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- CS approves annexation of Wellborn
- CS approves annexation of Wellborn
- Training new city watchdogs
- Former First Lady rewards students, teachers
- Video: Pet of the week
- Families learn self-sufficiency
- Texas Avenue-Brentwood Drive intersection closed
- Lick Creek nature park gets green light
- Police: Man charged with damaging jail
- U-turn flips SUV
- State senate panel gives schools more flexibility
- Two arrested linked to previous robbery
- Congress OKs budget cuts
- FAA quells public fears about safety
- Sexting teens may avoid a felony charge
- House allows teacher furloughs
- Hotline swamped after breach
- Gadhafi stands firm through airstrikes
- Discover the land of lost luggage
- Rough times call for some Texas-tough plants
- Garden calendar
- Don't give up fight against nutgrass yet
- Letters for April 15
- Prune to help your clematis bloom
- Practicing with the players
| CS approves annexation of Wellborn Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT The Citizens for Wellborn are now citizens of College Station. At a tense meeting Thursday night, the College Station City Council voted 5 to 2 to annex Wellborn, a 144-year-old community south of the city. The action immediately brought the one- ...   |
| CS approves annexation of Wellborn Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT The Citizens for Wellborn are now citizens of College Station. At a tense meeting Thursday night, the College Station City Council voted 5 to 2 to annex Wellborn, a 144-year-old community south of the city. The action immediately brought the one- ... |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT It will put more eyes and ears on the streets, increase man-hours by nearly 5,000 each month and won't cost the College Station Police Department a penny. Chief Jeff Capps announced Thursday the beginning of a new program called "City Watch," which h ... |
| Former First Lady rewards students, teachers Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT Hundreds of area students were greeted and congratulated by Barbara Bush Thursday during an awards ceremony honoring winners of the 12th Annual Art and Essay Contest at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Bush, a long-time champion o ... |
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| Families learn self-sufficiency Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT Five people who achieved their goal of weaning themselves from government assistance were recognized Thursday night at the graduation ceremony for the Family Self-Sufficiency program. It's a government program that encourages families receiving gover ... |
| Texas Avenue-Brentwood Drive intersection closed Posted: 15 Apr 2011 02:04 AM PDT College Station police said the intersection of Texas Avenue and Brentwood Drive would be closed for more than an hour after a major wreck early Friday. The wreck occured about 8:30 a.m., Lt. Rodney Sigler said, and drivers are urged to avoid the ar ... |
| Lick Creek nature park gets green light Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT Plans for a nature center at Lick Creek Park were put back on track Thursday when the College Station City Council reversed an earlier action that would have delayed the project.The council also renewed its commitment to building a maintenance shop a ... |
| Police: Man charged with damaging jail Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:16 AM PDT Police said a man returned to the Brazos County Jail on Thursday after investigators determined that he caused more than $2,000 in damages to the jail in January.Matthew Eugene Mutschler of Houston was charged Thursday with felony criminal mischief f ... |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT A Bryan woman in her early 30s was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Thursday after her SUV flipped over in the 1700 block of Briarcrest Drive. Witnesses said the driver was attempting to U-turn when she lost control of the vehicle, which h ... |
| State senate panel gives schools more flexibility Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT AUSTIN -- A state Senate committee has approved legislation giving Texas school districts more leeway in dealing with lower funding during a state budget crisis.The committee voted Thursday to allow school districts to reduce salaries as well as furl ... |
| Two arrested linked to previous robbery Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Brazos County Sheriff's deputies have charged two more people with involvement in the ambush late Sunday that sent two men to the hospital with gunshot wounds. Justin Dewayne Hosey, 23, of College Station turned himself into aut ... |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republic ... |
| FAA quells public fears about safety Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Publicly fuming, the FAA chief collected Thursday the resignation of the head of the U.S. air traffic system, doubled controller staffing at more than two dozen airports and ordered a sweeping review of the entire system that ensures pl ... |
| Sexting teens may avoid a felony charge Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas teenagers 17 or younger could be charged with a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a $500 fine, instead of a felony if they are caught "sexting," under a bill approved Thursday by the state Senate.Sexting includes using a mobile phone ... |
| House allows teacher furloughs Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Educators who have begged state lawmakers for more freedom to deal with lower funding got a small victory Thursday when a state Senate committee voted to let school districts cut salaries and furlough contract personnel for a limited period ... |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- A hotline for about 3.5 million Texans who had their Social Security numbers and other personal information exposed to the public remained overwhelmed with calls Thursday -- three days after the security breach was divulged. Some call ... |
| Gadhafi stands firm through airstrikes Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi rolled defiantly through the streets of Tripoli, pumping his fists as he poked through the sun roof of an SUV on Thursday -- the same day that NATO airstrikes shook the city. The alliance's foreign ministers, while u ... |
| Discover the land of lost luggage Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT SCOTTSBORO, Ala. -- Welcome to the final resting place for lost luggage. Along a country road next to a muffler shop and a cemetery is a 40,000-square-foot store filled with all the items that never made it home from vacation. Shoes, samurai sword ... |
| Rough times call for some Texas-tough plants Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT While cactuses and succulents have a place in some drought-tolerant gardens, there are other choices. With careful selection, planning and execution, drought-tolerant landscapes can be as pleasing as those requiring generous irrigation. Superstar ... |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT Saturday * Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket.com, hpw@tconline.net or 229-5503. * Tenth Street Farmers Mark ... |
| Don't give up fight against nutgrass yet Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT Dear Neil: I'm giving up fighting nutgrass. (I believe you call it nutsedge.) I've tried so many products, and I still have it. What happens to my mostly St. Augustine lawn if I let the weed go and just keep mowing? How ugly is a yard full of it? A: ... |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT Eagle shouldn't have put Blair's bonus on Page 1 The headlines (Eagle, April 8) read, "Win earns Blair the big bucks and "Troops' pay threatened." I have been a faithful reader of The Eagle for the past 32 years and always look forward to gettin ... |
| Prune to help your clematis bloom Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT There's a lot to like about clematis, one of the earliest vines to green up in the spring. It's easy to grow, blooms in profusion and is hardy, with some varieties lasting over 50 years. Yet there remains a great deal of confusion about when -- or ... |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT Eagle photo by Stuart Villanueva Texas A&M's Cyrus Gray leads Aggie student Cody Eberhart through a ball-carrying drill during Pigskin Palooza at Kyle Field on Thursday. The event gave students a chance to participate in drills with the team. |
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