| Bryan officer charged with indecent exposure while off duty Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:09 AM PST Eagle Staff Report A 42-year-old Bryan police officer was arrested Thursday after admitting to participating in an indecent exposure act, College Station police said. Adam Lamar Brooks of Anderson was placed on administrative leave Tuesday in anti ... |
| Judges to discuss possible caseload change Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST District Judges Travis Bryan III and J.D. Langley have scheduled a meeting Friday to outline a proposed change in the way the caseload is divided between the 85th and 272nd district courts. Langley said he and other court personnel have been consider ... |
| Tsunami waves hit Hawaii Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:45 PM PST HONOLULU — Tsunami waves hit Hawaii in the early morning hours Friday and were sweeping through the island chain after an earthquake in Japan sparked evacuations throughout the Pacific and as far as the U.S. western coast. The Pacific Tsunam ... |
| Baker praises Reagan in awards ceremony Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST Ronald Reagan was honored at Texas A&M on Thursday -- in the year the iconic Republican president would have turned 100 -- with an award accepted by his chief of staff, former Secretary of State James Baker. "[He] was quite simply just a beau ... |
| DPS: Man dies after car hits bull near Jewett Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:09 AM PST A 77-year-old man died early Friday after authorities said his vehicle struck a bull in Leon County. The wreck happened just before 1 a.m., two miles north of Jewett, according to an official with the Texas Department of Public Safety. The Round Roc ... |
| CS council approves shelter deal Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST The College Station City Council reaffirmed its commitment to the Brazos Animal Shelter on Thursday even as the shelter may be forced to vacate its city of Bryan-owned headquarters.The council did so by voting 5-2 during its regular meeting to enter ... |
| Driver dies in Madison County rollover Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:00 AM PST A 71-year-old Midway man died Thursday after authorities said his vehicle rolled over near Madisonville. Lloyd Wayne Smith was driving north on F.M. 2158 just after 1 p.m. when authorities said he failed to negotiate a curve, lost control of his Che ... |
| Bryan officer accused of indecent act is arrested Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST A Bryan police officer who twice had been commended for life-saving efforts was arrested Thursday by College Station police on an indecent exposure charge. Adam Lamar Brooks, 42, of Anderson, who has been with the department eight years, was place ... |
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| Blinn loses Holt as president Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST Blinn College trustees on Friday will begin the process of seeking a successor to Daniel J. Holt, who resigned as president on Thursday, citing "personal reasons" and a desire to pursue unspecified opportunities. Chairman Atwood Kenjura, who has b ... |
| Some in Texas town blaming 11-year-old girl in assault Posted: 10 Mar 2011 10:34 PM PST CLEVELAND -- A meeting Thursday night that was billed as a way to discuss concerns some have about the investigation into a series of alleged sexual assaults on an 11-year-old girl turned into a forum that many used to blame the girl police contend ... |
| Town's mayor, councilman fight Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST FOREST HILL -- A quarrel between a suburban Fort Worth mayor and city councilman erupted into a fistfight at City Hall that sent both men to the hospital.The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Forest Hill Mayor James Gosey and Councilman Damian Da ... |
| Texas farmers say drug war making job dangerous Posted: 10 Mar 2011 10:33 PM PST LA JOYA -- As Texas farmhands prepared this winter to burn stalks of sugarcane for harvest along the Rio Grande, four masked men on ATVs suddenly surrounded the crew members and ordered them to leave.Farmer Dale Murden has little doubt they were Mex ... |
| FB post leads cops to dead gator Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST BASTROP -- A man who boasted on Facebook that he killed an 111/2-foot alligator in Central Texas is a prime suspect in the illegal shooting, Texas wildlife authorities said Thursday. The gator's body was discovered near a creek in Bastrop County a ... |
| Oil slides below $100 mark on Japan disaster Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:10 AM PST NEW YORK -- Oil prices have dropped below $100 per barrel for the first time in more than a week after a massive earthquake spawned a tsunami that slammed into northern Japan.Japan is the third-largest oil importer in the world. It's unclear how much ... |
| Kia recalls 70,000 Optimas for transmission defect Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:18 AM PST DETROIT -- Kia Motors is recalling more than 70,000 Optima midsize sedans to fix transmission problems that can cause the cars to roll even while they're in park.The cars are from the 2006 through 2008 model years and were built from September of 200 ... |
| Staples defends border website Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST AUSTIN -- Comments encouraging vigilantism posted on a new website highlighting border security in Texas shouldn't detract from demanding more resources from the federal government, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said Thursday. The website was ... |
| Suburban Fort Worth mayor, councilman rumble Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:45 AM PST FOREST HILL -- A quarrel between a suburban Fort Worth mayor and city councilman erupted into a fist fight at City Hall that sent both men to the hospital.The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Forest Hill Mayor James Gosey and Councilman Damian D ... |
| Soldier and loyal dog make final journey together Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST LONDON -- Liam and Theo were a team, fast friends doing a dangerous job -- searching out roadside bombs laid by insurgents in Afghanistan.The jovial British soldier and his irrepressible dog worked and played together for months, and died on the same ... |
| Back in the day Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST Bailey Fanin, 6, makes a sale of old-time lemonade she and her classmates prepared from scratch during St. Thomas Early Learning Center's Olden Days Store at the school in College Station on Thursday. The store featured homemade cookies, paper, quilt ... |
| Study: Coffee tied to lower stroke risk in women Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST DALLAS -- Women who enjoy a daily dose of coffee may like this perk: It might lower their risk of stroke. Women in a Swedish study who drank at least a cup of coffee every day had a 22 to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared to those who dran ... |
| $100M suit filed by Charlie Sheen Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Charlie Sheen brought his verbal war against Warner Bros. and the executive producer of Two and a Half Men to the courtroom on Thursday, filing a $100 million lawsuit seeking to recoup his salary and wages for the show's cast ... |
| Wisconsin fight could inspire counterattack on GOP Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST MADISON, Wis. -- With the labor movement heading to an epic defeat in Wisconsin and perhaps other states, union leaders plan to use the setback to fire up working people nationwide and mount a major counterattack against Republicans at the ballot b ... |
| Saudi protest ends in chaos Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST CAIRO -- Saudi police opened fire Thursday to disperse a protest in the section where minority Shiites live, leaving at least one man injured, as the government toughened its efforts to prevent a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world from reaching ... |
| Plants may need professional help Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST Dear Neil: I have two very large (3-inch trunks) Madame Galen trumpetcreepers over my arbor. Each year for the past several summers, their leaves have started turning pale yellow, then have dropped. By mid-summer, we have little shade left. I also ha ... |
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