Neal Elementary kindergarteners graduate Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Neal Elementary kindergartner Iziah Allen and his classmates raise their arms while celebrating their graduation at the school. Friday is the last day of school for the Bryan Independent School District. |
A&M profs send letter calling on regents to clarify 'solutions' Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT In just one day, more than 500 Texas A&M faculty members signed a letter online that calls for the Board of Regents to provide clarity about plans regarding the Texas Public Policy Foundation's "seven breakthrough solutions." The ideas of the ... |
Man indicted in sex assaults on young boys Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT A Bryan man accused of sexually assaulting five young boys over the past decade was indicted Thursday by a Brazos County grand jury.Jesus Enrique Marcano, 46, has been in the Brazos County Jail since March 24, when he was arrested on three charges of ... |
New CS council members sworn in Posted: 19 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT Last weekend's election results were made official in College Station Thursday as three new councilmembers were sworn into office and the results of the recall election were approved unanimously. The addition of Blanche Brick in the Place 1 seat ... |
St. Joseph's wins award for stroke treatment Posted: 19 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report It was a late evening in November 2009 when James Million noticed his right side had gone numb as he put his daughter to bed. "I thought, I can't be having a stroke, this can't be happening -- I wouldn't let my daughter call 911 ... |
Pet of the week: Puppies Posted: 19 May 2011 07:02 AM PDT |
Huge pot-growing operation uncovered in Robertson County Posted: 19 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Robertson County Sheriff's deputies seized more than 1,330 marijuana plants Wednesday from a home in the southern part of the county. Sheriff Gerald Yezak said a three-month long joint investigation conducted by his department an ... |
Texas A&M-cloned cat turns 10 in College Station Posted: 19 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT By LANA BERKOWITZ Houston Chronicle HOUSTON -- Whatever happened to CC, the world's first cloned cat? It seems like only yesterday CC's baby pictures were being flashed around the world as Texas A&M University researchers presented their scie ... |
Two killed in head-on wreck on F.M. 50 Posted: 19 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Two men died early Thursday morning after their vehicles collided head-on along F.M. 50 in Burleson County. According to the Department of Public Safety, Harold Andrew Bluda, 64, of College Station and Mario Munoz Moreno, 36, of ... |
Texas A&M-cloned cat turns 10 in College Station Posted: 19 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT By LANA BERKOWITZ Houston Chronicle HOUSTON -- Whatever happened to CC, the world's first cloned cat? It seems like only yesterday CC's baby pictures were being flashed around the world as Texas A&M University researchers presented their scie ... |
Police say man left tot in cart to go shoplifting Posted: 19 May 2011 02:35 AM PDT EL PASO -- A West Texas man is charged with theft, marijuana possession and child abandonment after police say he left his 2-year-old daughter alone in his car while he went into an El Paso department store to steal some DVD's. A El Paso Police De ... |
Preemie group to hold donation drive Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A nonprofit group is holding a baby shower donation drive for premature infants and their families. Members of Preemie Prints will be collecting items to put into gift bags that will be given to families with premature or sick in ... |
Lawyer: Texas mom in boy death case is suicidal Posted: 19 May 2011 02:33 AM PDT CONCORD, Mass. -- The lawyer for a Texas woman accused of killing her 6-year-old son and leaving his body on a dirt road in Maine says his client is suicidal. Attorney George Murphy made the comments Thursday, right before Julianne McCrery was sch ... |
Texan charged, girlfriend's dragged body found Posted: 20 May 2011 12:01 AM PDT WESTON -- A North Texas man has been charged with murder after his girlfriend allegedly was dragged behind his vehicle and the rope was around her neck when officers arrived.Collin County Jail records show 47-year-old Theron Wayne Johnson was held wi ... |
Blinn plans meetings on president search Posted: 19 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Blinn College's hunt for its next president will include information-gathering public meetings next week. Representatives from Gold Hill Associates will meet with students, faculty, staff and the public in an effort to identify t ... |
Mighty Mississippi never tamed Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Abraham Lincoln called it "the Father of Waters;" 18th-century English novelist Frederick Marryat deemed it a "vile sewer" -- long before our industrial revolution turned it into one. The American Indians, says author Lee Sandlin, imagined it as " ... |
No deal made in budget debate Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas legislators reached an agreement Thursday on more money for public schools, but a final deal to avoid a special session remained elusive despite the marathon talks. The agreement on public schools was significantly higher than orig ... |
U.S. predicts 3 to 6 hurricanes Posted: 19 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT MIAMI -- U.S. government forecasters announced Thursday they expect three to six major hurricanes from an above average Atlantic storm season.No major hurricane has made a U.S. landfall in five years, but Lubchenco warned U.S. coastal residents odds ... |
LinkedIn's stock at 90 percent Posted: 19 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- LinkedIn's stock more than doubled in its market debut Thursday because of huge investor demand for the first major U.S. social networking company to go public.The stock traded at $103 at midday under the symbol "LNKD" on the New York Sto ... |
Giffords doing well after surgery Posted: 19 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT HOUSTON -- Scribbled on the helmet protecting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' injured head was a simple reminder: 5/17/11, the date doctors said she could take it off for the last time. Now, a day after successful surgery to repair her skull, the helmet ... |
Obama urges Israel revert to 1967 borders Posted: 19 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nati ... |
Easterwood now protected by new state-of-the-art emergency vehicle Posted: 19 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT College Station fireman and paramedic Leon Moore (seated) is shown by driver Gregory Janda the inner workings of a new aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle prior to its unveiling Thursday at Fire Station 5, which is adjacent to Easterwood Airport ... |
A friendly farewell for Bryan superintendent Cargill Posted: 19 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT Retiring Bryan ISD superintendent Mike Cargill gets a hug Thursday from district employee Amanda Riley-Richards at a celebration in his honor. |
Homegrown blackberries bring wild to your garden Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT In Texas, dewberries are a hallmark of spring almost as much as bluebonnets are. This Southern berry was one of the starting points for breeding programs to improve blackberries. Dewberries grow in the wild, like weeds on thorny vines, in roadsid ... |
Garden calendar Posted: 19 May 2011 05:03 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 ... |
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