Thursday, September 29, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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St. Michael's Episcopal School facing closure

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


St. Michael's Episcopal School must come up with $350,000 by October to avoid having to close its doors indefinitely.
Kate Lucchese, who took over as head of the private school in August 2010, said administrators and board members found out two we ...

Couple's death over the weekend ruled a murder-suicide

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:35 AM PDT

It was 22-year-old Chance Schneider who shot and killed 20-year-old Ashley Lenz at his rural Brazos County home before turning the handgun on himself, authorities said Wednesday.
The on-again, off-again couple's bodies were found by Schneider's ro ...

St. Michael's Episcopal School may have to close if funding isn't found

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Officials at St. Michael’s Episcopal School said Wednesday that unless their funding situation immediately changes, they likely will have to shut down as early as November.
Kate Lucchese, who took over as head of school in August 2010, said t ...

Entergy, College Station Utilities agree to link grids to provide emergency service

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


The 2008 damage of Hurricane Ike seems modest compared to the destruction caused by the wildfire in Grimes County this year. The storm's 25 mph winds knocked down a few tree limbs and tore shingles off of roofs.
But Sheriff Don Sowell still reme ...

Couple's deaths ruled murder-suicide

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


Bryan resident Tonya Chandler spent Wednesday at the home where her son died, searching for minor comfort. She found journals she began filling with handwritten notes since he was a baby. One entry had some of his first words: "kitty kitty."
"I w ...

Farms affected by fires offered loans

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Farmers in several Brazos Valley counties whose crops or equipment were damaged in the recent wildfires are eligible to receive low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency, the United States Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday ...

Weather Whys: Weather balloons

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:40 AM PDT

Q: Does the weather service still use weather balloons?
A: Yes it does, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. Many of the uses of weather balloons can now be carried out by weather satellites that orbit hundreds of miles above the Earth. ...

Former CS gas station employee charged with theft

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:37 AM PDT

A 19-year-old Bryan man faces a felony theft charge after police said an investigation showed he stole more than $2,200 from the College Station gas station where he worked.
Thomas Matthew Nowlin was charged Tuesday with theft of property from $1,50 ...

E. coli scare prompts Tyson to recall ground beef

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:38 AM PDT

CINCINNATI -- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef because a family in Ohio fell ill after eating meat produced by the company that was contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesda ...

Brazos Valley to host first regional fair in 2012

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


Organizers of the Brazos Valley Fair & Exposition hope the 2012 event will draw in visitors from around Texas and surrounding states and boost the local economy.
The first fair will be held next September at the Brazos County Expo in Bryan. Or ...

Brazos Valley to host first regional fair in 2012

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


Organizers of the Brazos Valley Fair & Exposition hope the 2012 event will draw in visitors from around Texas and surrounding states and boost the local economy.
The first fair will be held next September at the Brazos County Expo in Bryan. Or ...

Feds: Planned attack on Pentagon thwarted

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT


BOSTON -- A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives -- the latest of several terrorism cases to spring from federal sting op ...

Man charged with felony clothes theft

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:45 AM PDT

A man wearing a dress was charged with felony theft after he was caught stealing clothes from the College Station Walmart, police said.
Sirprince Dwayne Hines of College Station was charged Tuesday with theft of property less than $1,500 with two or ...

Tuition stance could lift Perry

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


Rick Perry is calling his Republican rivals heartless and using ethnically charged language to defend moderate parts of his immigration record. That strategy may endear the Texas governor to Hispanics and their allies even as it angers others the p ...

$152 million in ag losses to Texas wildfires

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:41 AM PDT


COLLEGE STATION -- Enough fencing to cross Texas from east to west nearly seven times, more than 1,500 head of livestock and swaths of pasture nearly twice the area of Delaware have burned in Texas wildfires this year.
As if the state's crippling ...

E. coli scare prompts Tyson to recall ground beef

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:52 AM PDT

EMPORIA, Kan. -- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef that might be contaminated with E. coli.The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it became aware of the problem when Ohio health authorities r ...

Relatives unsure of killer's claim in Texas deaths

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:06 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- At age 84, Elmer Pitchford knows time is running out for him to learn who killed his teenage daughter four decades ago in Houston."I would like to know before I die, that's for sure," he said.But the retired dock worker said he's not sure ...

State economy slowly growing

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Texas has emerged from the Great Recession but economic growth will continue to be slow, in part because of hesitant consumers, the state comptroller's top revenue estimator told lawmakers Wednesday.John Heleman told the House Ways and Mean ...

Feds sue Texas firm for firing 600-pound employee

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT


HOUSTON -- The federal government has filed suit against BAE Systems alleging the company has violated disability laws by firing a morbidly obese employee at its Houston-area plant.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Tuesday lawsuit say ...

Teen's suicide ignites bullying conversation

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT


BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Taunted since grade school for hanging out with girls, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer told his parents things were finally getting better since high school started. Meanwhile, on a blog his parents didn't know about, he posted increa ...

Union auto workers OK new GM deal

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT


DETROIT -- Factory workers at General Motors have overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract with the company that includes profit-sharing instead of raises for most workers and promises thousands of new jobs.
The United Auto Workers union s ...

Perry immigration strategy may help woo Hispanics

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:39 AM PDT


MIAMI -- Rick Perry is calling his Republican rivals "heartless" and using ethnically charged language to defend moderate parts of his immigration record. That strategy may endear the Texas governor to Hispanics and their allies even as it angers o ...

The art of eating

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Abby Altman, 4, chomps down on a hot dog during St. Thomas Early Learning Center's annual Hot Dog Lunch and Student Art Show on Wednesday afternoon. Dozens of parents and friends of the facility flocked to enjoy hot dogs before viewing the Student Ar ...

Crisis threatens European Union

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT

BRUSSELS -- Until recently, the idea that the 27-nation European Union might disintegrate would have been unthinkable, for uniting a continent ripped apart by two World Wars was considered a rousing diplomatic success.But the EU's two most cherished ...

Saudi woman's punishment for driving rescinded

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT


RIYADH, Saudi Arab -- Saudi King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a Saudi woman to be lashed 10 times for defying the kingdom's ban on female drivers, a government official said Wednesday.
The official declined to elaborate on the ...

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