Presidential candidate Herman Cain meets College Station voters Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT When Herman Cain's book signing in College Station was originally scheduled, he was a fringe presidential candidate struggling to attract attention. But since then, the former pizza executive has shocked pundits and politicians by winning a Flori ... |
Brazos County jailers suspended over allegations of inappropriate relationships Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:56 AM PDT Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk said two county jail employees have been suspended with pay pending an investigation based on allegations they were having inappropriate relations with current or former inmates. The investigation began about a we ... |
Brazos County Jail employees under scrutiny Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Two female Brazos County Jail employees remained suspended without pay Thursday pending internal investigations into allegations they were having inappropriate relations with current or former inmates. Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk said his dep ... |
George McGovern plugs battle against world hunger Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Americans could do more to advance peace and prosperity if they remembered the power of food, former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern said Thursday at Texas A&M. "Food is health. Food is peace," McGovern said, recalling a lin ... |
College Station school board to hear lawsuit report Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT The College Station school board will hear a report this month on 130-plus other Texas school districts that have joined in a lawsuit challenging the state's public education funding formula. Superintendent Eddie Coulson said he anticipates the bo ... |
Police: Two arrested after PCP found Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:52 AM PDT Two Bryan men remained jailed Thursday after Bryan police said they found PCP in the vehicle in which they were traveling the night before. Mark Anthony Contreras, 27, and Michael Deon Green, 28, were charged with manufacture or delivery of from fou ... |
Additional arrest made in burglary of Bryan convenience store Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:43 AM PDT A 35-year-old man was jailed Thursday after being charged with helping two others burglarize a Bryan convenience store in July. Israel Sanchez of Bryan was charged Thursday with burglary of a building. Bryan resident Arjenis Fajardo, 18, and a 16- ... |
Brazos County Grand Jury indicts defendants for trial Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT A man who was arrested on four felony charges in July, including one for assaulting a police officer, was among several people indicted Thursday by a Brazos County Grand Jury. According to a police report, officers responded to a disturbance in J ... |
Woman accused of using stolen card Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A woman who told police she knew what she did was wrong was arrested Thursday on two charges of credit card abuse. According to the police report, a man told police his credit card had been stolen and used at several local groce ... |
School's silence on sex assault angers parents Posted: 06 Oct 2011 03:34 AM PDT PHARR -- A South Texas school district is under fire for failing to tell parents last week about an alleged sexual assault on a high school campus during school hours.Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District spokeswoman Arianna Vazquez-Hernan ... |
Man arrested again for improper photos Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A man who was arrested in late May on a felony charge of improper photography was arrested again this week for the same offense after police obtained a warrant, searched his laptop, and discovered video of a woman showering. Acco ... |
Residents invited to show off models Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:57 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Customers of HobbyTown USA in College Station are invited to show off their best completed models on Oct. 15 during the National Model Contest. The store will select winners in a variety of model categories, including passenger ... |
Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival gets fired up at 5 p.m. Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival opens at 5 p.m. Friday in downtown Bryan. Admission is free on Friday, but a $5 entrance fee will be required on Saturday. Along with steak and wine vendors, there will be a kids zone, local ... |
Residents invited to show off models Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:57 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Customers of HobbyTown USA in College Station are invited to show off their best completed models on Oct. 15 during the National Model Contest. The store will select winners in a variety of model categories, including passenger ... |
Job a dim memory for many Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- For more Americans, being out of work has become a semi-permanent condition.Nearly one-third of the unemployed -- nearly 4.5 million people -- have had no job for a year or more. That's a record high. Many are older workers who have fou ... |
Finding balance Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:26 PM PDT Texas A&M students Daniel Penick (left) and Emily Sparks rest in hammocks at the Academic Plaza on the Texas A&M campus during "Slackline Fridays," an informal gathering of students that takes place at the plaza each Friday. The group gathers ... |
Grandmother guilty of throwing toddler off skywalk Posted: 06 Oct 2011 08:18 AM PDT FAIRFAX, Va. -- A Virginia grandmother was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder for tossing her 2-year-old granddaughter from a sixth-level pedestrian bridge at the state's largest shopping mall.Carmela dela Rosa, of Fairfax, claimed she did not ... |
Occupy Wall Street protests spread to Texas cities Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio on Thursday as cities across Texas joined the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations demanding an end to corruption in politics and business. Upwards of 300 ... |
Michelle Bachmann targets Gov. Rick Perry's corporate grants Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Rick Perry brags that Texas has created more than 1 million jobs during his 10 years as governor, trumpeting the state's hands-off regulatory climate and business-first policies. But another part of his jobs agenda, the part that promotes ... |
Apple fans mourn Steve Jobs in tech tributes Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT Steve Jobs was mourned around the world Thursday through the very devices he conceived: People held up pictures of candles on their iPads, reviewed his life on Macintosh computers and tapped out tributes on iPhones. One day after his death, two da ... |
Pakistani doctor may face treason Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani doctor accused of running a vaccination program for the CIA to help track down Osama bin Laden should be put on trial for high treason, a government commission said Thursday, a move likely to anger U.S. officials pushing for ... |
Steve Jobs' cancer a potent form Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT Pancreatic cancer is notoriously lethal -- there are almost as many deaths from it each year as there are new cases. The deaths this week of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Nobelist Ralph Steinman bring unusual attention to this less-well-known type o ... |
New tool makes pricing college easy Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT It sounds like a simple question: How much is a college actually going to cost?In fact, it's a slippery one. But thanks to a federal mandate, a new tool to help students and families pin down an answer is finally arriving this month: a fairly simple ... |
Taste of B-CS offers web certificates Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:57 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Taste of B-CS is now offering web certificates as an additional way to promote local restaurants by saving customers money. The Taste of B-CS, a nonprofit organization, was started in August and has 25 Bryan-College Station r ... |
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