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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Cleanup begins after Grimes County wildfire

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT


STONEHAM -- A disemboweled washing machine, charred DVD player and a heap of rubble are all that's left of the home Wendy Adams has lived in since she was four years old.
"This was 36 years of our life," she said of her parents' uninsured home on ...

Donations still sought, but needs are shifting

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT


Enough clothes to outfit everyone in Plantersville and more shoes than she's ever seen in one place have been pouring into the First Baptist Church in Navasota, said donation organizer Yolanda Fultz Thursday afternoon.
"But that doesn't mean ther ...

Forest Service expects 100 percent containment of Grimes County fire 'soon'

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:23 AM PDT

UPDATE: The Grimes County wildfire was 95 percent contained Thursday afternoon, and all evacuation orders that remained were lifted at 2:30 p.m., Texas Forest Service officials said.
The American Red Cross and other agencies will be available to mee ...

FEMA says county will receive some relief funding

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT


Grimes County is eligible for funding reimbursement as firefighters work to extinguish the remnants of the wildfire that ravaged more than 5,200 acres and destroyed 30 homes through Thursday.
Robert Alvey, a regional spokesman for the Federal Emer ...

Video: Fire officials begin to assess damage in Grimes County

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:49 AM PDT


Most firefighters sent back home

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT


STONEHAM - The command center established for the Grimes County fire was quieter Thursday than in the past few days.
Officials said a majority of firefighters from 49 different agencies -- mainly volunteer fire departments -- had been sent back t ...

Man arrested in Cameron on two counts of indecency with child

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 03:57 AM PDT

Cameron police said they arrested a 64-year-old Bryan man on two counts of indecency with a child late Wednesday.
Vernon Higgins was arrested at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at a Cameron apartment complex, Cameron Officer Doug Smith said. He was accused of i ...

Police: Man burglarized home, assaulted two people

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:46 AM PDT

Bryan police said they arrested a 25-year-old man early Thursday on charges of breaking into an ex-girlfriend's apartment and assaulting her and her boyfriend.
Jerome Shields was charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit assault.
...

CS sewer improvements approved

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT

The College Station City Council on Thursday approved a plan calling for more than $90 million worth of improvements to the city's sewer system over the next 20 years. The changes listed in the Wastewater Master Plan include the rehabilitation of old ...

Event to benefit baby's struggle, road ahead

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:52 PM PDT

The plan for Harper's Heroes, a benefit event being held in Bryan on Saturday for 4-month-old Harper Moore, almost never came to fruition.
That's because Moore's parents, Geoff and Jaclynn of College Station, spent months not knowing whether their d ...

Fireworks banned in Brazos County

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe sale and use of any fireworks in Brazos County this July 4th season have been banned by Judge Duane Peters, effective Thursday. The announcement comes during one of the driest years on record for the state and in the middle of a ...

Club to host amateur radio workshop

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Before everyone had landlines and cell phones, people had to communicate messages through radio frequency, a practice that is kept alive by the Bryan Amateur Radio Club.
This Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Veteran's Park Pavilion, t ...

Marching on

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:56 PM PDT

Members of this year's National Drill Camp practice calling in cadence as they make their way past the Fish Pond on campus at Texas A&M University. The weeklong camp invites the best junior ROTC high school students from across the nation to lear ...

Shelter reducing fee to celebrate 30 years

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Brazos Animal Shelter is celebrating three decades in the Brazos Valley with reduced adoption costs.
Residents can adopt a new pet for $30 on Friday, Saturday and Monday. The cost includes spaying or neutering, a first round ...

School to give out three scholarships

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT

Applications for scholarships are being taken at Saint Michael's Episcopal School.The school has received a grant to fund a one-year scholarship to the school for students entering the ninth grade who show "extraordinary scientific promise."The winne ...

Memorial service set for Consol student

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA memorial service will be held Friday for A&M Consolidated student Brion McCray.The service will be at 2 p.m. at Anderson-Shiro Elementary, 458 F.M. 149 West in Anderson.McCray's body was found Sunday in Lake Somerville after h ...

Men arrested for selling stolen iron

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThree men were arrested this week on a felony charge of trying to sell stolen iron. Chance Wayne Mandrell, 25, of North Zulch, John Rex Roby II, 30, of Normangee and Larry Don Isom, 40, of Normangee were in the Brazos County Jail Th ...

Rick Perry gets lukewarm response

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT


SAN ANTONIO -- Gov. Rick Perry received a tepid response when he addressed the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials on Thursday, joking about the pronunciation of a Hispanic appointee's last name and frequently staring bla ...

Second death linked to rave

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT


DALLAS -- A second death has been linked to a weekend electronic music festival in Dallas where a 22-year-old man may have taken drugs, acted irrationally and died after running into freeway traffic on his way home, authorities said Thursday.
Kyle ...

Mullen: Obama chose faster troop withdrawal

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer and its top diplomat made clear Thursday that President Barack Obama rejected the advice of his generals in choosing a quicker path to winding down the war in Afghanistan.The Obama troop withdrawal plan ...

Report: Parents should do more to fight fat in toddlers

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- A food pyramid just for the under-2 set? Contrary to popular belief, children don't usually outgrow their baby fat -- and a new report urges steps to help prevent babies, toddlers and preschoolers from getting too pudgy too soon.
Tha ...

Business briefs

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:09 PM PDT

Business gets new owners, keeps nameThe Brazos County Abstract Co., the oldest business in Brazos County, has been acquired by South Land Title. The acquisition was the third for the Galveston-based company, which started in 1995 and has branch offic ...

Potter coming to e-readers

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT


LONDON -- Harry Potter battled the forces of evil and now is set to conquer the web -- coming to e-books in a groundbreaking deal that has delighted fans but alarmed the book industry that helped make creator J.K. Rowling a billionaire.
Rowling an ...

Garden calendar

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Saturday
* Independent Growers Market, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking lot, 1104 W. William J. Bryan Parkway. Garden-direct fruit and vegetables.
* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan P ...

Don't let nematodes damage your vegetables

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT

BY ELMER KREHBIELelmer.krehbiel@theeagle.comThe Southern Root Knot nematodes (Meliodogyne incognita) are microscopic worms that live in moist soil and eat the inside of roots of tomato plants and many other vegetable crops. As nematodes damage the ro ...

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