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- Protecting 'sacred ground' at Owensville Cemetery
- LeUnes plans to fight for schools
- College Station schools still in the dark about new state assessment test
- District 14 field split on school vouchers
- $5K reward being offered for tips in Snook bank robbery
- KBB selling trees, shrubs through Nov. 4
- 3 Bryan schools aim to fix low marks
- KBB selling trees, shrubs through Nov. 4
- ICE deports record number of immigrants in year
- Settlement reached in Northgate garage death
- Bryan-College Station Chamber hosting free breakfast Wednesday
- Man accused of taking $50 worth of meat charged with felony
- Sens. urge baseball to ban tobacco
- BISD explaining end-of-course tests
- Roof of 98-year-old Palestine building collapses
- Middle school teacher stabbed, recovering
- Herman Cain targeted in GOP debate
- Social Security gets an increase
- Soldier freed in prisoner swap
- Equipment truck for Obama stolen
- It's mine now
- Postal Service to raise rates next year
- Banks making up for losses with more user fees
- Oceanographer calls changes 'censorship'
- Taking a shot at malaria
| Protecting 'sacred ground' at Owensville Cemetery Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT Franklin resident Ann Waters already has her grave plot picked out, but she's got a backup just in case. If there's no room next to her grandmother at the Owensville Cemetery in Robertson County, her second preference is to be buried next to her g ... |
| LeUnes plans to fight for schools Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT Judy LeUnes has visited dozens of schools in recent years and says she is appalled at how they are "starving" for money. Bryan High School can no longer afford librarians. Some smaller school districts have aides teaching computer courses. And teache ... |
| College Station schools still in the dark about new state assessment test Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT College Station School District administrators said Tuesday they are still waiting on clarification from the Texas Education Agency regarding the new state assessment test. The TEA will not be issuing rules for the testing until after the first ro ... |
| District 14 field split on school vouchers Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT Two Republicans, a Democrat and a Libertarian took the stage Tuesday night at the first Bryan-College Station Tea Party debate for the District 14 state House seat vacated by Fred Brown. All the candidates in the special election, except Republic ... |
| $5K reward being offered for tips in Snook bank robbery Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:04 AM PDT Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the armed robbery of a Snook bank earlier this month.Two men robbed the Citizen's State Bank, 9850 F.M. 60 East, at gunpoint on Oct. 7, and got away with an undisclosed ... |
| KBB selling trees, shrubs through Nov. 4 Posted: 18 Oct 2011 02:24 AM PDT The deadline to place orders for Keep Brazos Beautiful's tree and shrubs sale fundraiser is Nov. 4. Online orders can be made for the nonprofit organization's 10th annual Crape Myrtle and Shade Tree Sale at www.keepbrazosbeautiful.org. In addition t ... |
| 3 Bryan schools aim to fix low marks Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT Three Bryan campuses are drafting plans for improvement after being rated unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency. The goal is to implement those changes for the 2012-2013 school year. The Bryan School Board on Monday heard reports on improvem ... |
| KBB selling trees, shrubs through Nov. 4 Posted: 18 Oct 2011 02:24 AM PDT The deadline to place orders for Keep Brazos Beautiful's tree and shrubs sale fundraiser is Nov. 4. Online orders can be made for the nonprofit organization's 10th annual Crape Myrtle and Shade Tree Sale at www.keepbrazosbeautiful.org. In addition t ... |
| ICE deports record number of immigrants in year Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:07 AM PDT MIAMI -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Tuesday his agency deported nearly 400,000 individuals during the fiscal year that ended in September, the largest number of removals in the agency's history.Morton announced ... |
| Settlement reached in Northgate garage death Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT A settlement was reached for an undisclosed amount Monday in a lawsuit brought on by a 2009 accident in the Northgate parking garage that killed a 21-year-old and left another woman critically injured. The lawsuit was filed by the parents of Lindsay ... |
| Bryan-College Station Chamber hosting free breakfast Wednesday Posted: 18 Oct 2011 07:32 AM PDT The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free breakfast from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday as part of Chamber Week.The Chamber Week Proclamation Breakfast will at The Brazos Valley Council of Governments, 3991 E. 29th St. in Bryan, ... |
| Man accused of taking $50 worth of meat charged with felony Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:04 AM PDT A 49-year-old Bryan man faces a felony charge after an officer reported that he stole about $50 worth of meat from a Bryan grocery store and ran from him. Jerome James Morgan was charged Monday with theft or property worth less than $1,500 with two ... |
| Sens. urge baseball to ban tobacco Posted: 18 Oct 2011 06:44 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Four U.S. senators and health officials from the cities hosting the World Series are urging the baseball players union to agree to a ban on chewing tobacco at games and on camera.The senators, including the No. 2 Democrat Dick Durbin of ... |
| BISD explaining end-of-course tests Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportParents of students in the Bryan school district are invited to an information session Thursday on the STAAR end-of-course testing program.The meeting will be at 6 p.m. in the board room of the Travis Education Support Center, 101 N ... |
| Roof of 98-year-old Palestine building collapses Posted: 18 Oct 2011 11:59 PM PDT PALESTINE -- The downtown section of an East Texas city shook during the lunch hour when the roof of a four-story building partially collapsed.No injuries were reported in the fall of much of the roof and street-side wall of the top story of the 98-y ... |
| Middle school teacher stabbed, recovering Posted: 18 Oct 2011 11:58 PM PDT FLORENCE -- A Central Texas middle school teacher has reportedly been stabbed by student.Austin television stations report the teacher was stabbed Tuesday afternoon at a school in Florence, 40 miles north of Austin.The Florence school district would ... |
| Herman Cain targeted in GOP debate Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT LAS VEGAS -- Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tuesday night, moving swiftly in a fiery campaign debate to blunt the former businessman's unlikely rise in the race fo ... |
| Social Security gets an increase Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Social Security recipients will get a raise in January -- their first increase in benefits since 2009. It's expected to be about 3.5 percent. Some 55 million beneficiaries will find out for sure Wednesday when a government inflation ... |
| Soldier freed in prisoner swap Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT TEL NOF AIR BASE, Israel -- Looking thin, weary and dazed, Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit emerged Tuesday from more than five years in captivity, surrounded by Hamas militants with black face masks who handed him over to Egyptian mediators in an exc ... |
| Equipment truck for Obama stolen Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. -- At least no one left the keys to Air Force One in the ignition. In an egg-on-face moment for the government ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Virginia, someone stole a Pentagon truck full of presidential seals, podiums and s ... |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT Shanalei Adaoag, 22, snags the ball from John Stephens in pick-up football at Simpson Drill Field on the Texas A&M campus. The duo are part of a group of full-time missionaries working with the A&M Latter Day Saints Student Association who ta ... |
| Postal Service to raise rates next year Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It'll cost a penny more to mail a letter next year. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday that it will increase postage rates on Jan. 22, including a 1-cent increase in the cost of first-class mail, to 45 cents. U ... |
| Banks making up for losses with more user fees Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Higher bank fees are here to stay. The latest third-quarter earnings reports from this week confirm that banks are struggling to make money the old-fashioned way, by lending money to consumers and businesses. The main reason: interest rat ... |
| Oceanographer calls changes 'censorship' Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT GALVESTON -- A Rice University oceanographer says the state's environmental agency is refusing to publish his research article on a Texas bay unless he agrees to delete key references to rising sea levels and human involvement in climate change. P ... |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT ATLANTA -- The quest for the world's first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of disease in young children by half. The initial results from a final stage of vaccine testing we ... |
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