Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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North Korea mourns late leader Kim Jong Il, names his son 'supreme leader'

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea declared Kim Jong Il’s son and successor “supreme leader” of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial Thursday for his father in the government’s first public end ...

SEC releases 2012 football schedule

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


Texas A&M's first football game in the Southeastern Conference will be a big one. The Aggies will host the Florida Gators on Sept. 8, according to a schedule released Wednesday.
The 2012 schedule for the SEC's 14 teams had been delayed for mo ...

Ranch hands aid in arrest after car chase

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


One of two people arrested Monday in a Leon County incident that involved an assault on a state trooper and a subsequent car chase was transferred to Brazos County on Wednesday on an arrest warrant.
Trooper Jimmy Morgan said the arrests stemmed f ...

Ranch hands aid in arrest after car chase

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


One of two people arrested Monday in a Leon County incident that involved an assault on a state trooper and a subsequent car chase was transferred to Brazos County on Wednesday on an arrest warrant.
Trooper Jimmy Morgan said the arrests stemmed f ...

Police: Argument over Facebook led to man being cut

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:24 AM PST

A 20-year-old woman was arrested after police said she cut her boyfriend on his lip.
Bryan resident Mykeshia Dayvonne Kimble was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
A Bryan officer responded Tuesday to an apartment in the ...

New rules limit shot availability at Brazos County Health Department

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


The Texas Department of State Health Services is implementing new rules that may prevent some residents from continuing to obtain vaccinations from the Brazos County Health Department.
The changes will go into effect on Jan. 1.
Under the new rule ...

New rules limit shot availability at Brazos County Health Department

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


The Texas Department of State Health Services is implementing new rules that may prevent some residents from continuing to obtain vaccinations from the Brazos County Health Department.
The changes will go into effect on Jan. 1.
Under the new rule ...

Man charged with threatening women with knife, stealing vehicle

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:55 AM PST

A 34-year-old Bryan man faces two felony charges after being accused of threatening two women with a knife at a College Station apartment before stealing a vehicle that belonged to one of them.
Domingo Galvan was charged Tuesday with two counts of a ...

Police: Man hid cable in clothing

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:00 AM PST

A 37-year-old man faces a felony charge after being accused of stealing a $15 cable from a College Station store.
Tracey Lamar Woods of College Station was charged Tuesday with theft of property valued at less than $1,500 with two or more previous c ...

Informationals set for new landowners

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A series of meetings designed to educate new landowners in Washington, Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties about the different types of agricultural enterprises that may work well for their properties are set for 2012.
The Mult ...

Informationals set for new landowners

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A series of meetings designed to educate new landowners in Washington, Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties about the different types of agricultural enterprises that may work well for their properties are set for 2012.
The Mult ...

Brazos Valley African American Museum offers exhibit on history of local politics

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST


The Brazos Valley African American Museum hopes its new exhibit will educate and excite residents about the path to politics African Americans took locally and across the state.
Museum spokeswoman Donna Pittman said the "Ain't It Good to Always be ...

Public in uproar after cat euthanized

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST


PHOENIX -- Animal lovers threatened to pull donations to an animal rescue group and the public flooded the agency with scathing comments and calls after a man's cat was euthanized when he couldn't afford its medical care, prompting the Arizona Huma ...

Informationals set for new landowners

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A series of meetings designed to educate new landowners in Washington, Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties about the different types of agricultural enterprises that may work well for their properties are set for 2012.
The Mult ...

New alliance aims to safely increase prescribed burns

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


Texas had more than 30,000 wildfires with nearly 4 million acres burned over the past year. Another 4,000 homes and other structures were destroyed.
It was a record-breaking wildfire season that prompted educators and support agencies to pull toge ...

New alliance aims to safely increase prescribed burns

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


Texas had more than 30,000 wildfires with nearly 4 million acres burned over the past year. Another 4,000 homes and other structures were destroyed.
It was a record-breaking wildfire season that prompted educators and support agencies to pull toge ...

Agency vows thorough probe into train death

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Few details have been released as the investigation continues into the death of a train conductor on Dec. 19 in Grimes County.
Stacy Lee Rieger fell 50 feet to his death after he leaned over the rail of a catwalk on a moving tra ...

Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 91

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


TYLER -- One of only 15 Marines to survive the 1941 attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor has died at a Texas hospice.
Funeral services for Lamar Crawford Sr. were being held Wednesday, said Paula Allums of Stewart Family Funeral Home in Tyler ...

New alliance aims to safely increase prescribed burns

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


Texas had more than 30,000 wildfires with nearly 4 million acres burned over the past year. Another 4,000 homes and other structures were destroyed.
It was a record-breaking wildfire season that prompted educators and support agencies to pull toge ...

Texts show Texas Christmas Day shooting timeline

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:02 AM PST

DALLAS -- One of the victims of a Christmas Day shooting in Texas that left seven dead sent text messages before her uncle opened fire on the gathering saying he was there dressed as Santa Claus and wanting to be "all fatherly," police said Wednesday ...

Head of 'Blondies' cartel arrested in Mexico City

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:52 AM PST

MEXICO CITY -- Federal police say one of the United States' most-wanted drug traffickers has been arrested at Mexico City's airport.U.S. authorities offered a reward of up to $5 million for Luis Rodriguez Olivera, or "Whitey." Olivera and his brother ...

Texts track Christmas Day shooting in Grapevine

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


DALLAS -- One of the victims of a Christmas Day shooting in Texas that left seven dead sent text messages before her uncle opened fire on the gathering saying he was there dressed as Santa Claus and wanted to be "all fatherly," police said Wednesda ...

Treated to a victory

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST

Christopher Hines, the 12-year-old son of Consolidated assistant girls varsity basketball coach Wendy Hines, keeps his eye on the Tigers while working down a tootsie-roll pop during their game against Pasadena Memorial in Tiger Gym on Wednesday. The ...

Did Cheetah from 1930s Tarzan flicks die?

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80. But other accounts call that claim into question.
Debbie Cobb, outreach director at the Suncoast Primate ...

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