Thursday, June 24, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Fighting for glory

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Contestants Joe Brown, 21 (diving), and Will Cody, 20, make for a photo finish in a race around the bases between innings at the Bombers/Tomcats game in Bryan on Wednesday night. The Texas Tomcats beat the Brazos Valley Bombers 2-1. ...

Crime unit to lose funding

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT

A law enforcement team devoted to fighting gangs and drug activity in Brazos County has lost its only funding source, leaving authorities scrambling to find a way to keep it alive.The Brazos County Special Investigations Unit had been supported by fe ...

A&M reviewing hiring practices

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin has launched a review of hiring practices for administrators and staff members to be conducted by the A&M System's internal auditor, he announced in an e-mail to the campus Wednesday. The review comes the w ...

Madison deputy in critical condition after head-on, police said

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:42 AM PDT

An on-duty Madison County deputy and three others were taken to area hospitals after a truck hit the officer’s patrol car head-on Tuesday, officials said. Deputy Hector Camarillo, 38, of College Station, was driving south on Interstate 45’s service ...

Queen project is a community effort

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:03 PM PDT

On Nov. 21, 1939, two full pages, side-by-side in The Bryan Eagle, announced "the event you've been waiting for" -- the grand opening of The Queen Theater.A black-and-white photograph captured the theater with its large rotating crown and the word " ...

CS police investigate robbery outside Kroger

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:05 AM PDT

Police on Thursday were investigating a report of a robbery outside a College Station grocery store late the night before.College Station police said they responded at 10:09 p.m. to 3535 Longmire Drive for a robbery. Two women told police a man appro ...

Trustees won't ask for tax hike

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Bryan school trustees on Wednesday opted not to ask voters for a property tax increase to help balance the district's 2010-11 budget. Superintendent Mike Cargill recommended the board bypass a vote this year and consider a rollback election the follo ...

Deputy injured in crash

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:06 PM PDT

A Madison County sheriff's deputy remained in the hospital Wednesday after his patrol car was hit head-on the day before by a pickup that crossed into his lane, authorities said.Deputy Hector Camarillo, 38, of College Station, was taken to Scott & ...

Club to host emergency response exercise

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Members of the Bryan Amateur Radio Club will participate in a national emergency exercise this weekend to test response capabilities.The Field Day exercises will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday and run through Sunday at Southwood Athletic Park. The public i ...

Event set to honor Korean War vets

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Community leaders will break ground on a Korean War memorial at Veterans Park in College Station on Friday -- the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War.Former U.S. Navy Capt. Mike Newman, who serves as president of the Brazos Valley Vet ...

Homeland Security to use drones along border

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The Homeland Security Department will use unmanned surveillance aircraft and other technological upgrades in its ongoing effort to protect the southern border of the United States.The department said Wednesday it has obtained Federal Av ...

Taking a chance on Caldwell

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT

It may surprise some that a national hotel chain decided to make a somewhat notorious and bedraggled old building in Caldwell one of its newest facilities. Americas Best Value Inn is moving into what used to be the Caldwell Health and Rehabilitation ...

Bryan city employee honored as finalist

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA city of Bryan employee was honored recently as a national Jefferson Awards finalist.Ronnie Jackson, the city's neighborhood and youth services coordinator, represented the Brazos Valley in Washington, D.C., as a winner of the loca ...

No charges following sex allegation against Gore

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:51 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland police say they investigated allegations that former Vice President Al Gore had "unwanted sexual contact" with a massage therapist during an October 2006 visit, but they found insufficient evidence to support the woman's cl ...

Web site, race shop and restaurant open

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:16 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce will welcome three new businesses to the area this week. On Friday, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Foodfriendz.com and Bodega Coast at 980 University Drive E. in Coll ...

Web site, race shop and restaurant open

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:16 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce will welcome three new businesses to the area this week. On Friday, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Foodfriendz.com and Bodega Coast at 980 University Drive E. in Coll ...

U.S. allies hope Afghanistan war plan is secure

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

LONDON -- America's allies in the fight to stabilize Afghanistan are hoping that the ouster of Stanley McChrystal as commander of international forces there still leaves the general's strategy intact, officials and analysts said Wednesday.From Kabul ...

San Antonio mayor against Arizona law

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- After easily winning election last year, Mayor Julian Castro has enjoyed a rapid rise in Democratic politics, earning praise for his handling of a bungled nuclear power expansion and push to revitalize San Antonio as a green, technolog ...

Legislator indicted in dentist kickback case

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:03 PM PDT

McALLEN -- Federal marshals on Wednesday arrested a state representative who was one of six South Texas dentists indicted on federal charges of taking kickbacks for Medicaid referrals.State Rep. Tara Rios Ybarra, D-South Padre Island, turned herself ...

Inmates wrongly claim homebuyer tax credits

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Living in prison didn't stop nearly 1,300 inmates from cashing in on a popular tax break for first-time homebuyers, a government investigator reported Wednesday. Their take: more than $9 million.In all, more than 14,100 tax filers wrong ...

Pelicans rehabbed from oil released in Texas

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT

ROCKPORT -- More than five dozen brown pelicans rehabilitated after being contaminated by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been released in Texas.The 62 pelicans arrived on Coast Guard cargo planes on Wednesday and were taken to the Aransas N ...

Gore accused of sexual misconduct in 2006

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:03 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Portland massage therapist accused former Vice President Al Gore of "unwanted sexual contact" at a hotel during an October 2006 visit, but no charges were filed due to lack of evidence, law officials said Wednesday.An attorney rep ...

Area couple attends Vegas jewelry show

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:20 AM PDT

Donna Wall and David Weaver of the Jewelry & Coin Exchange in College Station recently attended an annual jewelry show in Las Vegas. The show presented Wall and Weaver with opportunities to buy new products and collections from 2,300 supplies from ...

B-CS Chamber alters office hours

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:18 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce has changed its office hours to better accommodate staffing at activities and events in the community. The new hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. ...

Local B&B named one of best in region

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:17 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A College Station bed and breakfast has been selected as one of the "Best in the Southwest" in the annual Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards. The Rudder Jessup B&B is in the former home on Gen. James Earl Rudder. It was selec ...

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