| A test of endurance Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT Rudder offensive lineman Kyle Bading takes a break from drills on a practice field at Rudder High School on Monday morning. The day was one of the hottest days of the year with a high of 101. The record high of 105 dates back to 1998. Tuesday is expe ... |
| Local firm gets state technology grant Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT A Bryan-based company has received $2.75 million from the state to expand its technology that turns garbage into gasoline. The biofuel company Terrabon received the grant from the Texas' Emerging Technology Fund, which is given at the discretion ... |
| Guns pointed at Ags Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M police are searching for two men accused of pointing guns at several Aggies and threatening them over the weekend as they stood in the Northgate Post Office parking lot in College Station. Three students -- a woman and two men -- to ... |
| Guns pointed at Ags Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M police are searching for two men accused of pointing guns at several Aggies and threatening them over the weekend as they stood in the Northgate Post Office parking lot in College Station. Three students -- a woman and two men -- to ... |
| Grimes officials working to ID body found in Gibbons Creek Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:35 AM PDT The body of someone who appeared to have accidentally drowned was found in Gibbons Creek in Grimes County Monday afternoon, officials said. Sheriff Don Sowell said investigators still were on scene working to identify the body. Officials said ... |
| Bomb threat at Bryan library deemed a hoax Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:32 AM PDT The Clara B. Mounce Public Library has reopened after it briefly was evacuated Monday afternoon due to a bomb threat, authorities said. Bryan Officer Jon Agnew, spokesman for the department, said a library employee received a threatening phone ... |
| Lane closures on University Drive today Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:32 AM PDT Atmos Energy officials planned to close lanes of University Drive near the Texas A&M campus Tuesday morning for paving work. The company will close the westbound outside lane of University Drive, from College Main to Boyett Street, and College ... |
| Man likely drowned in Grimes County Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT Authorities on Monday were investigating the apparent drowning death of a 63-year-old man who had been fishing at a Grimes County reservoir a day earlier. Boaters on Gibbons Creek noticed the body of Calvin Offord floating early Monday afternoon a ... |
| Police: Teen cited after two on motorcycle injured Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:20 AM PDT Bryan police said two people on a motorcycle were transported to an area hospital after a teen driver pulled in front of them in her truck late Sunday. A 16-year-old Flower Mound girl driving a Chevrolet truck was in the left turn lane heading east ... |
| CS police investigate man's death Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:25 AM PDT College Station police were investigating the death of a 32-year-old man found unconscious Sunday. Police said they responded just after 3 a.m. to Luther Street and found Luke Joseph Moore not breathing. Moore was taken to the College Station Medic ... |
| Police investigate attempted robbery in CS Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:24 AM PDT College Station police on Monday continued to investigate a man's report that two men attempted to rob him at gunpoint early the morning before. Police said they received a call at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday from a man who said the incident happened 11 ... |
| White's campaign stop changes location Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportBill White, the Democratic candidate for governor, has changed the location for his Brazos County campaign stop this week to the College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Drive. He is expected to discuss his education plat ... |
| CS resident files for City Council seat Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe first person to file for Place 5 on the College Station City Council submitted paperwork for the post Monday.Jana McMillan turned in the application for the vacant seat, previously held by Larry Stewart, who passed away in late ... |
| Police: Several shot at beer distributor in Conn. Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:19 AM PDT MANCHESTER, Conn — A company executive says a warehouse worker who had been called in to resign opened fire at a beer distributor in Connecticut and at least three people were shot. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was killed in the sho ... |
| Obama says Iraq withdrawal right on schedule Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT ATLANTA -- Nearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, President Barack Obama on Monday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops -- "as promised and on schedule" -- as a major success despite deep doubts about the ... |
| Appeals court to consider UT admissions policies Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:23 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- An appeals court will consider a lawsuit that claims undergraduate admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin violate the Constitution and federal law. A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Co ... |
| Court takes up UT affirmative action case Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT AUSTIN -- An appeals court is scheduled to consider a lawsuit Tuesday that challenges the use of race and ethnicity in undergraduate admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin.A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circui ... |
| Minn. pastor back in pulpit after gay report Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:18 AM PDT MINNEAPOLIS -- A Lutheran pastor in Minneapolis who opposes homosexuals being allowed to lead congregations said Monday he is attracted to men, but that he's not a hypocrite because he never acted on his urges. The Rev. Tom Brock told The Associat ... |
| We're No. 1! UGA tops party schools ranking Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:22 AM PDT ATLANTA -- The University of Georgia won a national title this year -- top party school. The Princeton Review announced Monday that Georgia is the No. 1 party school on its now infamous annual ranking. The school of about 30,000 students has been ... |
| Kids latest victims of identity theft Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one even has a bank account.Hundreds of online businesses are using compu ... |
| Ford gives power boost to 2011 heavy-duty pickups Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:18 AM PDT DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co.'s 2011 heavy-duty pickups just came out in April, but already the company is boosting the power in their diesel engines and giving free upgrades to owners.Ford said it just wants to give its Super Duty trucks all the horsepo ... |
| Military dog comes home from Iraq traumatized Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:13 AM PDT PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions. She retur ... |
| No permit for collapsed balcony in Austin Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- A review of records indicates an Austin condominium's second-story balcony that collapsed, injuring 26 party goers, was not built according to city code.A permit also was not secured to build the balcony that collapsed early Sunday.A ... |
| Gulf seafood declared safe; fishermen not so sure Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT VENICE, La. -- Seafood from some parts of the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico has been declared safe to eat by the government, based in part on human smell tests. But even some Gulf fishermen are questioning whether the fish and shrimp are OK to feed to th ... |
| 6 teens drown in La. river; hit sudden drop-off Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT SHREVEPORT, La. -- Six teenagers who could not swim drowned in a northwest Louisiana river during a family outing, falling into deep water from the shallows where they were wading. Officials planned to hold a news conference Tuesday to release mor ... |
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