No glasses needed Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT Blinn College instructor Mike Pinney works on a three-dimensional sidewalk drawing on Friday in the Blinn College parking lot in Bryan. The chalk artwork is promoting a summer art camp set for July 5 through Aug. 5 at KOR School in College Station. P ... |
Nursing home owner charged with 5 felonies Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:26 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A Bryan nursing home owner posted bail Friday afternoon after being charged with five felony counts, most related to what authorities said were lies made while under oath. Rose Munoz Rodriguez, who at one time operated several sm ... |
Man gets life for College Station murder Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:26 PM PDT It took a Brazos County jury less than four hours to deliver a guilty verdict that will send a 33-year-old College Station man to prison for the rest of his life. Corey Stewart, 33, was convicted of capital murder for his role in an April 2010 ro ... |
Bryan man gets 17 years for sexual assault Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT A 58-year-old Bryan man Friday was sentenced to 17 years in prison after a jury deliberated more than eight hours to find him guilty of sexual assault of a child. Charles Womba Holmes was arrested in May 2008 after a 16-year-old victim went to po ... |
Local events planned for Juneteenth Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation -- which abolished slavery -- went into effect on January 1, 1863, but it took two-and-a-half years and the presence of federal troops for the news to reach slaves in Texas. On June 18, 1865, Union Ge ... |
Two-vehicle wreck kills at least one Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:26 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportAt least one person was reported dead Friday night in Burleson County at the intersection of Texas 36 and F.M. 60 after a two-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle, a trooper with the Department of Public Safety said.An officer wi ... |
Perry vetoes texting while driving ban, 22 other bills Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 23 bills Friday, including legislation that would have outlawed sending or reading text messages while driving. Lawmakers approved the texting ban last month, but Perry called it an "overreach" and "governme ... |
Suit over alleged cyber threats against Texas girl Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:07 AM PDT HOUSTON -- Three Houston-area girls have been sued over an alleged cyberbullying video threatening a classmate.The Houston Chronicle reports three Riverwood Middle School students made the video last month while off campus. The Facebook posting has s ... |
Inside U.S. Army rescue missions in Afghanistan Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT ABOARD A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN -- The Army medics had just dropped off a Marine wounded in a bombing when one reached over and handed me a scribbled note inside the noisy U.S. helicopter. "We got another mission," the messa ... |
Officials ensure nuclear plant is safe from flood Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT OMAHA, Neb. -- Pictures of a nuclear power plant near Omaha show the facility surrounded by Missouri River floodwaters that have risen nearly to the reactor building.But nuclear regulators and the utility that runs the Fort Calhoun reactor say the ph ... |
National Guard to remain at border Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT The Obama Administration is keeping the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border for at least another three months where the soldiers support the Border Patrol by watching for people sneaking across the border. The soldiers act "as a critical brid ... |
National Guard to remain at border Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT The Obama Administration is keeping the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border for at least another three months where the soldiers support the Border Patrol by watching for people sneaking across the border. The soldiers act "as a critical brid ... |
How to get your money's worth on plane tickets Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Searching for airfares often seems to be a game passengers are set up to lose. Prices change from day to day, even minute to minute. Scouring multiple websites for the best deal can be overwhelming. And after you book, there's no guara ... |
900 pets still homeless after Joplin tornado Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:25 AM PDT JOPLIN, Mo. -- Hundreds of dogs and cats peer out from their cages at the Joplin Humane Society, some with cuts, infections and broken bones from the deadly tornado that turned their lives, like those of their owners, upside down.Since the tornado, t ... |
AARP losing faith with seniors over social security Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- AARP, the powerful lobby for older Americans, was hammered Friday by fellow activists for refusing to oppose any and all cuts to Social Security benefits, a position the group says it has long held as a way to extend the life of the mas ... |
GOP candidates jostle over who is the toughest Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- If Republicans meeting in New Orleans are to be believed, entire appeals courts would be dismantled, four years of President Barack Obama's time in power would be undone and the entire economic crisis would end the day the next preside ... |
Some liberals irked by pace of Obama's change Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS -- What's a frustrated liberal to do? Democrats on the ideological left are grousing that President Barack Obama is just not that into them, and they're soul searching at a big weekend meeting about the strained political relationship as ... |
GOP's Perry team forming Iowa plans Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT IOWA -- Key advisers to Texas Gov. Rick Perry are beginning to lay the groundwork for a campaign for Iowa's leadoff GOP presidential caucuses in case the Republican decides to seek the 2012 nomination. Perry's chief consultant Dave Carney acknowle ... |
GOP's Perry team forming Iowa plans Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT IOWA -- Key advisers to Texas Gov. Rick Perry are beginning to lay the groundwork for a campaign for Iowa's leadoff GOP presidential caucuses in case the Republican decides to seek the 2012 nomination. Perry's chief consultant Dave Carney acknowle ... |
Giffords plans visit to hometown Tuscon Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT PHOENIX -- Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was back in her hometown Friday, visiting Tucson for Father's Day weekend in her first time back to her hometown since she was shot in January. "We've been dreaming of this trip for some time," G ... |
Faith calendar Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT Saturday* First Church of God in Christ, on San Jacinto in Hearne, will hold its 100th anniversary celebration at noon.Sunday* St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 2700 W. Villa Maria Road in Bryan, will hold a worship service at 10 a.m. The Rev. Jeff ... |
Calendar Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT Saturday CLUBS Photography club meeting, 9 a.m. Martha's Bloomers, Navasota. All levels of experience are invited to attend. 936-825-7400, ext. 100 or photoclub@marthasbloomers.com. EVENTS Texas Tots Preschool Storytime, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Star of ... |
Rose Home owner charged with 5 felonies Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT A Bryan nursing home owner posted bail Friday afternoon after being charged with five felony counts, most related to what authorities said were lies made while under oath, according to the indictment. Rose Munoz Rodriguez, who at one time operated s ... |
Aggie, community leader Joe Courtney dies at 73 Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:49 AM PDT Family members said the 73-year-old owner of a local home-building company who died Thursday will be remembered for his generosity, his involvement with the community and Texas A&M University sports, and his role as mentor to many young men. Joe ... |
Salsa nights in downtown Bryan Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT |
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