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- Brown resigns; two politicians and a former football player show interest in the job
- Rep. Fred Brown resigns from Texas House
- Authorities investigating fires near Bedias
- Texas drought claiming trees
- Robertson County search for suspicious person turns up nothing
- House adjourns, fails to pass TSA pat-down bill
- Buppy Simank grateful to get back to life
- Repeat DWI offender arrested
- Police: Driver found with Ecstasy in College Station
- Authorities expand search for escaped Texas inmate
- A&M-Arkansas game tickets on sale now
- A&M-Arkansas game tickets on sale now
- Walker County Jail fugitive still on loose
- Texas boy dies after possibly drinking gasoline
- Record 235 Texas counties have outdoor burn bans
- Stores becoming game-playing destinations
- Stores becoming game-playing destinations
- Scientists monitoring air as crews battle New Mexico wildfire
- Texan indicted on 47 sex counts against children
- Texas House adjourns without passing airport search bill
- Pols trade blame for bill's failure
- Fed orders banks to lower retailers' debit fees
- Obama chides GOP on debt talks
- Algorithm sheds light on the Bible's authors
- 4-year-old boy abandoned on Texas highway
| Brown resigns; two politicians and a former football player show interest in the job Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:17 AM PDT State Rep. Fred Brown of Bryan announced Wednesday that he will resign his seat after 13 years on the job. It didn’t take long for at least three area residents to say they’re interested in the post. The Republican made the declaration ...   |
| Rep. Fred Brown resigns from Texas House Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT State Rep. Fred Brown, R-Bryan, resigned on Wednesday after 13 years in the Texas Legislature, drawing several local politicians and a former Aggie football player to immediately express interest in running for his seat. Brown's last day in offic ... |
| Authorities investigating fires near Bedias Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:00 AM PDT Authorities said they are looking into six fires off the same road near Bedias since last week. The most recent incident was a grass fire that started at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday in the Shannon Estates subdivision off Tyler Park Road, near the Madison-Gr ... |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Homeowners may be "at the mercy of nature" in saving trees from the driest seven-month stretch recorded in Texas history, says an entomologist with the Texas Forest Service.The best thing they can do is to water trees on their property, TFS' Joe Pase ... |
| Robertson County search for suspicious person turns up nothing Posted: 29 Jun 2011 08:22 AM PDT Several law enforcement agencies in Robertson County joined an unsuccessful hunt Tuesday for a man they thought could be a jail escapee from Huntsville, but said it turned out not to be the inmate. A man was driving on U.S. 79 near Franklin Tuesd ... |
| House adjourns, fails to pass TSA pat-down bill Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:17 AM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas House ended the first special session of the 82nd Legislature, passing critical bills, but failing to pass perhaps the most debated: a measure to criminalize airport security searches without reasonable suspicion. The House adjour ... |
| Buppy Simank grateful to get back to life Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Local restaurant owner Buppy Simank is aiming to get behind the wheel of his 1968 Camaro sometime this fall. After racing as a hobby for about 20 years, the 41-year-old hasn't been on a track since an accident in March left him with massive inter ... |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:05 AM PDT Authorities said a driver speeding down Texas Avenue in Bryan was arrested on a felony DWI charge early Wednesday. It was at least the third time Adrian Lee Medina of Bryan has been charged with driving while intoxicated. He also had a warrant for ... |
| Police: Driver found with Ecstasy in College Station Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:38 AM PDT An expired vehicle registration sticker led to the arrest of a 20-year-old Bertram man's after a College Station officer found Ecstasy pills in the car, authorities said. Kurry James Graham of Bertram was charged Wednesday with possession of from fo ... |
| Authorities expand search for escaped Texas inmate Posted: 29 Jun 2011 07:37 AM PDT HUNTSVILLE -- The search for a Southeast Texas jail escapee whose murder conviction was overturned has been expanded to the Houston area.Walker County sheriff's Chief Deputy Butch Davis said Wednesday that officers seeking Trent De'Ray Archie are als ... |
| A&M-Arkansas game tickets on sale now Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eager football fans can now purchase tickets for the Southwest Classic, which will pit Texas A&M against Arkansas for the third consecutive year. Priority status ticket prices for the on Oct. 1 game, which will take place at the Dallas Cowboys ... |
