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- Meet the Texas pumpkin king
- First miner surfaces after 68 days trapped in Chilean mine
- Aggie's Plan B critical in Chile
- CS board OKs elementary zones
- Man opens door to robber who assaults him, police say
- Officer achieves highest rank in CSPD history for a female
- 50,000 gallons of raw wastewater cleaned up after leak in CS
- Police: CS man sent sexual messages to youth on Facebook
- Bryan council compiles BTU audit list
- Police say 3 dead, 1 wounded in Haltom City
- Schools not sold on longer year
- Man accused of killing teen faces life in prison
- Mexican investigator probing lake shooting slain
- Road to close for crash reconstruction
- Bryan traffic stop yields drug arrest
- Flores to hold area town hall meetings
- Study: Legalizing pot won't hinder Mexican cartels
- Normally quiet Texas ag commission race gets dirty
- CS wastewater leak fixed within hours
- Jury awards $5.6M to woman who slipped, fell at McDonald's
- A&M selling off lunch date with the quarterback
- Fort Worth woman gets 10 years over spouse's death
- First three miners out; rescues ongoing throughout night
- Fort Hood shooting case stalled
- Athletes with head injuries may sit out longer
| Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT The white 1,200-pound monstrosity draws awe-struck kids and curious parents alike. The pumpkin -- billed by its owner as the largest in Texas -- sits at the back of produce store The Farm Patch on South College Avenue in Bryan. The store had it ...   |
| First miner surfaces after 68 days trapped in Chilean mine Posted: 12 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Florencio Avalos became the first miner rescued in a missile-like escape capsule that was lowered down a nearly half-mile tunnel in the Chilean desert Tuesday night to bring 33 miners to fresh air and freedom after 69 days — th ... |
| Aggie's Plan B critical in Chile Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT A 28-inch hole that 33 Chilean miners started climbing out of late Tuesday from 2,000 feet beneath the Earth's surface was drilled with equipment owned by an Aggie who has done business in the country for 25 years. "It's kind of like my second hom ... |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT The College Station school board on Tuesday approved the originally recommended elementary zones for the next school year after months of internal meetings and public hearings. The elected officials still must come to a consensus on attendance zon ... |
| Man opens door to robber who assaults him, police say Posted: 12 Oct 2010 02:43 AM PDT College Station police are looking Tuesday for a robber who forced his way into a person's home, hit him multiple times on the head with a gun and stole cash late the night before. Officers said they responded at about 11:50 p.m. to a home in the 10 ... |
| Officer achieves highest rank in CSPD history for a female Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT Brandy Norris said she misses the excitement of working nights as a patrol officer, along with the challenges of being a detective. But the 13-year veteran also said she's ready to take on her new role as one of three assistant chiefs with the Co ... |
| 50,000 gallons of raw wastewater cleaned up after leak in CS Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:16 AM PDT About 50,000 gallons of raw wastewater leaked from a College Station facility Tuesday morning, but it was recovered and put back into the system within hours. City officials said College Station Water Services operators discovered a leaking wastewat ... |
| Police: CS man sent sexual messages to youth on Facebook Posted: 12 Oct 2010 02:41 AM PDT College Station police said they arrested a 45-year-old man Tuesday after an investigation showed he was sending sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old girl. Steven Matthew Armold of College Station was charged with online solicitation of a min ... |
| Bryan council compiles BTU audit list Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT The city of Bryan will have an outside company review whether BTU employees need a bonus, if its general manager should have a $200,000 spending limit and if its board of directors have the right makeup. City Internal Auditor Bob Shultz said he re ... |
| Police say 3 dead, 1 wounded in Haltom City Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:19 AM PDT HALTOM CITY, Texas -- Police say gunfire in a suburban Fort Worth neighborhood has left three men dead and a fourth wounded. Haltom City police Sgt. Eric Peters says police are investigating whether one of the four people shot early Wednesday was ... |
| Schools not sold on longer year Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT President Barack Obama recently announced support for a change in education that would likely be opposed by most students: Extend the school year. And while it's hard to argue that some students could use more time in the classroom, Bryan and College ... |
