Thursday, September 23, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Time to fly at Lake Bryan

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Five-year-old Michael Serna releases his kite into the breeze Wednesday while spending the afternoon with his family at Lake Bryan.

Loftin: Cost analysis won't affect faculty reviews

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:21 PM PDT

Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said a document that assigns a financial value to each faculty member has not changed the processes for evaluating faculty. "As faculty members ourselves, both [Interim Provost Karan Watson] and I are well awa ...

Bryan council members request external audit of BTU

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Two Bryan City Council members have requested an external audit and review of Bryan Texas Utilities finances. Councilmen Mike Southerland and Paul Madison also requested a discussion of potential changes to ordinances related to the city-owned el ...

Services set for slain CS woman

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

The funeral for the 29-year-old College Station woman who was killed early this week has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Madisonville. Jennifer Marie Hailey, originally from Madisonville, was str ...

New hospital in the works

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Scott & White Healthcare officials have confirmed their plans to build a hospital in College Station. Katherine Voss, a spokeswoman for the Temple-based health care provider, said steps have been initiated toward building an acute care hospital ...

Bryan man killed in Robertson County wreck

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

A 45-year-old Bryan man was killed and two others were injured after police said he drove his truck into oncoming traffic lanes and struck an 18-wheeler in Robertson County on Wednesday evening. Jimmy Worden, the lone occupant of a Dodge truck, was ...

Man charged with choking wife

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Bryan police said they arrested a 29-year-old man Wednesday on charges of assaulting and choking his wife last year. Gregory DeShawn Washington was charged with assault of a family or household member involving impeding breathing or circulation. Po ...

Camp Cooley Ranch loses assets in bankruptcy ruling

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

A Franklin ranch and cattle genetics company will have its assets turned over to its creditors after losing bankruptcy proceedings in federal court this week. Camp Cooley Ranch announced the loss in a letter to customers dated Tuesday. "It is w ...

Police: Man had pot plants in closet

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:19 AM PDT

A 22-year-old Bryan man faces a felony charge after police said they found marijuana plants in his home. Russell Wayne Klosterman was jailed Tuesday on a charge of possession of between four ounces and five pounds of marijuana. A Brazos County sher ...

White blasts Perry over 'Ouija board' estimates

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:04 AM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- A massive budget hole Texas faces emerged again in the race for governor Wednesday after Gov. Rick Perry equated early shortfall estimates to "Ouija board" projections.Democratic challenger Bill White seized on the remark, saying Perr ...

Texas dropping day care higher staffing plan

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:07 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas is dropping a proposal to increase the ratio of adults to children in day care centers over concerns about how much parents can pay. The Department of Family and Protective Services earlier this year recommended, to an advis ...

Bryan police plan to recreate accident

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Bryan police will close the westbound lane of San Jacinto Lane between Sandy Point Road and East Martin Luther King Jr. Street from 8:30 a.m. to noon today while investigators reconstruct a fatal accident. The inside and eastbound lanes will remain ...

Texas court reverses conviction in dog scent case

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:05 AM PDT

DALLAS -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has acquitted a man jailed for murder largely on the evidence of three bloodhounds that allegedly matched his scent to the crime scene.Richard Winfrey Sr. could soon be freed after the appeals court rever ...

Rally recruits new Cub Scout members

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Cub Scout Pack 976 is holding a Rally Night today to sign up new Scouts. The event will be from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Sul Ross Elementary School cafeteria in Bryan. The pack is open to first- through fifth-grade boys in the Johnson, Sul Ross and Crock ...

Court affirms overturning Fla. gay adoption ban

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:40 AM PDT

MIAMI -- A Miami appeals court has upheld a ruling overturning Florida's law banning adoption by gays. The 3rd District Court of Appeal issued its decision Wednesday affirming a lower court's decision that the ban is unconstitutional. Florida is ...

New venture hopes to bring slots to Texas tracks

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:05 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- The companies behind a new joint venture that will own several Texas racetracks are betting their partnership will help even the odds in efforts to convince state lawmakers to pass gambling proposals that would allow slot machines at such ...

Blockbuster files for bankruptcy protection

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:02 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- Troubled video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and said it plans to keep stores and kiosks open as it reorganizes.The move, long expected and pre-arranged with bondholders, effectively ends an era ...

Group to celebrate anniversary with potluck

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

A group that meets twice each weekend in a Bryan park to share food with the homeless will celebrate its three-year anniversary Sunday with a 1 p.m. potluck. The event, at Neal Park on West 22nd Street, will include music, dancing, singing, a meal, ...

Jury convicts man of raping girl who later died

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:34 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- A jury has found a Houston-area man guilty of raping his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter shortly before her death last year. The panel deliberated 3 1/2 hours Tuesday before convicting 28-year-old Lucas Coe of Spring of super aggravate ...

Event to aid woman hurt in ATV wreck

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:18 PM PDT

A benefit concert for a woman seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident is set for Saturday at Lake Somerville's Big Creek Park. Kortni Shafer was injured July 3 and spent 18 days in intensive care and 14 days in an acute care facility. T ...

Obama's aunt not sorry she accepted public housing

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:44 AM PDT

BOSTON -- President Barack Obama's aunt says she has no reason to apologize for accepting public housing and other government assistance even though she hasn't contributed to the system. Zeituni Onyango tells WBZ-TV in her first interview since be ...

Perry seeks disaster aid from Hermine damage

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:34 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry has requested a presidential disaster declaration for 13 Texas counties that had extensive flood damage from Tropical Storm Hermine. Perry said Tuesday he made the request in a letter to President Barack Obama, see ...

Immigration takes back seat in race

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who runs a state with an estimated 1.6 million illegal immigrants, is giving a roomful of real estate agents his greatest hits from the campaign trail.More job growth. Fewer school dropouts. A retreating federal ...

Schools hurt by Ike asking for some help

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

GALVESTON -- School districts affected by extensive property damage caused by Hurricane Ike in 2008 have seen their insurance premiums skyrocket and want the state to help pay for it.District officials in Galveston County have had discussions with st ...

'Junk science' doesn't hold up in court

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:16 PM PDT

DALLAS -- A man convicted of murder after three bloodhounds allegedly matched his scent to the victim should be set free because the evidence against him was not legally sufficient, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday.The court acquit ...

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