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- Rain a 'game changer' for Grimes County fire
- Change in weather a 'godsend' for firefighters in Grimes County
- Fate unclear for some homes threatened by wildfire
- Evacuation order lifted for some areas affected by Grimes County blaze
- Firefighters awed by size, fierceness of blaze
- Video: Battle continues against Grimes County wildfire
- Grimes County resident returns home to find pets safe
- Weather Whys: Cool summer places
- Bryan police: Man spit on officer
- Longtime radio personality Roy Gene Munse dies
- 4-year-old injured in College Station wreck expected to recover
- Networking groups building bonds
- Networking groups building bonds
- Operation Care Drop accepting letters to soldiers overseas
- Isle at Watercrest to hold grand opening
- Lawyer, bondsman indicted in S. Texas judge case
- US border security: Huge costs with mixed results
- Weight gain pinned on chips
- Image of ancient animal found on bone fragment
- Rain gives firefighters upper hand in Grimes County
- Obama: 33,000 troops to leave Afghanistan by 2012
- Poll shows Obama's approval rating shrinking
- Second child dies in China of scarlet fever
- 'Nightline' begins summertime series
- Anthony Graves set to receive $1.4M
| Rain a 'game changer' for Grimes County fire Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT STONEHAM -- They had hoped and prayed for it all week, and they got it Wednesday: Solid rainfall. Authorities called the water that fell on the Dyer Mill Fire in Grimes County a "game changer" and a "godsend." Fueled by erratic wind and extreme ...   |
| Change in weather a 'godsend' for firefighters in Grimes County Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:04 AM PDT Firefighters received the reprieve that they hoped for and homesick residents prayed for: A solid rainfall to help battle the massive fire -- known as the Dyer Mill Fire -- in Grimes County. "The rain has been a godsend," Sheriff Don Sowell told ... |
| Fate unclear for some homes threatened by wildfire Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT STONEHAM -- Jose Fernandez is anxious to know the fate of his uninsured home at Willow Place in Navasota. "I hope it's soon," the 50-year-old said Wednesday night at a community meeting where frustrated residents vented about wanting to know when ... |
| Evacuation order lifted for some areas affected by Grimes County blaze Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:21 AM PDT The evacuation order was lifted Wednesday for some Grimes County residents who were forced to leave because of the wildfire. Michael Pishner, Grimes County emergency management coordinator, said portions of the evacuation order were lifted for resid ... |
| Firefighters awed by size, fierceness of blaze Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT In his 33 years of fighting fires, Navasota's assistant fire chief said he's responded to large-scale fires, witnessed tragedies unfold and saved lives and structures from being engulfed in flames. But Mitch Kroll said his experience didn't prepar ... |
| Video: Battle continues against Grimes County wildfire Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:28 AM PDT |
| Grimes County resident returns home to find pets safe Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT It was a sign of the day's joy: A woman who had all but given up hope that her home and beloved pets had survived the Dyer Mill Fire found out they were all OK. "I'm just overjoyed," said Plantersville resident Theresa Halcombe, minutes after she ... |
| Weather Whys: Cool summer places Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:26 AM PDT Q: What's the coolest location in the U.S. during the summer? A: The place with the lowest daily temperature is Mount Washington, N.H., which has an average July temperature of only 54 degrees, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. "But ... |
| Bryan police: Man spit on officer Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:03 AM PDT A 30-year-old man faces a felony charge after an officer said he spit saliva and blood at him at a Bryan homeless shelter. Christopher Joseph Gorman was charged Wednesday with harassment of a public servant, resisting arrest, search or transport and ... |
| Longtime radio personality Roy Gene Munse dies Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT Roy Gene Munse cracked jokes until the end. A week before his death on Wednesday from liver disease and cancer complications, the former Morning Show co-host and 30-year veteran of KORA-FM shopped for laptops with his 27-year-old son, Alex. Doctors ... |
| 4-year-old injured in College Station wreck expected to recover Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:20 AM PDT A 4-year-old girl injured in a wreck on Texas 6 in College Station earlier this week remained in a hospital with a concussion Wednesday, but was expected to recover, her mother said.Myesha Devrow of College Station was taken to the College Station Me ... |
| Networking groups building bonds Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Members of area networking groups say the popularity of such organizations is growing because of a poor economy and a need for places for like-minded people to meet. Deana Gaskin, the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce's director of operati ... |
| Networking groups building bonds Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Members of area networking groups say the popularity of such organizations is growing because of a poor economy and a need for places for like-minded people to meet. Deana Gaskin, the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce's director of operati ... |
| Operation Care Drop accepting letters to soldiers overseas Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT If you'd like to tell a soldier stationed overseas "thank you," the "Operation Care Drop" campaign is offering that opportunity through July 4. Operation Care Drop is a cooperative project between IBC Bank, the Texas A&M Aggie Experience Counc ... |
| Isle at Watercrest to hold grand opening Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe Isle at Watercrest, a retirement community in Bryan, is holding a grand opening celebration today from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.The event will feature food and drinks that celebrate landmarks across Bryan-College Station. There will als ... |
| Lawyer, bondsman indicted in S. Texas judge case Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:57 AM PDT BROWNSVILLE -- Federal prosecutors have indicted a South Texas attorney and a bondsman for allegedly bribing a former state district judge who pleaded guilty to racketeering. Indictments against attorney Ray Marchan and bondsman Francisco Cisneros we ... |
| US border security: Huge costs with mixed results Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:25 AM PDT HIDALGO -- Perched 20 feet above a south Texas cabbage field in a telephone booth-sized capsule, a National Guardsman passes a moonlit Sunday night with a gun strapped to his hip, peering through heat detector lenses into an adjacent orange grove. De ... |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Blame the potato chip. It's the biggest demon behind that pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us, a major diet study found. Bigger than soda, candy and ice cream. And the reason is partly that old advertising cliche: You ... |
| Image of ancient animal found on bone fragment Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Some of the earliest Americans turn out to have been artists. A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports. While prehistoric art depi ... |
| Rain gives firefighters upper hand in Grimes County Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:31 AM PDT Rain on Wednesday in Grimes County was expected to help the effort to battle a 5,280-acre wildfire that started Sunday. Texas Forest Service spokesman Justice Jones said the fire was 30 percent contained Wednesday after flaring up Tuesday afternoo ... |
| Obama: 33,000 troops to leave Afghanistan by 2012 Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces he had sent to rescue a flaili ... |
| Poll shows Obama's approval rating shrinking Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Mired in economic worry, Americans are growing gloomier about where the country is headed and how President Barack Obama is leading it. Opinions of the economy are at the lowest of the year as high gas prices, anemic hiring and financia ... |
| Second child dies in China of scarlet fever Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT HONG KONG -- A mutated strain of scarlet fever more resistant to antibiotics has killed a second child in Hong Kong, the first deaths from the illness in the southern Chinese city in at least a decade, authorities said Wednesday. Certain character ... |
| 'Nightline' begins summertime series Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- ABC's Nightline is creeping into prime time this summer -- or maybe it's just getting creepy.The late-night show began a summertime series at 9 p.m. Wednesday, covering topics such as satanic possession, religious miracles, psychics and o ... |
| Anthony Graves set to receive $1.4M Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT DALLAS -- A Texas man imprisoned for nearly two decades for the killings of a grandmother and five children that he didn't commit will receive $1.4 million in compensation after Gov. Rick Perry signed a law with a provision specifically addressing ... |
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