Trying to save The Queen Posted: 26 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT Unused construction equipment sits amid clutter inside The Queen Theater in downtown Bryan. The roof has water damage and the balcony is partially collapsed, evidence that the 71-year-old building has been sitting vacant for three decades."As you can ... |
A&M researcher to study effects of methane in Gulf Posted: 26 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT In the days following the Gulf Coast oil spill last month, Texas A&M researcher John Kessler quickly put together a proposal to send to the National Science Foundation. It paid off. Kessler has been awarded $160,000 to study the effects of methan ... |
Jury to decide fate of killer Posted: 26 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT The fate of former Marine John Thuesen will be in jurors' hands on Thursday after both sides rested their cases in the punishment phase of his trial Wednesday. Thuesen was found guilty last week of the 2009 murders of Texas A&M student siblings R ... |
Olsen Field could see upgrades Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Texas A&M's governing authority will consider adding a $16 million renovation of the university's baseball field to its capital plan during its scheduled meeting in College Station this week. The System Board of Regents will also decide whether t ... |
Third child in wreck dies Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT An accident that killed two little boys on Monday when the car they were in was hit by a train became even more tragic when a third child in the car died at a hospital.Four-year-old Ki'adie Hancox died Tuesday, about 24 hours after being brought to S ... |
Additional arrest made in Bryan robbery Posted: 26 May 2010 03:00 AM PDT Police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old man who is accused of assaulting a man and shooting him with a BB gun while attempting to take his money in April.Warden Jackson of College Station was jailed on a charge of robbery. Justin Claridy, 21, of B ... |
Single mom won't back down from cancer fight Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Ruth Ann Mills is tough, her mother said Wednesday from a Houston hospital where her daughter was undergoing an examination in preparation for a double mastectomy. The 45-year-old single mother of three children, the youngest of whom is a Rudder High ... |
Register now for summer reading Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportRegistration has begun for the Bryan-College Station Library System's summer reading program. The free program allows children to read whatever they like and move a space on a game board with each day they read.After 13 days, childr ... |
Witness says BP took 'shortcuts' Posted: 26 May 2010 05:22 AM PDT COVINGTON, La. -- Senior managers complained oil giant BP was "taking shortcuts" by replacing heavy drilling fluid with saltwater in the well that blew out, triggering the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to witness statements obtai ... |
Police: CS woman cashed almost $8K in fake checks Posted: 26 May 2010 08:06 AM PDT College Station police said they arrested a 20-year-old woman Wednesday on charges of stealing almost $7,800 by cashing fraudulent checks.Kristianna Marie Jefferson of College Station was charged with theft of property in an amount between $1,500 and ... |
Disney exec's assistant charged in trade scheme Posted: 26 May 2010 05:21 AM PDT NEW YORK -- An assistant to a top executive at Walt Disney Co. was arrested Wednesday along with her boyfriend on charges that they offered to sell secrets about the company's financial picture to investment companies, authorities said.Bonnie Hoxie, ... |
EPA may federalize Texas air program Posted: 27 May 2010 12:19 AM PDT HOUSTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency may take over the entire job of regulating air quality in Texas if the state keeps violating the Clean Air Act, an EPA official told The Associated Press on Wednesday -- intensifying a dispute over regul ... |
Police: Bryan man found with marijuana Posted: 26 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA 23-year-old Bryan man was in jail Wednesday on a felony charge of marijuana possession.Authorities said someone reported a suspicious person at Henderson Harbor Park in Bryan on Tuesday. When officers arrived, the man matching the ... |
The pigtails are gone: Willie Nelson cuts his hair Posted: 26 May 2010 08:26 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Country music fans have come to expect a little eccentricity from legendary crooner Willie Nelson, but he pulled off a real shocker this time.He cut his hair."Oh Noooooo!," wrote one fan who saw a picture of Willie's new-do on the w ... |
CPS takes custody of boy staying in church Posted: 26 May 2010 05:23 AM PDT CLEVELAND, Texas -- Child Protective Services has taken custody of three brothers after one, who is 8, allegedly was forced to stay alone in a small, country church and use a paint can for a toilet.KHOU-TV reports the boy's mother is under investigat ... |
Surveillance video helps catch suspect Posted: 26 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA 23-year-old Bryan man was behind bars Wednesday on six charges of credit card abuse stemming from a theft in October 2009. Police said a woman reported her wallet stolen on Oct. 22 after shopping at the 99 Cent Only store in Bryan ... |
Woman charged with sexual assault of boy Posted: 26 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportAuthorities have accused a 42-year-old College Station woman of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy.Elizabeth Lee Price was arrested Friday and released later that day after posting $50,000 bail for the two second-degree felony ch ... |
Construction firm cited for violations Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA Bryan construction company has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 12 alleged workplace violations.OSHA said investigators from its Austin office visited a work site Feb. 2 in College Statio ... |
Construction firm cited for violations Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA Bryan construction company has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 12 alleged workplace violations.OSHA said investigators from its Austin office visited a work site Feb. 2 in College Statio ... |
Pick your own produce Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Mandy Kingsbury lives in Caldwell where she works from home caring for her three daughters -- ages 2, 8 and 12. In between homeschooling the girls and chauffeuring them to various activities, Kingsbury said she finds time to tend to her family's pick ... |
Healthy move Posted: 26 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT Registered nurse Thena Cowart checks Imogene Blue's blood glucose level during a free health screening at the Seniors Expo at the Brazos Center Wednesday. The event featured information booths, entertainment and food. ... |
BP says 'top kill' effort going as planned Posted: 26 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT COVINGTON, La. -- BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has spewed millions of gallons of oil over the last fi ... |
Obama's border plan similar to Bush's Posted: 26 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT PHOENIX -- President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops back to the U.S.-Mexico border quelled demands that he must do more to battle illegal immigration and drug smuggling, but advocates for tougher enforcement say th ... |
Apartments offer 'resort-style' living Posted: 26 May 2010 11:53 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Watercrest Apartments are the newest home addition in Bryan offering "resort-style" living for active adults in the community, officials said. Residents who are 55 and older have optional service packages that include houseke ... |
King Dollar store set to open in Bryan Posted: 26 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A King Dollar store soon will open a second location in the area. The Texas-based chain King Dollar will open its 18th store in less than two months, officials said. The store is hiring for its nine employees and will be l ... |
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