from 2 to 6 p.m. at the College Station Hilton Hotel and Conference Center. The event w ...

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