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New beginning for brigade

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

The current headquarters of the Army Reserve's 420th Engineering Brigade has cracked walls, too little space and violates current military safety standards. Its planned new building will have geothermal heating, solar power and almost twice the squa ...

Businesses make A&M proud

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Brandon Spears didn't think there was a future in mowing lawns, which he did throughout college, but the Aggie now owns a landscaping business that has more than doubled its sales each of the last three years. College Station-based Republic Lands ...

Progress made on Wellborn issue

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

College Station Mayor Nancy Berry declared that a "significant breakthrough" was made Friday during a meeting with Wellborn residents who want to incorporate their community to avoid annexation by College Station, but neither side had much to say pub ...

Woman avoids felony charges for accident

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

The Brazos County District Attorney's office has declined to prosecute a Bryan woman for intoxication assault related to a late-September accident in which her vehicle struck a man running across a highway. Rachell Jewell Pack, 34, was arrested Sept ...

Bedias man charged with murder

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

It was unclear late Friday what the relationship was between Devon Michael Padron and the man he is accused of shooting to death. Grimes County Chief Deputy Travis Neeley said officers received an anonymous phone call around 10:40 p.m. Thursday to i ...

Bryan taking nominations for impact award

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Who has displayed extraordinary efforts in revitalizing downtown Bryan? It's a question to which Bryan officials are looking to the public for an answer. Nominations are being accepted for the 11th annual Mayor's Downtown Impact ...

Man accused of breaking into 4 cars

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

A 30-year-old Bryan man remained behind bars Friday after police arrested him on four charges of vehicle burglary. According to the police report, two people reported vehicle burglaries on Sept. 26, telling authorities an iPod, a GPS and a bag of to ...

Lovett concert highlights Aggie entertainment

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

"This old porch is like a steaming, greasy plate of enchiladas with lots of cheese and onions and a guacamole salad, and you can get 'em down at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown." If you don't recognize that Lyle Lovett lyric, you probably need to ...

Rotary Club to hold annual breakfast Tuesday

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

The College Station Rotary Club will hold its Annual Steak and Egg Breakfast Tuesday from 6:30 to 9 a.m. at Outback Steakhouse in College Station. Proceeds will go toward the club's service projects. Tickets can be purchased for $15 from any Rotary ...

Service fraternity to hold blood drive

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Alpha Phi Omega is hosting a community blood drive Nov. 1 through 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Jack E. Brown Engineering Building on Texas A&M's campus. All donors will receive a Texas Ags blood donor shirt in their size, 12 free wings from ...

Health insurers supporting GOP

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Health insurers flirted with Democrats, supported them with money and got what they wanted: a federal mandate that most Americans carry health care coverage. Now they're backing Republicans, hoping a GOP Congress will mean friendlier re ...

Texas foster home was site of abuse

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

ELKHART -- A frame house surrounded by connecting mobile homes served for years as a home for dozens of the most vulnerable children in Texas foster care. But instead of being a safe haven, it was a place where young girls were repeatedly molested ...

Dust from Texas alumina plant worries residents

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

POINT COMFORT -- When the wind blows in this Texas Gulf Coast town, the rusty red dust that drifts from the nearby metals plant sometimes creates hazy storms of dust, coating lawns, trucks and traffic lights. The dust, along with the red mud lakes ...

EPA: Texas refinery to get permits amid flap

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is moving to approve new operating permits for a Texas refinery, a first amid an ongoing dispute between the federal agency and state environmental regulators.The EPA said it is help ...

Gulf corals in oil spill zone appear healthy

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT

ON THE FLOOR OF THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Just 20 miles north of where BP's blown-out well spewed millions of gallons of oil into the sea, life appears bountiful despite initial fears that crude could have wiped out many of these delicate deepwater habit ...

Band's dog music video an online hit

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- OK Go has gone and done it: turned the band's White Knuckles video into a dog fest of a YouTube sensation with a little help from a goat. The video received a million hits in a day after it debuted on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and wa ...

Angry Catholic bloggers aim to purge dissenters

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:29 PM PDT

Pressure is on to change the Roman Catholic Church in America, but it's not coming from the usual liberal suspects. A new breed of theological conservatives has taken to blogs and YouTube to say the church isn't Catholic enough. Enraged by dissent ...

Religion Notes

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Saturday * St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 2700 W. Villa Maria Road in Bryan, will host the 5th annual Pumpkin Fest, a free family carnival, from 4 to 6 p.m. The event will include hay rides, a bouncy house, "trunk or treat," popcorn, crafts and ...

Letters for October 23

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Not at all proud of one of A&M's connections I am proud of many things Aggie, but my Aggie spirit does not swell with pride knowing that Rick Perry's appointments to the A&M Board of Regents contributed an average of $113,127 each to his ...

Keen plays at rally for White at The Corner

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Texas country legend Robert Earl Keen plays at a campaign rally for Texas gubernatorial candidate Bill White at The Corner Bar in College Station on Friday.

Calendar

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Saturday EVENTS Run For The House!, 7:30 a.m. Race starts at 8:30 a.m. Olsen Field. 5K Run or 2K walk. $20. First 200 registered get T-shirts. Benefits Habitat for Humanity. Honorary chairman is Texas A&M baseball coach Rob Childress. www.first ...

Shuttered Texas food plant awaits results from FDA

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:37 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The results of tests done at a Texas food processing company that was shuttered by state health authorities after contaminated celery was linked to four deaths will likely come next week, a Food and Drug Administration official ...

Abramoff scandal still in courthouse

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Jack Abramoff, the high-living mastermind of an influence-peddling ring that became a scandal, is working at a pizza shop while the legal system grinds away at the carnage he left behind.At the federal courthouse in Washington, one form ...

Stadium lights confusing endangered bird species

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT

KAPAA, Hawaii -- The tradition of Friday night football on the island of Kauai has been disrupted by an unusual culprit: Young seabirds migrating to the ocean mistake stadium lights for the moon and stars, causing them to become disoriented, drop fro ...

Bedias man charged with murder

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 06:42 AM PDT

An 18-year-old Bedias man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another Bedias man. The Grimes County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to a home on County Road 130 around 10:40 p.m. Thursday and found Tyrenzo Dewayne Henry, ...

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