Friday, March 2, 2012

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Program helps rid Calvert of old crack houses

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PST


It took less than a minute for a bulldozer to demolish a run-down Calvert house that had long been an eyesore for the community and an available hideout for drug users and criminals in the area.
"Tear it down!" a group of Calvert Elementary stude ...

State park to honor Texas

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST


Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park is inviting the public to its 293-acre historic site on March 17 to hear about the men who risked everything to establish Texas as an independent republic.
The presentation, "Simply the Singers," will be given a ...

Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin named to Homeland Security panel

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST


Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin has been selected as a founding member of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security academic advisory committee, the department announced Thursday.
He joins 18 other members, mostly presidents of schools rangi ...

Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin named to Homeland Security panel

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST


Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin has been selected as a founding member of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security academic advisory committee, the department announced Thursday.
He joins 18 other members, mostly presidents of schools rangi ...

Search under way for dachshund that bit College Station homeowner

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:57 AM PST

College Station animal control officers are asking for the public's help in locating a dachshund that bit someone Thursday.The dog entered a backyard in the 400 block of Walton Drive between 4 and 5 p.m. The dog bit the homeowner during an attempt to ...

Texas A&M receives grant to host festival of visual and musical art

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PST


Two assistant professors at Texas A&M have been awarded a grant to help students stage a festival of audio-visual artwork next spring.
Composer Jeff Morris and theater designer Autum Casey, instructional assistant professors in A&M's Perfo ...

Sherwood Forest Faire honored

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST


For the second year in a row, Sherwood Forest Faire has been named the "best new Renaissance festival" in the nation in a competition cosponsored by Renaissance Magazine and Renaissance Festival Podcast.
The fair was created by two Aggie alumni - ...

Conservative publisher Breitbart dies at 43

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:21 AM PST


WASHINGTON -- Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, has died in Los Ange ...

Man gets 7 years for sex assault of minor

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:34 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 21-year-old Navasota man Thursday pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual assault of a child.
According to police, Deondon Trell Paldo had nonconsensual sex with a minor who repeatedly asked him to ...

Man gets 7 years for sex assault of minor

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:34 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 21-year-old Navasota man Thursday pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual assault of a child.
According to police, Deondon Trell Paldo had nonconsensual sex with a minor who repeatedly asked him to ...

With kids in vehicle, Dad gets 2nd DWI

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:34 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 46-year-old North Zulch man was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated with children in the vehicle.
According to the police report, a Department of Public Safety trooper pulled over a speeding vehicle Wednesday at t ...

Man allegedly broke into ex's apartment

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
An investigation by the College Station Police Department led to the arrest of a 20-year-old Bryan man who allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend's apartment with the intention of beating up her current boyfriend.
College Station ...

Afghan soldiers kill U.S. partners

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PST


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two U.S. troops were gunned down by two Afghan soldiers and an accomplice Thursday, the latest of six American service members killed by their Afghan partners since the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. base last week sen ...

Drought's impact on migration patterns concerns biologists

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:18 PM PST


MAD ISLAND -- Strange things are aloft in the bird world.
Endangered whooping cranes flew 2,500 miles from Canada to Texas, where they usually spend the whole winter. Instead, they pecked around for a short time and flew back. In Nebraska, other c ...

New scan reveals deep brain damage

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The soldier on the fringes of an explosion. The survivor of a car wreck. The football player who took yet another skull-rattling hit. Too often, only time can tell when a traumatic brain injury will leave lasting harm -- there's no go ...

Devastated areas brace for more twisters

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PST


HARRISBURG, Ill. -- Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be ...

Conservatives mourn Andrew Breitbart

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:18 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- Caustic commentator Andrew Breitbart was loved by conservatives who championed his viral Internet exposes that brought down politicians, and hated by others who said he selectively used the truth to do it.
The conservative media pub ...

Tibetan town is closely watched

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST


ABA, China -- China's stifling lockdown of this Tibetan town has not only been about patrolling its sleepy streets, but also policing the minds of a community at the center of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.
Soldiers with helmets, r ...

Caldwell man gets 20 years for theft

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 30-year-old repeat theft offender was sentenced to 20 years in prison this week after pleading guilty to charges of theft and evading arrest.
Gabriel Yousef Abdallh of Caldwell received eight years behind bars for theft and 12 ...

Sunscald likely culprit of dying red oak

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:05 PM PST

Dear Neil: What might be happening to my 4-year-old red oak? It's lost bark from half of its trunk, and the problem just really showed up last summer. I watered weekly, and it's been mulched with cypress mulch.A: Your photo shows a tree that is in ve ...

Vibrant vines quickly add color

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST

Vines grown vertically are a simple way to dramatize your garden, screen a view or create shade. Their vertical growth brings a welcome change from the monotony of low-growing ground cover and knee-high shrubbery, and their height, color and texture ...

Garden calendar

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:18 PM PST

Saturday
* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket.com, wisefamilyfarm@gmail.com or 229-5503.
* Brenham Farmers M ...

Vibrant vines quickly add color

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST

Vines grown vertically are a simple way to dramatize your garden, screen a view or create shade. Their vertical growth brings a welcome change from the monotony of low-growing ground cover and knee-high shrubbery, and their height, color and texture ...

Letters for March 2

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:05 PM PST

Bryan council should reject new ordinance
I fear that the Bryan City Council may pass an ordinance that could greatly harm many of the residential areas and residents of our city.
On March 6, the council will hold a public hearing and consider pas ...

Calendar for Friday

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:18 PM PST

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The 17th Annual "Diamond in the Rough" Golf Tournament will be on March 19 at Traditions Golf Course in Bryan. Cost for the 4-person scramble is $125 for adults and $100 for students, including meal. Registration deadline is Marc ...

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