| Firefighters conduct realistic run-through Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT Bryan Fire Lt. Todd Mack shines his flashlight through artificial smoke while looking for "victims" during a fire training exercise Wednesday in a vacant building in Bryan. Firefighters from stations 2 and 3 participated in the training, which includ ... |
| Edwards: VP candidacy hurt image Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards was among a small group of finalists considered by then-Sen. Barack Obama as a candidate for vice president in August 2008. He woke up Wednesday, 27 months later, on the verge of becoming unemployed. In between, the Democrat ... |
| Result on hold for CS council Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT College Station residents will have to wait a few more days before finding out who will be the city's newest council member. Jana McMillan collected the most votes Tuesday night in the race to fill the Place 5 council seat that became vacant when La ... |
| Dean of A&M's College of Engineering leaving post Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT The head of Texas A&M's engineering college is stepping down as dean. G. Kemble Bennett also serves as vice chancellor for engineering at the Texas A&M System, director of state agency Texas Engineering Extension Service, and overseer of sta ... |
| Muslim group spreads message of peace Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT Twelve-year-old Raza Rahman deals with the negative perception many Americans have against Muslims on a daily basis, he said. Classmates tease him about bringing bombs to school and the terrorist jokes never end. "I pretty much have gotten used to ... |
| Man not guilty of damage to home Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT A Brazos County jury found a Bryan man not guilty Wednesday of dousing his ex-girlfriend's home with diesel. Edward Sylvester Hodges III faced a second-degree felony charge of criminal mischief. The charge was enhanced from a third-degree felony bec ... |
| Man charged in 2 Bryan burglaries Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:11 AM PDT Police said an 18-year-old man remained jailed Wednesday on charges of being involved in burglarizing two Bryan homes. Julio Caesar Salazar of Bryan was jailed Tuesday on two counts of burglary of a habitation. Bryan police said they responded at a ... |
| CS church to collect gifts for children Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT Parkway Baptist Church in College Station will be collecting gift-filled shoeboxes as part of Operation Christmas Child Nov. 15-22. The organization will send more than 8 million boxes to children who are suffering from war, famine, natural disaster ... |
| Minor shoplifting charge enhanced to felony after Bryan employee injured, police said Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:14 AM PDT A man accused of shoplifting faces a felony robbery charge after police said he injured an employee while trying to escape with stolen meat and body spray. Bryan resident Terrence Wayne Neal was charged Tuesday with the second-degree felony, which i ... |
| 5th US citizen killed in Mexico this week Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:22 AM PDT CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A U.S. university student was killed in a shooting attack on a car, becoming the fifth American slain in this violent border city in six days, Mexican and U.S. authorities said Wednesday. Eder Diaz, a student at the Univer ... |
| Fundraiser planned to help local family Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT A fundraiser is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Saturday for the wife and 1-year-old daughter of a local man who died Oct. 1 after a traffic accident. Barbecue plates will be on sale for $8 at Fireplaces Etc. on Texas 21 to benefit William Kuder' ... |
| Weather outlook worsens for space shuttle launch Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:27 AM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has yet to decide whether space shuttle Discovery is safe to lift off on its final mission Thursday. The weather, though, is getting worse. Forecasters on Wednesday said there is now an 80 percent chance that rain or t ... |
| Texas society awards two area architects Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:58 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Texas Society of Architects recently announced that two Brenham-area residents were recognized with the Honor Award, which recognizes long-term association with architects and architecture in providing a better quality of life ... |
| Texas society awards two area architects Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:58 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Texas Society of Architects recently announced that two Brenham-area residents were recognized with the Honor Award, which recognizes long-term association with architects and architecture in providing a better quality of life ... |
| Wellborn group sets Nov. 12 fundraiser Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT A group of Wellborn residents pushing an effort to allow the community to vote on incorporation has scheduled a chili supper fundraiser for Nov. 12. The Citizens for Wellborn event will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Wellborn Community Center on Gree ... |
| Costumed men rob Halloween partygoers in Pantego Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:22 AM PDT PANTEGO, Texas -- Four party crashers at a Halloween eve bash in the Fort Worth area are sought after the costumed men robbed the guests of money, jewelry and cell phones.Police in Pantego says a father who arrived to pick up one of the teenagers att ... |
| Pot activists vow to light up in '12 Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT analysis of exit and pre-election polls found voters opposed Prop 19 regardless of race, gender, income or education level. Blacks and Latinos, for example, opposed the measure at about the same rate as whites. That despite evidence that pot advoca ... |
| Texas Dems face tough House session Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT AUSTIN -- As Republicans prepare to take a two-thirds majority of the Texas House, some of the party's issues that were wilting under opposition from Democrats will likely be pushed to the top of the agenda when the legislative session starts in Ja ... |
| Fed to buy $600 billion in bonds Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve announced a bold plan Wednesday to try to invigorate the economy by buying $600 billion more in Treasury bonds. The Fed said it would buy about $75 billion a month in long-term government bonds through the middle ... |
| Boehner, Obama united on little Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- United on almost nothing, Barack Obama and John Boehner are the two faces of America's divided government, the humbled president and the triumphant House leader. Both claim to speak for the people, yet they have had little to say to e ... |
| Herding dogs invaluable on ranch Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:14 PM PDT When 250 head of cattle arrived at El Camino Ranch off OSR near Normangee last week, ranch manager Randy White needed to move the herd from a grazing pasture into pens so they could be vaccinated. Despite the fact that the cattle had never been do ... |
| CS Sleep Center recognized nationally Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:58 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The College Station Sleep Center recently received national accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, which means it met or exceeded national quality-of-care measures for sleep disorder treatment. College Station ... |
| Stores taking over Circuit City's space Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:57 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust Inc. announced that the company has signed leases with Kirkland's and Half Price Books to occupy a former Circuit City space at Gateway Station in College Station. "Kirkland's 5,000-square- ... |
| Wells Fargo hires new financial adviser Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:57 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Wells Fargo Investments, LLC recently added Lori A. Kimbrough as a financial adviser for clients in the Bryan-College Station markets. Kimbrough joined the team led by R. J. Englert and will be handling investment needs. "Lori K ... |
| Messina Hof to host Thanksgiving dinner Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:57 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Messina Hof is hosting a Thanksgiving feast Nov. 25 at The Vintage House Restaurant. Officials said guests can partake in a four-course festive meal as recommended wines are available. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. a ... |
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