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- Bryan ceremony honors Confederate veterans
- Brazos County grand jury indicts 47 people
- John Edwards charged in felony indictment
- Brayton Fire Field gets room to expand
- Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian dies at age 83
- Court lifts ban on graduation prayer
- Police: Man ran stop sign, evaded officer
- BISD holds annual end-of-year program
- A&M students study abroad for summer
- Bryan woman charged with DWI with child
- Authorities arrest suspect in area fires
- Vet programs to get $2.7M in federal aid
- Lawmakers consider class sizes, teacher measures
- Rockdale task force to discuss city improvements
- Congregation Beth Shalom of Bryan names new leaders
- Lawmakers consider class sizes, teacher measures
- Senate passes health care bill
- Texas Senate approves bill cutting $4B in school funds
- 'Dr. Death' Jack Kevorkian dies without assistance
- Syrian government fails to quiet protests
- 'Gunsmoke' star James Arness dies at 88
- 'Gunsmoke' star James Arness dies at 88
- Faith calendar
- Court lifts ban on graduation prayer
- Letters for June 4
| Bryan ceremony honors Confederate veterans Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT Fifteen explosions from gunpowder muskets shattered the calm Friday evening at the Bryan City Cemetery. Two additional rounds followed. The smell of burnt gunpowder permeated the area and smoke clouds drifted across the graves. Then five women dre ...   |
| Brazos County grand jury indicts 47 people Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT A Brazos County grand jury indicted 47 people this week on a total of 51 charges, including theft by a public servant, several burglary charges and injury to a child. On the list was 56-year-old Carol Arnold, who worked as College Station city em ... |
| John Edwards charged in felony indictment Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:48 AM PDT RALEIGH, North Carolina -- A federal grand jury has indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards over massive sums of money spent to keep his mistress in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House. The case of USA v. Joh ... |
| Brayton Fire Field gets room to expand Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT The recent acquisition of 159 acres of property from Texas A&M University doubled the size of the Brayton Fire Training Field and gave its directors an opportunity to draft a 10-year plan for putting the space to use. Robert Moore, interim direct ... |
| Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian dies at age 83 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:37 AM PDT DETROIT -- Jack Kevorkian, the audacious, fearless doctor who spurred on the national right-to-die debate with a homemade suicide machine that helped end the lives of dozens of ailing people, died Friday at a Detroit-area hospital after a brief ill ... |
| Court lifts ban on graduation prayer Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- A federal appeals court has lifted a ban on public prayer at a Texas high school graduation. The ruling Friday reverses the decision of a lower court that sided with an agnostic family who sued the school district. The 5th U.S. Cir ... |
| Police: Man ran stop sign, evaded officer Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:59 AM PDT A 27-year-old man was arrested after a Bryan officer said he ran a red light and wouldn't pull over. Aunrea Fitzgerald Morrison of Bryan was charged Friday with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and possession of less than two ounces of mar ... |
| BISD holds annual end-of-year program Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT It wasn't students hootin' and hollerin' Friday but Bryan School District employees during the end-of-year program at the Civic Auditorium, which honored retirees and the district's stellar performers. The 55 people who retired at the end of this ... |
| A&M students study abroad for summer Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT As I scurried across campus late to my first class of the summer session, I couldn't help but notice how empty the campus seemed. Most students are working, taking class or relaxing back at home, but a handful chose to continue their learning overs ... |
| Bryan woman charged with DWI with child Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:02 AM PDT A 28-year-old Bryan woman faces a felony charge after a Department of Public Safety trooper reported she was driving while intoxicated with a child in her vehicle. A trooper said he pulled Claudia Erika Fuentes over Thursday night on F.M. 2818 in Br ... |
| Authorities arrest suspect in area fires Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A man the Burleson County Sheriff's Department believes is linked to two area fires was arrested Friday on assault charges. Jim Meraz, 34, was charged with aggravated assault, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 99 years in ... |
| Vet programs to get $2.7M in federal aid Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Programs in Texas that help veterans in need will receive $2.7 million as part of a federal initiative to help an estimated 17,000 veterans nationwide. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced the awarding of the grants by the U. ... |
| Lawmakers consider class sizes, teacher measures Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:19 AM PDT AUSTIN -- School districts could increase elementary school class sizes and move quicker to dismiss teachers to help ease budget strains under bills being considered Friday by Texas state lawmakers.The ideas were considered during the regular session ... |
| Rockdale task force to discuss city improvements Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Rockdale Operation 1st Impression Task Force is meeting Wednesday to discuss ways the community can improve the initial impression visitors or residents have when driving into town. The task force -- which consists of two ci ... |
| Congregation Beth Shalom of Bryan names new leaders Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Congregation Beth Shalom of Bryan has named its 2011-2012 officers and board of directors. They are: president Rhonda Kogut; vice president Sandra Yasskin; secretary Joan Serber; and treasurer Wayne Saslow. New and returning ... |
| Lawmakers consider class sizes, teacher measures Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT AUSTIN -- School districts could increase elementary school class sizes and move quicker to dismiss teachers to help ease budget strains under bills being considered Friday by Texas state lawmakers.The ideas were considered during the regular session ... |
| Senate passes health care bill Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas Senate unanimously passed legislation that would overhaul how Texas delivers health care to the poor disabled, while a House committee approved similar legislation. The Senate and House measures cover similar territory and are ... |
| Texas Senate approves bill cutting $4B in school funds Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Pushed by Republicans, a bill to slash $4 billion from Texas public schools was approved by the state Senate on Friday night in the first major vote of the special legislative session. The 19-12 vote went as expected in the Republican-co ... |
| 'Dr. Death' Jack Kevorkian dies without assistance Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT DETROIT -- Jack Kevorkian built his suicide machine with parts gathered from flea markets and stashed it in a rusty Volkswagen van. But it was Kevorkian's audacious attitude that set him apart in the debate over doctor-assisted suicide. The retire ... |
| Syrian government fails to quiet protests Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT BEIRUT -- A Syrian city that was bombed into submission three decades ago after a crushed uprising became a new center for protest and violence Friday, as troops opened fire on a crowd of thousands and killed at least 34. Still, people nationwide p ... |
| 'Gunsmoke' star James Arness dies at 88 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT It takes a special kind of lawman to carry on for 20 years in the Wild West of TV. Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City, stood tall -- all 6 feet, 6 inches of him -- on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975. He outlasted dozens of other Western he ... |
| 'Gunsmoke' star James Arness dies at 88 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT It takes a special kind of lawman to carry on for 20 years in the Wild West of TV. Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City, stood tall -- all 6 feet, 6 inches of him -- on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975. He outlasted dozens of other Western he ... |
| Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT Sunday * First United Methodist Church, 506 E. 28th St. in Bryan, will hold worship at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jeff Gage preaching a sermon on Mark 9:2-8 titled "Can't We Just Stay Here?" Sunday School classes will meet at 9:45 a.m. Hisp ... |
| Court lifts ban on graduation prayer Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- Public prayer will be allowed at a Texas high school graduation after a federal appeals court on Friday reversed a ban won by an agnostic family that claimed ceremony traditions such as invocations were unconstitutional. The 5th U.S ... |
| Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Open your hearts to our foreign student guests I lived in Singapore for five years and went to high school there. I know the feeling of loss of family especially during holidays. Special foods and special traditions that were done during that holid ... |
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