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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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