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- State Sen. Steve Ogden won't seek re-election
- 'I'm still here': Wilganowski thankful to be alive
- 'I'm still here': Wilganowski thankful to be alive
- No 2012 run for Sen. Ogden
- Napolitano: Local vigilance essential to national security
- Blinn has new leaders
- Police: College Station resident found with several prescription meds
- Police clear two wrecks on Harvey Mitchell Parkway
- 18-wheeler, truck overturn in Grimes
- State: Huge Texas blaze cause likely electrical
- Report: Crime falls locally in 2010
- Leak still affecting some city employees
- Pac-12 says no further expansion
- Ruling may alter some of College Station schools' policies
- Cash-strapped Texas schools to get larger classes
- Expert: Texas man accused in rapes mentally ill
- Playmaker
- Service planned for woman hit on FM 2818
- Local VFW to host fundraiser on Oct. 1
- Grand opening set for A&M buildings
- Falling satellite's point of impact still uncertain
- State: Electrical sparks likely caused blaze
- IMF: World economy in danger
- Gays in military officially out
- Quake warning system tested
| State Sen. Steve Ogden won't seek re-election Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:59 AM PDT Bryan State Sen. Steve Ogden announced on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election in 2012. The Republican said in an interview on WTAW radio that he plans instead to focus on his family and running his energy-exploration business. Ogden has held ...   |
| 'I'm still here': Wilganowski thankful to be alive Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT In four years on the Rudder varsity football team, David Wilganowski watched hours of game video, reviewing countless plays with teammates and coaches in pursuit of improvement. But he had never seen anything like what happened in the Rangers' gam ... |
| 'I'm still here': Wilganowski thankful to be alive Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT In four years on the Rudder varsity football team, David Wilganowski watched hours of game video, reviewing countless plays with teammates and coaches in pursuit of improvement. But he had never seen anything like what happened in the Rangers' gam ... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Saying his political career is likely coming to an end, Bryan state Sen. Steve Ogden announced Tuesday that he won't run for re-election in 2012. "I have been [in office] long enough," said the Republican, who has served 14 years in the Senate and 21 total ... |
| Napolitano: Local vigilance essential to national security Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Combating terrorism starts locally, the nation's secretary of homeland security said Tuesday at Texas A&M. "When we talk about homeland security, we often have to start with hometown security," said Janet Napolitano, who has served since Janu ... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Blinn College trustees picked a new president Tuesday night during a board meeting in Brenham following a national search that began in June. So was it the local candidate, Edward Raspiller, the provost for Blinn's Brazos County campuses, or Haro ... |
| Police: College Station resident found with several prescription meds Posted: 20 Sep 2011 03:57 AM PDT A report of a burglary in College Station led to the arrest of one of the home's residents after he was found with several medications that weren't prescribed to him, police said. Antonio Delira was charged Monday with possession of from 28 to 200 g ... |
| Police clear two wrecks on Harvey Mitchell Parkway Posted: 20 Sep 2011 02:26 AM PDT Police said the scene of two wrecks within a half-mile of each other on Harvey Mitchell Parkway in College Station have been cleared, and no major injuries were reported. The first wreck was reported at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday on Harvey Mitchell Parkway ... |
| 18-wheeler, truck overturn in Grimes Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT An 18-wheeler and another vehicle overturned during in Grimes County late Monday, but no one was injured, according to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety. The wreck was reported at 10:08 p.m. on Texas 6 at the intersection with F.M ... |
| State: Huge Texas blaze cause likely electrical Posted: 20 Sep 2011 06:26 AM PDT DALLAS -- The cause of a massive central Texas wildfire that killed two people and destroyed more than 1,500 homes was most likely electrical, fire officials said Tuesday.The Texas Forest Service did not elaborate on the cause in a release announcing ... |
| Report: Crime falls locally in 2010 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Reflecting a nationwide trend, crime rates in Bryan-College Station fell in 2010 from their 2009 levels, according to data released by the FBI this week. Nationally, violent crime was down 6 percent and property crime decreased by 2.7 percent las ... |
| Leak still affecting some city employees Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Employees at the Brazos County Courthouse continued to work Tuesday amid the sound of large fans and noisy humidifiers set up to dry out areas where water had leaked-in the prior day. Officials said a chip in the concrete ceiling of the four-stor ... |
| Pac-12 says no further expansion Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:09 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Twelve is enough for the Pac-12, putting the Big 12 in position to survive yet again. The Pac-12 presidents and chancellors voted late Tuesday night not to expand again. Commissioner Larry Scott says "after careful review we have deter ... |
| Ruling may alter some of College Station schools' policies Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT The College Station School District is once again having to revisit its end-of-course exam policies with a new ruling from the Texas Education Agency. The TEA recently nullified some policies that districts across the state had already begun to p ... |
| Cash-strapped Texas schools to get larger classes Posted: 20 Sep 2011 03:45 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Financially-challenged school districts will find it easier to get exempt from a Texas law that holds most elementary school classes to no more than 22 students.The Texas Education Agency created a new provision that allows districts to get ... |
| Expert: Texas man accused in rapes mentally ill Posted: 20 Sep 2011 06:26 AM PDT EDNA -- A psychologist has told a Southeast Texas jury he believes a Texas man suspected of being a serial rapist who targeted older women suffers from multiple personality disorder. But prosecutors on Tuesday played an audiotape in which the suspect ... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Albert Tellez (right) knocks the ball away from fellow Texas A&M student Connor Washington during a rugby class at the Penberthy Athletic Complex on Tuesday. |
| Service planned for woman hit on FM 2818 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Funeral arrangements have been made for Tiffany Dawson, the 33-year-old Franklin woman who was killed this week when struck by a pickup on F.M. 2818. A graveside service has been scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Friday at the Mount ... |
| Local VFW to host fundraiser on Oct. 1 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe Brazos County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4629 is set to host its third annual fundraiser to benefit Phoebe's Home and its own Veterans Relief Fund on Oct. 1. The event, which is co-sponsored by various local motorcycle clubs, ... |
| Grand opening set for A&M buildings Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA celebration will be held at 3 p.m. Friday to mark the grand opening of buildings that house Texas A&M's statewide agriculture operations. Mark Hussey, vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences, will host the ev ... |
| Falling satellite's point of impact still uncertain Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It's just that if they're off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on N ... |
| State: Electrical sparks likely caused blaze Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT The Sept. 4 blaze started near Bastrop about 25 miles east of Austin, destroying more than 1,500 homes and killing two people. The Texas Forest Service would not elaborate on the cause Tuesday to The Associated Press. However, a copy of the report o ... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The world economy has entered a "dangerous new phase," according to the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. As a result, the international lending organization has sharply downgraded its economic outlook for the United S ... |
| Gays in military officially out Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military passed a historic milestone Tuesday with the repeal of the ban on gays serving openly in uniform, ending a prohibition that President Barack Obama said had forced gay and lesbian service members to "lie about who the ... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT PASADENA, Calif. -- After years of lagging behind Japan, Mexico and other quake-prone countries, the U.S. government has been quietly testing an earthquake early warning system in California since February. The alert system is still crude and me ... |
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