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- Sending soldiers messages of love
- Perry names three new regents
- Cold front to bring freezing precipitation, icy roads
- Bryan focuses on cuts, saving
- Government: No electronic flaws in Toyotas
- Brazos Valley bracing for more cold weather, possible freezing rain
- TxDOT: Avoid icy roads if possible
- CS schools consider tax hike
- Forum aims to fight poverty locally
- Man charged with injuring child
- Winter storm coats parts of Texas again
- Four agencies to vanish under Perry plan
- Blinn reports steady growth
- Texans asked to conserve power
- College Station schools fundraiser rescheduled for March 4
- Bryan schools seek input on calendar
- US teens killed in Juarez crossed border for party
- Brazos County reissues burn ban
- U.T. presidents testify on state budget cuts
- Dallas mayor disavows 'key' presentation to Vick
- Report clears Toyota
- SC police get tips on mom of newborn left in toilet
- Fire breaks out at petroleum site near Houston
- Perry: No sacred cows
- Freed exec energizes Egyptian protests
| Sending soldiers messages of love Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST Elizabeth Tolbert, 6, held a sign that read "My daddy's in Korea" in front of a crowd of her Sul Ross Elementary classmates, military veterans and friends and family of those who have served the country. "My daddy's in Korea right now and I miss him ...   |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Gov. Rick Perry has appointed two women and one man with extensive business backgrounds to sit on the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System. Judy Morgan of Texarkana, Cliff Thomas of Victoria and Elaine Mendoza of San Antonio were ... |
| Cold front to bring freezing precipitation, icy roads Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:51 AM PST National Weather Service forecasters said a cold front this morning will bring freezing precipitation and slippery roads to the Brazos Valley. The weather service early Wednesday issued a winter weather advisory, effective from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., for ... |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST Interim City Manager Kean Register on Tuesday presented a plan to avoid new debt and cut city spending in hopes of replenishing Bryan's reserve funds, which Register said were depleted to dangerous levels in recent years. Some of the ideas and cuts ... |
| Government: No electronic flaws in Toyotas Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:57 AM PST The Obama administration’s investigation into Toyota safety problems has found no electronic flaws to account for reports of sudden, unintentional acceleration and other safety problems. Government investigators said Tuesday the only known caus ... |
| Brazos Valley bracing for more cold weather, possible freezing rain Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:44 AM PST A cold front expected to hit the Brazos Valley area Wednesday could bring freezing rain or sleet. The National Weather Service on Tuesday issued a special weather statement for areas including Madison, Burleson, Brazos, Grimes and Washington counties ... |
| TxDOT: Avoid icy roads if possible Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:16 AM PST State road crew members were out treating frozen roads in the Brazos Valley on Wednesday morning, and area residents were being urged to avoid driving if possible. Texas Department of Transportation crews Wednesday morning were in Burleson, Leon, Fre ... |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST The College Station school district is considering raising taxes over the next two years to combat looming state budget cuts that could reduce public education funding by more than $9 billion statewide. Superintendent Eddie Coulson said the school d ... |
| Forum aims to fight poverty locally Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST The number of people in poverty has continued to rise in recent years as funding for the programs that help those in need has steadily decreased. In Bryan, the rate of those in poverty has grown at four times the national rate -- leaving about 27 pe ... |
| Man charged with injuring child Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:32 AM PST A 27-year-old Bryan man faces a felony charge after he was accused of hitting a boy in the mouth and striking him with a belt in December. The man was charged Monday with injury to a child. He was also served with five warrants on Monday and Tuesday. ... |
| Winter storm coats parts of Texas again Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:34 PM PST DALLAS -- Another winter blast into Texas has led to canceled flights, closed schools and consumers advised to cut back on using electricity. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas urged conservation Wednesday. Extreme winter weather a week ago f ... |
| Four agencies to vanish under Perry plan Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:03 AM PST AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry will ask the Legislature on Tuesday to indefinitely suspend funding for four Texas agencies and consolidate the functions of dozens more as part of a sweeping budget plan that would make deep spending reductions across stat ... |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST The numbers are in, and this spring semester marked the fifth in a row that overall enrollment at Blinn College has climbed. The steady growth of about 3 to 4 percent annually has allowed administrators to focus on three areas: increasing the avail ... |
| Texans asked to conserve power Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST AUSTIN -- As the next Arctic front moved into Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas was again urging Texans to start conserving electricity during peak hours. ERCOT, the state's grid operator, is projecting energy demand on Thursday morn ... |
| College Station schools fundraiser rescheduled for March 4 Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The College Station school district's "50 Men Who Can Cook" fundraiser has been rescheduled for March 4. The event will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Brazos County Expo on Leonard Road in Bryan. Tickets are $40, which includes ... |
| Bryan schools seek input on calendar Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The Bryan school district is seeking public input for its 2011-2012 calendar options. Residents can review the three options and submit comments at bryanisd.org/news.asp?newsID=623. The school board will adopt a calendar following ... |
| US teens killed in Juarez crossed border for party Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:05 AM PST EL PASO, Texas -- A friend says two of three teens shot dead in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, had crossed the border from Texas for a party then stayed to buy a car. Sixteen-year-old Carlos Mario Gonzalez Bermudez was a sophomore at El Paso's Cathedral Hig ... |
| Brazos County reissues burn ban Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportPersistent dry conditions prompted the Brazos County Commissioners Court to reinstate a burn ban for the county on Tuesday.The order, which took effect immediately, prohibits outdoor fires that are not contained within an enclosure ... |
| U.T. presidents testify on state budget cuts Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:01 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- The top officials in the University of Texas system are expected to explain to state senators Wednesday how budget cuts will hurt their programs. The Senate Finance Committee is hearing testimony on how the proposed $15 billion in b ... |
| Dallas mayor disavows 'key' presentation to Vick Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:07 AM PST DALLAS -- The Mayor of Dallas says he did not sanction giving Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick a "key to the city."Vick won The Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year award this past season, his second in the NFL since serving 18 mo ... |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST The Obama administration's investigation into Toyota safety problems has found no electronic flaws to account for reports of sudden, unintentional acceleration and other safety problems.Government investigators said Tuesday the only known cause of th ... |
| SC police get tips on mom of newborn left in toilet Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:25 AM PST GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Police in South Carolina are scanning security video and getting tips about the possible identity of a woman who delivered a baby in an arena restroom and left him in the toilet, a spokesman said Tuesday. Authorities are also get ... |
| Fire breaks out at petroleum site near Houston Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:04 AM PST MONT BELVIEU, Texas -- Fire has broken out at a petroleum plant east of Houston. A Mont Belvieu police dispatcher said there were no reports of injuries or evacuations after the fire erupted Tuesday afternoon an Enterprise Products site. Firefighter ... |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry declared Tuesday that there are "no sacred cows" in the strapped Texas budget, but he found a few hallowed programs that came close: the ones he uses to reward companies that expand or relocate to Texas. Perry's advocacy fo ... |
| Freed exec energizes Egyptian protests Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST CAIRO -- A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. "We won't give up," he pr ... |
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