| Man accused of killing teen faces life in prison Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT Prosecutors opened the murder trial of a 27-year-old Bryan resident by telling jurors he fatally stabbed an 18-year-old because he thought the man had stolen his car stereo. Brandon Harris faces up to life in prison if he is convicted of first-deg ... |
| Mexican investigator probing lake shooting slain Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:20 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- A Mexican police commander investigating the disappearance of an American tourist on a border lake plagued by pirates was killed, U.S. and Mexican officials said Tuesday. Rolando Flores, the commander of state investigators in Ciu ... |
| Road to close for crash reconstruction Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA portion of North Harvey Mitchell Parkway will be partially closed Wednesday while Bryan police reconstruct the scene of a fatal accident. The inside lanes in the 1200 block of Harvey Mitchell Parkway, between Providence and Beck s ... |
| Bryan traffic stop yields drug arrest Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 25-year-old Bryan man remained behind bars Tuesday after police arrested him on a felony charge of delivering crack cocaine. Corey Jamal McGill was driving on William Joel Bryan Parkway about 2 a.m. and did not observe the sto ... |
| Flores to hold area town hall meetings Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportRepublican congressional candidate Bill Flores will host two town hall meetings in the Brazos Valley on Wednesday with current U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas.Flores, a retired oil and gas executive, and Hensarling, a leading Rep ... |
| Study: Legalizing pot won't hinder Mexican cartels Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:21 AM PDT SANTA CRUZ, California -- Mexico's drug traffickers are likely to lose customers in America's largest pot consuming state if California legalizes marijuana, but they won't lose much money overall because California's residents already prefer to grow ... |
| Normally quiet Texas ag commission race gets dirty Posted: 12 Oct 2010 06:25 AM PDT LUBBOCK, Texas -- The two candidates for Texas agriculture commissioner have gotten plenty dirty this campaign season, but not in any effort to examine crops.Republican Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples and his Democratic challenger, rancher Hank ... |
| CS wastewater leak fixed within hours Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report About 50,000 gallons of raw wastewater leaked from a College Station facility Tuesday morning, but it was recovered and put back into the system within hours. City officials said College Station Water Services operators discovere ... |
| Jury awards $5.6M to woman who slipped, fell at McDonald's Posted: 12 Oct 2010 07:17 AM PDT HONOLULU -- A U.S. District Court jury has awarded $5.6 million to a woman who injured herself when she slipped and fell at a McDonald's restaurant on Maui.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the money was awarded last Wednesday to 59-year-old Bever ... |
| A&M selling off lunch date with the quarterback Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT If you could talk in person to Texas A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson, what would you say? You don't have to stalk him around campus to find out. The Division of Student Affairs' second annual Online Silent Auction is under way at http://dsasecc ... |
| Fort Worth woman gets 10 years over spouse's death Posted: 12 Oct 2010 06:27 AM PDT FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Fort Worth woman must serve 10 years in prison over the 2009 death of her elderly husband, whose body was found covered by blankets between a bed and a wall.Robin Mirth, who's 54, pleaded guilty Monday to murder in a plea agree ... |
| First three miners out; rescues ongoing throughout night Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine almost a half-mile ... |
| Fort Hood shooting case stalled Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT FORT HOOD -- A military hearing to determine whether an Army psychiatrist should go to trial for last year's deadly Fort Hood shootings was unexpectedly stalled Tuesday, without testimony from any of the dozens of survivors, after defense attorneys ... |
| Athletes with head injuries may sit out longer Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas public high school athletes who get a concussion would not return to play until the next day at the earliest under new rules proposed by a medical panel of the University Interscholastic League.Any return to play would have to be appr ... |
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