| Brayton brings 'bomberos' to College Station Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT Felipe Hanhausen met his wife at The Texas Engineering Extension Service's firefighter training school 20 years ago. Thursday, he joined more than 160 instructors and 635 students at the 45th annual Spanish Fire Training School, or Escuela para B ... |
| Driver of truck that ran over A&M student in NG parking garage is sentenced Posted: 14 Jul 2011 10:38 AM PDT A 28-year-old Bryan woman was sentenced to a week in jail for each of the next five years after pleading guilty to driving a truck that killed a Texas A&M student in the Northgate parking garage. Alma Martinez-Cooley was ordered to serve 300 hou ... |
| Electricity demand sparks conservation alert Posted: 14 Jul 2011 06:51 AM PDT The Texas Public Utilities Commission is calling on Texans to conserve electricity today between peak hours of 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said continued record-high temperatures and unexpected unit ou ... |
| Driver in Northgate death found guilty Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT Alma Martinez-Cooley, 28, paused when the judge asked her how she pled to the charge of criminally negligent homicide Thursday afternoon. After a moment, and an encouraging pat on the back from defense attorney Jim James, she said she was guilty ... |
| Driver of truck that ran over A&M student in NG parking garage is sentenced Posted: 14 Jul 2011 10:38 AM PDT A 28-year-old Bryan woman was sentenced to a week in jail for each of the next five years after pleading guilty to driving a truck that killed a Texas A&M student in the Northgate parking garage. Alma Martinez-Cooley was ordered to serve 300 hou ... |
| Defendant takes the stand in intoxication manslaughter case Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:04 AM PDT A 24-year-old Sunset man facing 20 years in prison for intoxication manslaughter was the last to testify in his felony trial late Thursday morning. Closing arguments for the punishment phase of Kasey Lynn Vanhoose’s trial will begi ... |
| Police: Barricaded person might be armed Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:57 AM PDT UPDATE: College Station police say the situation on Dartmouth Street has been resolved and no one was hurt. ____ College Station police are asking people to avoid the area of a 42-year-old man who may be armed and has barricaded himself in his ho ... |
| CS City Council approves new rules for taxi companies Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT The College Station City Council on Thursday approved new regulations for taxi companies aimed at ensuring fair interactions with customers. The key change is adding a mandate that drivers post their fares on the outside of their cabs. The rule is a ... |
| Can frequent-flier programs work for you? Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:58 AM PDT NEW YORK -- They lure millions of travelers each year with the promise of free vacations, first-class upgrades and a chance to cut the security line. But are frequent-flier programs really worthwhile? Miles programs sound simple enough. Passengers ... |
| Vanhoose gets 3 years in prison for intoxication manslaughter Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT After handing down a three-year prison sentence for intoxication manslaughter, Judge J.D. Langley spoke directly to the 24-year-old Kasey Lynn Vanhoose about the course of his actions that led to the death of a friend. The judge said he's had to ... |
| Police: Man parked at car wash had meth, cocaine Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:05 AM PDT A 33-year-old Bryan man was in jail Thursday after an officer reported finding him in a car wash stall with methamphetamine and cocaine. Jeffrey William Chatham was charged with possession of less than a gram of a controlled substance and possession ... |
| Man charged with eating cocaine Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:24 AM PDT A 20-year-old man's suspicious behavior led to his arrest after he was found eating cocaine early Thursday, an officer said. Quinton Raymon Auston of Bryan was charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. He also had four warrants. ... |
| Judge declares mistrial in Clemens case Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:35 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- The judge declared a mistrial Thursday in baseball star Roger Clemens' perjury trial after prosecutors showed to jurors evidence that he had ruled would out of bounds in the case. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said Clemens could ... |
| Disputes limit testimony in murder trial Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT By JONATHAN RESENDEZ jonathan.resendez@theeagle.com The Michael Allen Peck murder trial inched forward Thursday as disputes between prosecution and defense lawyers led to long breaks for jurors and limited testimony to the same witness who had take ... |
| Vehicle passenger charged with cocaine possession Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:16 AM PDT A traffic stop for a noise violation led to the arrest of a 19-year-old passenger in the vehicle after an officer reported finding cocaine. David Allen Jenkins of Bryan was charged Tuesday with possession of from one to four grams of a controlled su ... |
| A&M reallocates pooled funds Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT As Texas A&M prepared for a $39 million state budget cut last year, it put further reductions of $21 million on its colleges and units to create a central pool of money for strategic priorities. Provost Karan Watson announced this week where ... |
| Officer driving at least 80 at time of accident that killed two Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT WICHITA FALLS -- A Wichita Falls police officer was speeding when his patrol car struck a vehicle occupied by two teenagers who were killed, according to an initial report.The Texas Department of Public Safety report says evidence shows Officer Teddi ... |
| Escaping the heat Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:27 PM PDT Navasota's Austin Baumert douses his head with water during a break in the action Thursday at the State 7-on-7 Championships. |
| SWAT detains man who barricaded self Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:27 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report No one was injured after a 42-year-old man barricaded himself inside his home Thursday, causing the College Station SWAT team to respond. Officer Rhonda Seaton, spokeswoman for the department, said police were called at 1:07 p.m ... |
| People stampede for Dallas housing vouchers Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:27 AM PDT DALLAS -- The head of Dallas County Health and Human Services is defending the handling of an event in which hundreds of people stampeded toward a stadium to obtain applications for hard-to-get housing vouchers. Officials say some people got bumps an ... |
| Perry touts new law to give vets college credit Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:27 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- Gov. Rick Perry ceremonially signed a bill Thursday that will help veterans earn college diplomas more quickly, saying Texas has a special duty to help because so many military bases and veterans are located in the state.The new law is ... |
| Huge pot farm found in Mexico Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:27 PM PDT MEXICO CITY -- Mexican soldiers found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres, the Defense Department said Thursday.The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by aut ... |
| Wall Street unfazed by the threat of U.S. default Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The CEO of a big bank says a U.S. default could be catastrophic for the economy. The head of the Federal Reserve warns of chaos. And a credit rating agency threatens to take away the country's coveted triple-A status.The response on Wall ... |
| Tensions high as debt limit deadline nears Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Fuming lawmakers pointed fingers at one another and President Barack Obama on Thursday as negotiations over raising the national debt limit entered a perilous endgame. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned of economic damage, and ... |
| SoCal braces for 'Carmageddon' Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:27 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- The alarms have been sounded and the preparations have been made.Now, only two questions remain: Will "Carmageddon," the shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of one of the busiest highways in the United States, on one of the city's busiest of ... |
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