Grimes County residents trying to move forward after disaster Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT Pain lingered amid the smoke for Grimes County residents who returned home to pick up the remaining pieces of their lives as the Dyer Mill Fire sputtered in its death throes on Saturday. About a dozen residents talked quietly with tears in their e ... |
One man's run of bad luck continues with recent blaze Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT Trouble, it seems, has a way of finding Richard Kent. After 20 years of eking out a living working by day and playing music at night in New Orleans, life there became untenable for him in the months following Hurricane Katrina. So he packed up a ... |
Tobacco funds used for tax office Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT A Brazos County fund devoted to supporting local health care and anti-smoking initiatives will likely soon be depleted -- largely because the fund's balance has been committed to building a new tax office. That plan has upset some people in charge of ... |
New policing philosphy boosts morale at county jail Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT The Brazos County Jail has passed its yearly, unannounced, two-day inspection conducted by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Tuesday's review marked the first inspection since the opening of a new 139,000-square-foot minimum security facilit ... |
Missing girl found at friend's house Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportAn 11-year-old Bryan girl who was reported as having disappeared from home on Tuesday was located late Friday night.Katlin Coleman was found at a friend's house in Caldwell, according to Bryan police.A miscommunication resulted in h ... |
Woman accused of attacking boyfriend Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 50-year-old Bryan woman remained behind bars Saturday after she was arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend in the hand with a steak knife. Janie Lee Clark was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a secon ... |
Robbers targeting pharmacies Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT NEW YORK -- A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States as desperate addicts and ruthless dealers turn to violence to feed the nation's growing hunger for narcotic painkillers. From Redmond, Wash., to St. Augustine, Fla., criminals ... |
Afghan night raids scrutinzed Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan -- The American soldiers stormed into the Afghan family's compound in the middle of the night, kicking in doors and shouting. They ordered everyone into the yard, bound their hands, covered their heads and interrogated them fo ... |
Poll finds people divided on looming debt crisis Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming."Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market in ... |
Diabetes cases grow globally Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT LONDON -- The number of adults worldwide with diabetes has more than doubled in three decades, jumping to an estimated 347 million, a new study says.Much of that increase is due to aging populations -- since diabetes typically hits in middle age -- a ... |
Mobster's new life let him hide in the open Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger did almost everything right in evading capture for 16 years. The notorious mobster's run from the law was remarkable for its longevity, which was due mainly to the unremarkable new iden ... |
N.Y. approval of gay marriage makes a big mark Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Many obstacles still lie ahead for supporters of same-sex marriage, and eventually they will need Congress or the Supreme Court to embrace their goal. For the moment, though, they are jubilantly channeling the lyrics of New York, New York ... |
AIDS program faces big cuts Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT AUSTIN -- State officials overseeing an HIV medication program will seek ways to contain costs after the program failed to get money from the Legislature to make up a projected $19.2 million shortfall.Patient advocates worry that the Texas AIDS Drug ... |
Texas wildfire season not over Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- Hurricane season has reached the Gulf Coast, but electronic signs along Houston's freeways have been warning of extreme wildfire danger. This is among the latest oddities in what has become the state's worst wildfire season, where ou ... |
Preservation questioned Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- On the easternmost edge of this expanse of glacial granite, far from tourist haunts, a tiny lamb rams his mother's udder then flutters its tail when milk starts to flow.California biologists watching through spotting scopes ... |
Arts Watch: Plenty of great theater nearby Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT While plenty of high-quality local theatre can be found inside the Bryan and College Station city limits, fans who don't expand their boundaries are missing out. Sure, gas is expensive, but the talent and "wow" factor makes it worth the time and fu ... |
Students of the Week Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Jacob Huckabay Facts: 17-year-old junior at Bryan High School Parents/guardian: Jess and Dena Huckabay Favorite subject: English Favorite teacher: Mrs. Messick College or university plans: Attend Dallas Baptist and earn a degree in Biblical Stu ... |
Our Neighbors Calendar Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call ahead. 774-7675. * College Station Senior Advisory Committee meeting. 10 a.m. Southwood Community Center. Visitors are welcome. mrodgers@cstx.g ... |
Horton 40th Wedding Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT June 26, 1971–June 26, 2011 Robert Leland and Ann Morris Horton They said it wouldn’t last–who could blame them! And at 19 years of age, we couldn’t imagine being 40 years old, much less being married for 40 years. But ... |
Gunn 70th Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Dr. and Mrs. Clare Gunn celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on June 20. Clare Gunn and Mary Alice Parris met while both were attending college and were married in Grandville, Michigan on June 20, 1941. They lived in the East Lansing ... |
Campbell-Baumgartner Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT Miss Jessica Mary Campbell and Mr. Benjamin Tolar Baumgartner were united in marriage on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at six o’clock in the evening at A&M United Methodist Church in College Station, TX. The Reverend Kip Gilts presid ... |
Adamson-Crenshaw Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT John and Teri Adamson of Bryan, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Morgan Lynn Adamson, to Clayton Gene Crenshaw, son of David and Janice Crenshaw of Iola, Texas. Morgan is a 2006 graduate ... |
Livestock reports Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:04 PM PDT Bryan Results of the Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's June 21 sale: Head: 1,523 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $125-$192.50; 300-400 lbs., $120-$185; 400-500 lbs., $116-$148; 500-600 lbs., $110-$135; 600-700 lbs., $103-$126; 700-800 lbs., $105-$116. H ... |
Please avoid fireworks this July 4 holiday Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Editorial Board What is July 4 without fireworks? Safer, particularly in these dangerously dry times. Even the welcome rain of last week wasn't enough to make the use of fireworks safe throughout most of the state. It is so dry that even prof ... |
Letters for June 26 Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT NBC station has too many signal problems NBC affiliate KCEN-TV, based in Temple, provides NBC programming to the Bryan-College Station market via KMAY. Programming in this area is continually experiencing technical problems resulting in signal disru ... |
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