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- Sagging portable building prompts Wixon Valley to part with books
- H-E-B acquires 3 Texas stores; CS Albertsons to close
- Texas jobless rate at highest level since 1987
- Benefit planned for burned kids
- High-speed chase suspect indicted
- First Brazos Valley Fair set for September 2012
- Police: Waiter increased tip amount
- Area wildfire burns 250 acres, no homes
- Video: Pet of the week
- Creepy crawlers at Ag Camp
- Woman charged with stealing items from College Station home
- Texas jobless rate highest since '87
- Record 250 Texas counties have outdoor burn bans
- Gov. Rick Perry's 'Stem cell' treatment questioned
- Mom, boyfriend accused over death of Texas girl, 4
- Bryan High band, drill team practice
- Celebs compete for charity
- Perry touts ability to creat jobs to South Carolina GOP
- Record Texas wildfire season rages on
- Stocks fall amid recession worries
- Suicide bomber kills 48 in Pakistan mosque
- Libya rebels close in on Gadhafi, seizing key town
- Woman, 84, pleads guilty to migrant smuggling
- Vehicle alarms vulnerable to texting hackers
- Arthritis Sufferers- GET OFF THE COUCH!
| Sagging portable building prompts Wixon Valley to part with books Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT The weight of donated books double- and triple-stacked inside the Wixon Valley City Hall has forced council members to make a tough decision: On Saturday, they will be giving them all away. "We really are reluctant to do it," said Mayor James Soef ...   |
| H-E-B acquires 3 Texas stores; CS Albertsons to close Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT Albertsons loyalists will have to make a trip to Dallas if they plan on shopping at the grocery store after Oct. 8. An announcement came Friday that the College Station store on University Drive, along with an Albertsons store in Kerrville and one ... |
| Texas jobless rate at highest level since 1987 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:22 AM PDT AUSTIN -- The unemployment rate in Texas has jumped to 8.4 percent in July, the highest level since the state was reeling from an energy, real estate and banking crisis 24 years ago.The Texas Workforce Commission said Friday the jobless rate was up f ... |
| Benefit planned for burned kids Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT Leiya Jones, 4, and her brother Dalan, 6, still were recovering Friday in a Dallas hospital from burns they received earlier in the week while playing at their North Zulch home. Sherri Peters, a long-time family friend, said Leiya came out of surgery ... |
| High-speed chase suspect indicted Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT A man who fled from police following a shooting in Bryan last summer and crashed his car during a high-speed chase was among those indicted this week by a Brazos County grand jury. Quincy Deshan Butler, 32, of Houston, was indicted on one second- ... |
| First Brazos Valley Fair set for September 2012 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:39 AM PDT The first Brazos Valley Fair and Exposition will be held at the recently expanded Brazos County Expo Center in Bryan next year. The Brazos Valley Fair and Expo is set for Sept. 6 to Sept. 9, 2012, at the complex, 5827 Leonard Road, and will include ... |
| Police: Waiter increased tip amount Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:27 AM PDT A 23-year-old man was charged Friday with forgery after an officer said an investigation showed he forged a customer's receipt in at a College Station restaurant where he worked.An officer said he responded July 27 to Johnny Carinos Italian Grill on ... |
| Area wildfire burns 250 acres, no homes Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A wildfire near the line that divides Leon, Freestone and Limestone counties kept area volunteer firefighters busy Friday morning and even caused a road closure for a few hours. A deputy with the Leon County Sheriff's Office sai ... |
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| Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:51 AM PDT Zane Krinhop, 7, checks out a millipede held by Alison Bockoven of the Texas A&M Entomology Department during Ag Camp 2011 at A&M Consolidated High School Wednesday. Campers learned about the state's native wildlife during the day camp, which ... |
| Woman charged with stealing items from College Station home Posted: 19 Aug 2011 06:44 AM PDT A 19-year-old woman was charged Friday with felony theft after an officer said she pawned items stolen from a College Station home in late July. Sarah Dann Staton on College Station was charged with theft of property from $1,500 to $20,000. An offi ... |