| A&M-Arkansas game tickets on sale now Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eager football fans can now purchase tickets for the Southwest Classic, which will pit Texas A&M against Arkansas for the third consecutive year. Priority status ticket prices for the on Oct. 1 game, which will take place at the Dallas Cowboys ... |
| Walker County Jail fugitive still on loose Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:59 PM PDT HUNTSVILLE -- A Texas jail escapee once imprisoned for murder is still on the loose while his girlfriend is held on charges that she helped him flee. The Walker County Sheriff's Department on Thursday said the search continues for Trent De'Ray Arc ... |
| Texas boy dies after possibly drinking gasoline Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:14 AM PDT BROWNVSILLE -- A South Texas toddler has died after possibly drinking gasoline from a lawn mower.Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio says the victim was 2-year-old Leonardo Silva of Brownsville.Lucio says the toddler's mother briefly left the child alo ... |
| Record 235 Texas counties have outdoor burn bans Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:16 AM PDT COLLEGE STATION -- A record 235 Texas counties have outdoor burn bans as the state continues to suffer from drought.The Texas Forest Service on Wednesday confirmed the record, with just 19 counties not under burn restrictions.Spokeswoman April Sagino ... |
| Stores becoming game-playing destinations Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT Despite the popularity of online game-playing, owners of local gaming stores say customers will continue to patronize their businesses for the opportunities to play and socialize with other gamers. Patrick Moore, who along with William Herdman own ... |
| Stores becoming game-playing destinations Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT Despite the popularity of online game-playing, owners of local gaming stores say customers will continue to patronize their businesses for the opportunities to play and socialize with other gamers. Patrick Moore, who along with William Herdman own ... |
| Scientists monitoring air as crews battle New Mexico wildfire Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- As crews fight to keep a New Mexico wildfire from reaching the nation's premier nuclear-weapons laboratory and the surrounding community, scientists are busy sampling the air for chemicals and radiological materials. Their effo ... |
| Texan indicted on 47 sex counts against children Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:59 PM PDT SAN MARCOS -- A Central Texas man is facing dozens of felony sex offense counts related to children. San Marcos police say Larry Joe Reynolds is jailed on 33 counts of sexual performance of a child, 13 counts of online solicitation of a minor and one ... |
| Texas House adjourns without passing airport search bill Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas House ended the first special session of the 82nd Legislature on Wednesday passing critical bills, but failing to pass perhaps the most debated: a measure to criminalize airport security searches without reasonable suspicion. ... |
| Pols trade blame for bill's failure Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- When the Texas Legislature's special session began, Republican majorities in the House and Senate warned Democrats they wouldn't be able to stop an immigration enforcement bill that had sparked one of the toughest partisan fights of the yea ... |
| Fed orders banks to lower retailers' debit fees Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is set to limit the fees that banks charge retailers for swiping debit cards to 21 cents, a higher cap than initially proposed. Banks succeeded in convincing the Fed that its initial proposal of 12 cents was too l ... |
| Obama chides GOP on debt talks Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- In a blistering rebuke of Republicans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday pressed lawmakers to accept tax increases as part of a deal to cut the nation's deficits and avoid a crippling government default. "Let's get it done," Obama c ... |
| Algorithm sheds light on the Bible's authors Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT JERUSALEM -- Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible. The new software analyzes style and word choices to distinguish parts of a single text ... |
| 4-year-old boy abandoned on Texas highway Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT SWEETWATER -- A father abandoned his 4-year-old son along a West Texas highway, and the injured boy spent several hours alone in the dark before a passing motorist picked him up, police said. Carlos Rico, 22, stopped his car along a cactus-lined s ... |
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