Thursday, March 25, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Wellborn residents launch petition

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:20 PM PDT

A group of Wellborn residents fighting to preserve their community began a petition drive in College Station on Wednesday aimed at persuading city leaders to allow the community to vote on incorporation.Members of Citizens for the Wellborn hung a ban ...

BTU worker dies in wreck

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:15 PM PDT

A Bryan Texas Utilities employee died Wednesday after a two-vehicle accident on Harvey Mitchell Parkway.Bryan police said the man was driving a BTU truck north in the outside lane around 3 p.m. when the driver of a southbound A-1 Wrecker truck lost c ...

A&M regents exploring wind energy opportunities

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:22 PM PDT

The Texas A&M System could be a global leader in wind energy research, proponents of a new endeavor say. The A&M System Board of Regents will consider creating the Wind Energy Center during a regularly scheduled meeting Thursday and Friday in ...

One killed in Harvey Mitchell Parkway accident

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:03 AM PDT

Bryan police are asking residents to avoid the area of North Harvey Mitchell Parkway and Leonard Road. One person died after a two-vehicle accident in the 800 block of Harvey Mitchell Parkway, about a quarter-mile north of Leonard Road, officials sai ...

Aggies help family get a 'Makeover'

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Michelle Smith visited Pine Cove Christian Camp for five summers as a child. Last summer was the first the Texas A&M University sophomore was old enough to serve as a counselor. During a one-on-one session with camper Faith Beach, then 12 years o ...

Police: Five arrested for trespassing in woman's apartment

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:37 AM PDT

Bryan police said they arrested five people on criminal trespass charges after a group broke into a woman's apartment and posted photos of the incident on a social networking Web site.Bryan police said a 19-year-old woman on March 4 reported her apar ...

Gusty winds expected in Brazos Valley

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:57 AM PDT

National Weather Service officials have issued a warning to area drivers and boaters of gusty winds in the Brazos Valley area this morning.The weather service on Thursday issued a hazardous weather outlook for north Texas -- including Leon, Milam and ...

Civil lawsuits filed in V-Bar incident

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Texas A&M student Ronald Johnson's days in the courtroom may not be over, even though he was found not guilty this month of murdering a Rice University basketball player. Lawyers are moving forward on a pair of lawsuits filed in response to the 2 ...

Health event hopes to draw big crowds

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:52 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportOrganizers of a free health awareness screening said they hope to see 100 people or more participate in the second annual event on Saturday.Health professionals from the fields of vision, dental, audiology and chiropractic medicine ...

Bryan community meeting rescheduled

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:50 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA meeting of a Bryan community development advisory committee set for Thursday has been rescheduled for April 8.The public hearing, set for the basement training room at Bryan City Hall, is intended to gather feedback on eligible ac ...

Free recital this Saturday at 3 p.m.

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:50 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Brazos Valley Music Teachers Association is hosting a recital on Saturday that will feature a variety of musical performers.More than 50 student musicians and eight guest musicians or musical groups will perform. The event is fr ...

City turning golf course around

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:22 PM PDT

The Travis B. Bryan Municipal Golf Course is on its way to becoming profitable and self-sufficient after the city took over management and began improving various parts of the facility, officials said.City officials regained oversight in September, r ...

Home sales, prices at risk

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The recovery in the housing market is at risk of collapsing.Home sales are sliding, prices are stalling and foreclosures are rising. And mortgage rates are likely to go up after next week, when the Federal Reserve ends a program that ha ...

Suspect caught in Houston carjacking, girl dead

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 11:39 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- A capital murder charge has been filed against a man accused in a Houston carjacking attempt that left a 3-year-old girl shot to death.Alton Charles Barnes was held without bond Thursday at the Harris County Jail. Electronic jail records d ...

U.S. and Russia to reduce nukes

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- After long and trying negotiations, the U.S. and Russia have reached agreements for a historic new treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of former Cold War rivals, officials said Wednesday. President Barack Obama and Russian President D ...

Texas seeing fewer monarch butterflies

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 11:38 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- An expert says the wet, cold winter could be why fewer monarch butterflies have been seen in Texas.Craig Wilson, who's a butterfly expert at Texas A&M University, says illegal logging also has threatened the butterflies, which spend ...

Supreme court halts execution

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

HUNTSVILLE -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped the execution of condemned prisoner Hank Skinner about an hour before he could have been taken to the Texas death chamber.Skinner asked the court and Gov. Rick Perry for the delay for DNA test ...

Threats follow health overhaul bill

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Bricks have been hurled through Democrats' windows, a propane line was cut at the home of a congressman's brother and lawmakers who voted for a federal health care bill have received phone threats in the days before and after passage of the sweeping ...

Sources: US-Israeli talks end without accord

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and Israel failed to heal their deepest dispute in decades as a two-day visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended late Wednesday without resolving a rift over new Israeli housing planned in east Jerusalem.America ...

Discovery might reveal new human ancestor

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- In the latest use of DNA to investigate the story of humankind, scientists have decoded genetic material from an unidentified human ancestor that lived in Siberia and concluded it might be a new member of the human family tree.The DNA doe ...

Scientists predict Gulf Coast beach retreat

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

By SARAH MOOREBeaumont EnterpriseBEAUMONT -- Jim Weatherford jokes that he's in the market for coastal property at an elevation of nine feet above sea level. He'd like to leave the property to his grandchildren.Weatherford's thinking is, by their tim ...

CS Country Inn & Suites opening

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:19 AM PDT

A new 64-room Country Inn & Suites By Carlson soon will open in College Station. Located at 1010 Southwest Parkway East, the hotel will feature an outdoor pool, a fitness center and a 75-person capacity meeting room that offers AV equipment capabi ...

Trade-in shoes to aid needy children

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:14 AM PDT

Post Oak Mall has partnered with Soles4Souls for an Earth Day event. Now until Earth Day, shoppers can drop of their old stilettos and loafers at the mall before picking up new ones. Officials said there is an estimated 300 million pairs of sho ...

Two businesses to hold ribbon cuttings

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 01:23 AM PDT

The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce welcomed two companies this week. Red Mango, at 614 Holleman Drive E., suite 2500, in College Station will host a ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. Friday. LaSalle Hotel by Magnolia Hotels, at 120 South ...

Big Band Gala is set for March 26

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 01:14 AM PDT

Waldenbrooke Estates is hosting a Big Band Gala benefiting the United Way of the Brazos Valley on March 26. The event will include music, dancing, a silent auction, drinks and hors d'oeuvres. For more information, call Lorien Busby at Waldenbro ...

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