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- It's just a little rain
- CS considers funding study that will explore city-wide impact fees
- $2M project will close College Main to boost pedestrian safety
- Former Bryan City Councilman Marin dies at age 69
- Woman guilty of assault
- Work on bridge to close part of Texas 6
- Hotel fails to pay bill, utilities shut off
- Care drive benefits U.S. troops overseas
- Latest BP blunder fuels frustration
- Green Party blocked from ballot by judge
- Buyers vying for Texas Lottery contract
- Supreme Court reins in use of fraud law
- Report: High levels of metals found in whales
- Low mortgage rates not enough to boost economy
- North Korea threatens more punishment for American
- Crazy about cones
- Immigrant farm workers: Take our jobs
- June a busy month for area gardeners
- Garden Calendar
- Be watchful of vines on oak tree
- Calendar
- Chicago mayor won't 'roll over' if gun ban lifted
- La., Texas declare day of prayer for Gulf spill
- BP spoof video is runaway hit for UCB website
- BP gets help from former gov't disaster expert
| Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT A motorcyclist makes his way through high water on John Kimbrough Blvd during heavy rains on Thursday. ...   |
| CS considers funding study that will explore city-wide impact fees Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT The College Station City Council on Thursday voted 5 to 1 to include funding in the upcoming year's budget for a study that will likely lead to a city-wide impact fee for water and wastewater.Dave Coleman, the city's director of water services, said ... |
| $2M project will close College Main to boost pedestrian safety Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT After almost three hours of discussion Thursday, the College Station City Council voted unanimously in favor of a state-funded $2 million pedestrian safety project in the city's Northgate district.The project will be paid for by the Texas Department ... |
| Former Bryan City Councilman Marin dies at age 69 Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT Former Bryan City Councilman Joe Marin Jr. died just moments before he was to be taken by helicopter to a hospital in Austin.His oldest daughter half-jokingly attributed the timing of her father's death to him being too stubborn to leave the communit ... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportAn obscenity-spewing Bryan woman who tossed bleach on a police officer before being shot with a Taser was sentenced to prison this week after a jury found her guilty of assaulting the officer.Sarah Searcy-Benford, 48, was sentenced ... |
| Work on bridge to close part of Texas 6 Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportCrews will begin demolishing the bridge at Old Reliance Road and Texas 6 on Friday.All lanes of Texas 6 between Boonville Road and Texas 21 will be closed at 7 p.m., and traffic will be detoured to the frontage roads. Texas 6 should ... |
| Hotel fails to pay bill, utilities shut off Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT The utilities were turned off this week at The Plaza Hotel and Suites in College Station after the business failed to pay its bill, officials said.The power and water at the Texas Avenue hotel was cut off at 10 a.m. Wednesday by College Station Utili ... |
| Care drive benefits U.S. troops overseas Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT Officials from IBC Bank and H-E-B have teamed up to send care packages to members of the military around Independence Day.Through July 4, residents can take part in Operation Care Drop by purchasing pre-made care packages for soldiers at H-E-B and ta ... |
| Latest BP blunder fuels frustration Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- Earlier this month, BP boldly predicted the oil gushing from the bottom of the sea would be reduced to a "relative trickle" within days, and President Barack Obama told the nation last week that as much as 90 percent would soon be capt ... |
| Green Party blocked from ballot by judge Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT AUSTIN -- A state judge ruled Thursday that Green Party candidates should be kept off the November statewide ballot, agreeing with Texas Democrats who alleged that signatures gathered to support the Green Party were improperly obtained.The Texas Demo ... |
| Buyers vying for Texas Lottery contract Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:12 PM PDT AUSTIN -- If you buy scratch-off lottery tickets or enter the statewide jackpot drawings or play any other games in the Texas lottery, you help put billions of dollars into the state's bank account.And big businesses want a piece of that action.Compa ... |
| Supreme Court reins in use of fraud law Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply curtailed prosecutors' use of an anti-fraud law that was central in convicting politicians and corporate executives in many of the nation's most prominent corruption cases. The ex-CEO of disgraced e ... |
| Report: High levels of metals found in whales Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT AGADIR, Morocco -- Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth's oceans have built up stunningly high levels of toxic and heavy metals, according to American scientists who say the findings spell danger not only for marine life but ... |
| Low mortgage rates not enough to boost economy Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Mortgages are cheaper today than they've been in a half-century. If only most people had the job security, the credit rating and the cash to qualify for one or refinance.The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan sank to 4.69 percent thi ... |
| North Korea threatens more punishment for American Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea threatened to increase punishment for an American sentenced to hard labor for illegally entering the country, linking his case to U.S. criticism of Pyongyang over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.Aij ... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT Nathan Lewis, 5, sports improvised head gear as he uses another cone to steady himself during Camp Cool activities at Arctic Wolf Ice Center in College Station on Thursday afternoon. Camp Cool has weekly five-day sessions scheduled through mid-August ... |
| Immigrant farm workers: Take our jobs Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- In a tongue-in-cheek call for immigration reform, farm workers are teaming up with comedian Stephen Colbert to challenge unemployed Americans: Come on, take our jobs.Farm workers are tired of being blamed by politicians and anti-immi ... |
| June a busy month for area gardeners Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT Gardeners should sow some seeds in a shaded area from May 15 to July 15 if they look to grow a special variety of tomatoes for in the fall."When You Garden, You Grow" was the theme of this year's National Garden Week, June 6-12. Gardening grows beaut ... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT Friday* Brazos County 2010 Youth Garden Show, 9 a.m. Brazos County Administration Building, 200 S. Texas Ave. Awards program begins at 11:45 a.m. Sponsored by the Brazos County 4-H Adult Leaders and Brazos County Master Gardeners. brazosmg.com.Saturd ... |
| Be watchful of vines on oak tree Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT Dear Neil: I have vines growing up the trunk of our live oak tree. They're about 12 feet up. Is this bad for the oak?A: The only times that vines cause any problem as they grow up trees would be when they grow out and over the trees' canopies. They c ... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT FridayCLUBSStar Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call 774-0043.Brazos County Senior Citizens Association luncheon, noon. 1402 Bristol St., Bryan. 822-6873.EVENTSBrazos County 2010 Youth Garden Show ... |
| Chicago mayor won't 'roll over' if gun ban lifted Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:48 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) -- If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Chicago's handgun ban, the city will likely do what Washington, D.C., did when its own ban was overturned two years ago: Put in place all sorts of restrictions to make it tougher to buy guns and ... |
| La., Texas declare day of prayer for Gulf spill Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:42 PM PDT BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The governors of Louisiana and Texas say Sunday will be a day to pray about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal issued a proclamation declaring a day of prayer for perseverance in coping with the e ... |
| BP spoof video is runaway hit for UCB website Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:41 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) -- The most memorable comedic take on the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico hasn't come from "Saturday Night Live," "The Daily Show" or a late-night monologue.Instead, a cheaply made video by an unlikely New York improv troupe ha ... |
| BP gets help from former gov't disaster expert Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- BP says it has enlisted the help of James Lee Witt, the Federal Emergency Management Agency director in the Clinton administration and an expert on disaster response.Bob Dudley, BP's new point man for the oil response, said Thursda ... |
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