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- One last show for Willie Bennett
- CS City Council debates tax rate
- Wellborn petition ruled irrelevant
- Family, friends mourn boy who drowned
- Mentoring group's event raising funds
- White won't rule out debt, taxes to pay for roads
- Hearne police ID body found in home
- Unguarded border bridges could be route into US
- Garland woman dead, husband hurt, youngsters suspected
- Street closures to last about a month
- Bastrop police chief charged with DWI
- Room in SC tragedy where 2 children killed to be remembered
- Some Muslims raise concerns about mosque
- Local broadcaster honored with award
- AP poll: Americans still wary of eating seafood
- Local broadcaster honored with award
- Operator of Wis. ride where girl fell is charged
- Tenn. rain washes away home, derails train
- Fighters rattle Seattle after Obama airspace issue
- Some question release of Lockerbie bomber
- 2 youths charged in Garland shooting
- BlackBerry users eye alternatives
- Report shows CS gas price increase
- Report shows CS gas price increase
- Study: Quality-of-life care helps
| One last show for Willie Bennett Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT It wasn't that long ago that Willie Bennett was caring for his stepfather through the last stages of his life. Bennett remembers witnessing his stepdad's body and mind being slowly destroyed by cancer, and he stuck by his side through the end. "I' ... |
| CS City Council debates tax rate Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT The College Station City Council voted Wednesday to not increase taxes above what is necessary to raise the same amount of money on the same properties as last year. The effective tax rate, as it's known, would be 44.7543 cents per $100 assessed val ... |
| Wellborn petition ruled irrelevant Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT Efforts by Wellborn residents to form their own city hit an obstacle Wednesday when an appellate court ruled that College Station can't be compelled to put the issue to a city-wide vote. Only the College Station City Council can allow the 140-year-o ... |
| Family, friends mourn boy who drowned Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT Family and friends will gather Friday and Saturday to remember the 6-year-old Navasota boy who drowned Sunday in the Brazos River. Visitation for Demondrae Daveon Tunsel is set for Friday from noon until 9 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Navasota. S ... |
| Mentoring group's event raising funds Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA Saturday event will pair children with mentor volunteers while educating the community about the need to support Big Brothers Big Sisters."Magic While You Wait" is set for 10 a.m. to noon at Hensel Park, 502 College Ave. in Colleg ... |
| White won't rule out debt, taxes to pay for roads Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:06 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Democratic candidate for governor Bill White on Tuesday wouldn't rule out higher debt, tax increases or more seizures of private property to build new roads and relieve congestion on the state's aging highways.In an exclusive intervi ... |
| Hearne police ID body found in home Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Hearne police have identified a man found dead in an abandoned home Monday as 59-year-old David Bundage. A family member reported the man missing around noon, and police discovered his body around 5 p.m. at a home on West Sevent ... |
| Unguarded border bridges could be route into US Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:46 PM PDT ACALA, Texas -- Two metal footbridges that are clear paths into the United States from Mexico flank a towering West Texas stretch of the $2.4 billion border fence designed to block people from illegally entering the country.The footpaths that could e ... |
| Garland woman dead, husband hurt, youngsters suspected Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:09 AM PDT GARLAND, Texas -- A 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl are in custody as suspects in the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas woman and the wounding of her husband. Killed was 46-year-old Darlene Nevil. A Garland police statement says her body ... |
| Street closures to last about a month Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportBryan's Commerce Street from Oliver Street to Lee Street will be closed Monday to all traffic for about a month. The western half of Lee Street also will be closed to traffic while workers replace storm-sewer infrastructure. The wor ... |
| Bastrop police chief charged with DWI Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:08 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- The police chief in Bastrop has been charged with DWI following his arrest in Austin.Chief David Board was pulled over Monday night.Travis County Sheriff's spokesman Roger Wade says Board was charged with misdemeanor driving while in ... |
| Room in SC tragedy where 2 children killed to be remembered Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:47 PM PDT ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- The red evidence tape has been removed, yet the horror of what police say happened inside room 31 won't soon be forgotten.A South Carolina mother is accused of suffocating her two small children in the room, then strapping them in ... |
| Some Muslims raise concerns about mosque Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT NEW YORK -- American Muslims who support the proposed mosque and Islamic center near ground zero are facing skeptics within their own faith -- those who argue that the project is insensitive to Sept. 11 victims and needlessly provocative at a time wh ... |
| Local broadcaster honored with award Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:44 PM PDT The Texas Association of Broadcasters presented its top honor to local radio manager and community leader Ben Downs. Downs, who was named Broadcaster of the Year, started his career as a youth in 1968 as a weekend announcer at KXAR Hope in Arkansas ... |
| AP poll: Americans still wary of eating seafood Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- BP's image, which took an ugly beating after the Gulf oil spill, is recovering since the company capped the well, though the oil giant's approval level is still anything but robust. A majority of Americans still aren't convinced it i ... |
| Local broadcaster honored with award Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:44 PM PDT The Texas Association of Broadcasters presented its top honor to local radio manager and community leader Ben Downs. Downs, who was named Broadcaster of the Year, started his career as a youth in 1968 as a weekend announcer at KXAR Hope in Arkansas ... |
| Operator of Wis. ride where girl fell is charged Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:10 AM PDT MADISON, Wis. -- An amusement park worker "blanked out" and never saw an all-clear signal before he let a Florida girl plunge 100 feet to the ground on a free-fall ride, according to a criminal complaint. Prosecutors charged Charles A. Carnell, of ... |
| Tenn. rain washes away home, derails train Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:46 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Drenching rains swept away a home, trapped drivers in their vehicles and derailed a train in Tennessee, and forecasters expected more heavy showers to fall Thursday over the Southeast.The downpours Wednesday hit some of the same p ... |
| Fighters rattle Seattle after Obama airspace issue Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:12 AM PDT SEATTLE -- A passenger aboard a float plane that violated the airspace around Air Force One while President Barack Obama was in town Tuesday was stunned to find out about the fuss that resulted, saying the incursion wasn't intentional. The militar ... |
| Some question release of Lockerbie bomber Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT LONDON -- The regrets of a cancer expert who assessed the only man ever convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie jetliner bombing have intensified the anger felt by victims' relatives over Scotland's decision to release the Libyan on compassionate grounds. P ... |
| 2 youths charged in Garland shooting Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT GARLAND -- A 13-year-old boy and his 12-year-old girlfriend were charged Wednesday with murder and aggravated assault in a shooting that killed a suburban Dallas woman and critically wounded her husband. The boy and girl were arrested Tuesday sho ... |
| BlackBerry users eye alternatives Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Udoay Ghosh sat sipping coffee before an early morning flight from Dubai International Airport, looking with affection at his two -- yes, two -- BlackBerry smart phones laid out in front of him. As an executive for e ... |
| Report shows CS gas price increase Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:39 PM PDT GasBuddy.com released its weekly gas price report, saying that average retail prices in College Station have risen 1.3 cents per gallon in the past week. That brings the average to $2.66 per gallon. The national average has fallen 3.1 cents per gall ... |
| Report shows CS gas price increase Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:39 PM PDT GasBuddy.com released its weekly gas price report, saying that average retail prices in College Station have risen 1.3 cents per gallon in the past week. That brings the average to $2.66 per gallon. The national average has fallen 3.1 cents per gall ... |
| Study: Quality-of-life care helps Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT Palliative care, which helps the gravely ill make the most of the time they have left, provided a surprising bonus for terminal lung cancer patients: More time left to enjoy.A study found that patients who started soon after their diagnosis on pallia ... |
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