A rompin' good time Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT A group of pre-kindergartners jump around in an inflatable bounce house during Carver Early Learning Center's Spring Fling in Bryan on Wednesday. Activities for the students included minnow fishing, bubble-blowing, a petting zoo and basic gardening. ... |
Man found guilty of trying to assault officer Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT A Bryan man could face up to 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of attempted aggravated assault of a police officer on Wednesday. Jose Francisco Guerrero, 55, could also face probation, which is what his attorney, Jim James III, request ... |
Camp works to replace burned building Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:42 PM PDT In just eight weeks, children from across Texas and Oklahoma will begin arriving at Camp of the Hills, a Christian nonprofit summer camp for low-income students. Directors at the camp outside of Marble Falls have until then to figure out a way to rep ... |
Hutchison to stay in Senate Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:27 AM PDT SAN ANTONIO â" Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday she is staying in the Senate, ending a series of back and forth announcements over the last year on her career plans. The stateâs senior senator, flanked by Republican leader Mitch M ... |
A&M prof heads to White House Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT The National Science Foundation generally funds national disaster research for short periods following a major event, says a Texas A&M architecture professor. Walter Gillis Peacock, the director of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texa ... |
Granger Smith to perform in benefit concert Posted: 31 Mar 2010 07:27 AM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA concert featuring country artist and Aggie Granger Smith will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at College Station's Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater. The event benefits a scholarship in honor of Jeff Conant, a former head of the Texas A& ... |
Holiday closures Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:42 PM PDT Here is what is open and closed for the Good Friday holiday.* Federal offices: Open.* State offices: Many state offices will be closed. The Bryan Department of Public Safety office will close at noon. * City offices: Bryan, College Station and Navaso ... |
Three men charged in home burglary Posted: 31 Mar 2010 04:13 AM PDT Police said they arrested three men Tuesday on charges of breaking into a home and stealing electronic equipment.John Edward Dejesus, 20, Lorenzo Ramirez, 18, and Christopher Angel Martinez, 17, all of Bryan, were charged with burglary of a habitatio ... |
CS police to conduct 'no refusal' weekend Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe College Station Police Department will be conducting a "No Refusal" weekend April 9 and 10, meaning anyone stopped on suspicion of driving while intoxicated will be required to submit a blood or breath sample. Magistrates will b ... |
Road work planned in B-CS for next two nights Posted: 31 Mar 2010 08:05 AM PDT Crews will be doing crack seal work on area roads Wednesday and Thursday nights.Work will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday on Texas Avenue from University Drive to Francis Drive. On Thursday, crews will be working on F.M. 1179 from Texas 6 to Finfeather Roa ... |
Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:01 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling off Virginia's shorelines and considering it for a large chunk of the Atlantic seaboard. At the same time, he's rejecting so ... |
Area man re-elected to broadcast board Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:42 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe vice president and general manager of Bryan Broadcasting has been re-elected as a board member for the National Association of Broadcasters.Ben Downs will begin his second two-year term in June.The National Association of Broadc ... |
Barbara Bush released from Houston hospital Posted: 31 Mar 2010 04:17 AM PDT HOUSTON -- Former first lady Barbara Bush has been released from a Houston hospital where she underwent tests after being admitted last weekend.Houston's Methodist Hospital said in a statement announcing the Wednesday release that Bush might have had ... |
Granger Smith to play benefit concert Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA concert featuring country artist and Aggie Granger Smith will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at College Station's Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater. The event benefits a scholarship in honor of Jeff Conant, a former head of the Texas A& ... |
Bryan PD receives accreditation, honor Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan Police Department was recently reaccredited with a national organization.Since 2006, the department has been an accredited law enforcement agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The re ... |
Court: Defendants entitled to immigration advice Posted: 31 Mar 2010 04:19 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Immigrants must be told by their lawyers whether pleading guilty to a crime could lead to their deportation, the Supreme Court said Wednesday.The high court's ruling came in the case of Jose Padilla, who was born in Honduras. He asked t ... |
Man charged with 5 counts of forgery Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA 21-year-old Bryan man who had two warrants for forgery was arrested after attempting to pass a fraudulent check at The Bank and Trust in College Station, authorities said.On Feb. 19, Zachary Carroll Savant's father reported to pol ... |
Teacher caught watching porn in class sentenced Posted: 31 Mar 2010 07:34 AM PDT HOUSTON -- Authorities say a former Houston-area teacher caught by students watching child pornography in his classroom has been sentenced to four-plus years in federal prison.Fernando Gonzalez was given an 87-month prison term Wednesday, and the 35- ... |
Businesses submit development plans Posted: 31 Mar 2010 11:48 PM PDT New development is occurring in College Station. The Plazas at Rock Prairie Road submitted a site plan for parking improvements on about 0.44 acres at 3975 Texas 6 South. And Paragon Office turned in a site plan for a 2,094-square-foot office a ... |
Businesses submit development plans Posted: 31 Mar 2010 11:48 PM PDT New development is occurring in College Station. The Plazas at Rock Prairie Road submitted a site plan for parking improvements on about 0.44 acres at 3975 Texas 6 South. And Paragon Office turned in a site plan for a 2,094-square-foot office a ... |
Dancers boogie to help Health For All Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT A nonprofit medical clinic in Bryan that serves thousands of low-income patients without insurance every year will host a fundraiser April 30.Twenty-one "celebrity" dance teams will compete for bragging rights in Health For All's Dancing for the Heal ... |
Dancers boogie to help Health For All Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT A nonprofit medical clinic in Bryan that serves thousands of low-income patients without insurance every year will host a fundraiser April 30.Twenty-one "celebrity" dance teams will compete for bragging rights in Health For All's Dancing for the Heal ... |
Obama expands drilling sites Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Shaking up years of energy policy and his own environmental backers, President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast waters and other protected areas in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico to drilling Wednesday, widening the poli ... |
Hutchison says she's staying put Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday she is staying in the U.S. Senate, ending a series of back and forth announcements during the last year about her career plans.The state's senior senator, flanked by Republican lead ... |
Republicans rethinking 'Repeal the bill' slogan Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Top Republicans are starting to worry about their health care rallying cry "Repeal the bill." It just might singe GOP candidates in November's elections, they fear, if voters begin to see benefits from the new law.Democrats, hoping the ... |
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