| Families with disabled fear cuts Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT Garrett Miller is a 2-year-old child stuck in a teenager's body. But unlike a toddler, the 14-year-old doesn't talk and can barely walk without assistance. Most parents are able to send their children into the world to care for themselves, but Fay ... |
| Texas A&M System regents say controversies hurt Mike McKinney the most Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Sources familiar with the departure of Mike McKinney as A&M System chancellor say he was pushed out, but not for resistance to a conservative think tank's ideas. Instead, they say, a variety of incidents that centered on poor media communicatio ... |
| Brazos Animal Shelter deal with Bryan on the way Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Months of haggling between Bryan and the Brazos Animal Shelter could end as soon as this week as both sides have agreed in principle to extend their contract. The Bryan City Council was expected to approve a short-term deal at its upcoming Tuesda ... |
| 4H to require online test Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Youth showing livestock at major shows in Texas will soon have to prove they know what they are required to learn prior to showing. FFA, the major livestock shows and 4H joined forces to require that all show participants pass a ... |
| CS to host history lecture Wednesday Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The city of College Station's Parks and Recreation Department will host another in its Exploring History lunch-lecture series on Wednesday. The discussion will address radio's past and present effect on American lives. The event ... |
| Police find evidence in text messages Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:22 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A College Station man was arrested after police executed a search warrant and found empty baggies, a digital scale with marijuana residue and a small amount of the drug, authorities said. Chayce Preston Chamblee's charges were e ... |
| Hot rod summer Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT Marce Martinez of College Station checks out the details on an antique Ford at the Bluebonnet Street Rod Club's 20th annual Rod Run in Central Park in College Station on Saturday. The event, which features cars, hot rods, street rods and muscle cars ... |
| Al-Qaida dealt blow with another death Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya -- The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who didn't immediately realize he was the most wanted man in East A ... |
| Weiner wants leave for treatment Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Under fierce pressure from fellow Democrats to resign in a sexting scandal, Rep. Anthony Weiner announced Saturday he was entering professional treatment at an undisclosed location and requested a leave of absence from Congress.An aide ... |
| Down syndrome test may be comfort or conflict Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The results of the blood test revealed only a risk, but when she saw them, she still threw up. Now she had to find out for sure. So she lay on her back at a doctor's office, praying, comforted by her Christian faith and her mother at h ... |
| Palin emails show her personal side Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT JUNEAU, Alaska -- There are no bombshells, no "gotcha" moments. The emails of Sarah Palin -- more than 24,000 pages of them released Friday by the state of Alaska from her first two years as governor -- paint a picture of an image-conscious, drive ... |
| Arizona's wildfire creates health risk Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. -- An eye-stinging, throat-burning haze of smoke spewing from a gigantic wildfire in eastern Arizona is beginning to stretch as far east as central New Mexico, prompting health officials to warn residents as far away as Albuque ... |
| May was deadliest month for Afghan civilians Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- May was the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since the United Nations started tracking deaths in 2007, according to a report released Saturday. The carnage continued, with bombs killing 21 people nationwide -- including a fa ... |
| Germany: Worst of outbreak likely over Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT HAMBURG, Germany -- Germany's health minister says he's hopeful that the worst of an E. coli outbreak blamed on sprouts is over -- but he is warning that the number of deaths, now at 33, may still increase.Minister Daniel Bahr's comments came after h ... |
| Libyan rebels battle for oil port Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT ZAWIYA, Libya -- Libyan rebels battled their way back into a major oil port just 30 miles west of Tripoli on Saturday, forcing Moammar Gadhafi's troops to close the vital coast highway and key supply route from Tunisia. The renewed rebel offensive ... |
| AIDS survivors aging quickly Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene is grateful to be alive. But a q ... |
| Horsing around: Children hone equine skills at camp Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT On a Wednesday morning, dust rises inside the arena at the Sundown Farm Equestrian Facility. On pinto ponies and quarter horses, the children participating in the farm's Summer Horse Camp were riding for the third day of a weeklong schedule. "Si ... |
| Students of the Week Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Students of the week receive a T-shirt courtesy of The Eagle and C.C. Creations. Chelsea Garcia Facts: 17-year-old junior at Bryan High School. Parents/guardian: Rudy and Zulema Garcia Favorite subject: Photo advertising Favorite teacher: All of ... |
| Our Neighbors Calendar Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Sunday * Bluebonnet Street Rod Club 20th Annual Rod Run. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Central Park, 1000 Krenek Tap Road in College Station. Cars, hot rods, street rods, muscle cars and trucks will be on display. Free. Car and truck owners interested in participat ... |
| Reach Out Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT * Open Arms Respite Group is a free, volunteer-run, safe and fun place where caregivers can leave loved ones with mild Alzheimer's or dementia so they can take care of errands or themselves. Volunteers at Open Arms Respite Group help participants i ... |
| Arts Watch: Exciting times for A&M department of performance studies Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT The mind jumps straight to MSC OPAS when thinking about theater at Texas A&M, and for good reason. OPAS is the crown jewel of stage production at A&M, with most shows put on by traveling Broadway productions that bring a pretty penny in right ... |
| Bush Center Notes: New grant program announced Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Bush Center The George Bush Presidential Library Foundation is pleased to announce a grant program for local area community organizations. Grants carry a maximum award of $2,500 intended to help local community organizations better the lives of are ... |
| Surgenor-Wright Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Surgenor of McKinney, Texas and Ms. Tami Lykins of Atlanta, Georgia, announce the apprroaching wedding of their daughter, Faith Danielle Surgenor, to William Sullivan Wright, son of the late Mr. Lanny Wright and Mrs. Paula Wright ... |
| Smith-Felipe Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT Liz LaBauve of College Station and Sam and DeAnne Smith, of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jamie Smith, to Jeff Felipe, both of Richardson, Texas. He is the son of John and Mary Kay ... |
| Smith 32nd Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT John and Shirley Smith celebrated their 32nd Anniversary. They were married June 7, 1979 in Bryan, Texas. Mama and Daddy, we have watched your devotion to each other over the years and are inspired daily to follow your lead. We thank you for the love ... |
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