| Texas jobless rate highest since '87 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:30 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- The unemployment rate in Texas jumped to 8.4 percent in July, hitting the highest level since 1987 while climbing at the fastest pace since the state was still stuck in a recession two years ago, according to employment figures relea ... |
| Record 250 Texas counties have outdoor burn bans Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:26 AM PDT COLLEGE STATION -- A record 250 Texas counties have outdoor burn bans as the lingering drought is blamed for staggering agricultural losses. The Texas Forest Service on Friday reported that Jefferson, Orange, Willacy and Zapata are the only counties ... |
| Gov. Rick Perry's 'Stem cell' treatment questioned Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT He calls it innovative. Others call it a big risk. In any case, the stem cell procedure that Texas Gov. Rick Perry had last month was an unusual experiment to fix a common malady: a bad back. Perry, the newest GOP presidential candidate, has acces ... |
| Mom, boyfriend accused over death of Texas girl, 4 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:51 AM PDT KOUNTZE -- A Southeast Texas woman and her boyfriend have been charged after the death of her 4-year-old daughter who allegedly was battered for months. Hardin County Sheriff Ed Cain told KFDM-TVthat the girl had bruises and burns "basically from ... |
| Bryan High band, drill team practice Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:18 PM PDT Shawna Rowe, a Bryan High School junior, practices Thursday with other members of the school's color guard and marching band as they prepare for the upcoming school year and football season. |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:09 PM PDT Bryan Mayor Jason Bienski prepares with teammates on Wells Fargo Advisors for Friday night's game against Team Atkinson Toyota. The game was part of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce's Celebrity Softball Classic and Family Fun Night at th ... |
| Perry touts ability to creat jobs to South Carolina GOP Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT FLORENCE, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's timing was good for delivering a jobs message to South Carolina's Republican primary voters. As the GOP presidential candidate headed to an event at a Florence hospital Friday, the state released a jobs re ... |
| Record Texas wildfire season rages on Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- Fast-moving wildfires destroyed more than a dozen homes in several Texas towns this week and the drought-plagued state's worst wildfire season on record is showing no signs of stopping, fire officials said Friday. Texas is in the gri ... |
| Stocks fall amid recession worries Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- A growing belief that the U.S. economy may be headed toward recession gave the stock market its fourth straight week of losses. The anxiety in the market was obvious Friday as the major indexes went from moderate gains early in the day ... |
| Suicide bomber kills 48 in Pakistan mosque Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber struck worshippers during prayers Friday at a mosque close to the Afghan border, killing 48 people in an attack one official said may have been aimed at anti-Taliban elders praying during the holy month of Ram ... |
| Libya rebels close in on Gadhafi, seizing key town Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:06 PM PDT ZAWIYA, Libya -- Rebels closed in on Moammar Gadhafi, pushing back his fighters in a fierce battle in one key coastal city and seizing another town as they advanced toward his remaining bastion, the capital of Tripoli. The territory remaining und ... |
| Woman, 84, pleads guilty to migrant smuggling Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:30 PM PDT SAN DIEGO -- With her thick, wavy gray hair and heavily lined face, Felicitas Gurrola defies the image of today's typical Mexican smuggler. At 84, she directed a female-dominated ring that prosecutors say led 80 people a month to the Los Angeles ... |
| Vehicle alarms vulnerable to texting hackers Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:30 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Texting and driving don't go well together -- though not in the way you might think. Computer hackers can force some cars to unlock their doors and start their engines without a key by sending specially crafted messages to a car's ... |
| Arthritis Sufferers- GET OFF THE COUCH! Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:44 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Being physically active is one of best ways people with arthritis can improve their health, but a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows that more than half of women and 40 percent of men with ... |
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