Divine inspiration Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST Quint Foster of Foster Stained Glass walks beneath the a huge stained glass half-dome at the shop Thursday. The dome, the product of twelve weeks of work, will be dismantled and transported to St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Lake Charles, Lou ... |
Parsons top District Attorney hopefuls in funds Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST A clear financial leader has emerged in each contested 2012 Brazos County primary, according to campaign finance reports submitted this week by the candidates. In the race for district attorney, that leader is Assistant District Attorney Jarvis P ... |
Fair to illustrate disability services Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST Local organizations devoted to helping people with disabilities want to educate the public on the resources available to them, so they'll be staging an event Friday aimed at getting the word out.The Disability Awareness and Transition Fair will be he ... |
2011 took a heavy toll Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Last year was an especially bad one when it came to young people dying unnatural deaths in the Brazos Valley: Sixteen people under the age of 30 died in auto accidents or as the result of homicides in 2011. Another death was by suicide. Of that to ... |
Rattler Run set for March 3 Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:38 AM PST The Rattler Run in Navasota on March 3 will feature a 5K race and a 1-mile children's run.The City of Navasota's Parks and Recreation Department will host the run at August Horst Park, 400 Veteran's Memorial Drive. The 5K starts at 7:30 a.m., and the ... |
Shooting victim's boyfriend arrested Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST Eagle Staff Report Colin McHenry, the boyfriend of a woman who was shot and killed on New Years Day, was arrested Friday on a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. College Station police arrested McHenry, 23, Friday evening and he remained ... |
Bryan Rotary Club to host fundraiser Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The Bryan Rotary Club has scheduled its annual Beans and Rice fundraiser dinner for Feb. 13. The event will be held at the Bryan High School Silver Campus. Dinner will consist of beans, rice, sausage, cornbread and tea. Tickets ... |
Sheriff's office offering free women's safety class Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:29 PM PST The Brazos County Sheriff's Office will hold a free class on Jan. 23 and Jan. 24 that will teach attitude, posture, awareness and self-defense. The Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention (SHARP) class will be held from 6. to 9 p.m. each day at the sh ... |
Man accused in theft was dressed as woman Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST Eagle Staff Report An 18-year-old Somerville man who dressed as a woman and attempted to steal a breast pump, among other items, from Walmart was arrested Thursday and charged with theft. According to the police report, John Robert Reliford walked ... |
Come together Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Dr. Suzanne Yandow (left) helps fellow Texas A&M Health Science Center faculty member Leslie Cizmas with her robe before the Health Science Center's Academic Convocation at Rudder Auditorium on Friday. Cizmas earned an educational award earlier i ... |
Romney: S.C. is 'neck and neck' Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST CHARLESTON, S.C. -- On the eve of a Southern showdown, Mitt Romney conceded Friday he's in a tight race with Newt Gingrich for Saturday's South Carolina primary in a Republican campaign suddenly turned turbulent.It's "neck and neck," Romney declared, ... |
Congress holds off on piracy bill Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. Critics s ... |
Supreme Court throws out district maps Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Friday threw out electoral maps drawn by federal judges in Texas that favored minorities. The decision ultimately could affect control of the U.S. House of Representatives and leaves the fate of Texas' April prima ... |
Irises add elegance to any garden Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:53 AM PST Irises are a large and diverse group of flowering perennials. Iris x albicans, commonly referred to as "cemetery whites" will soon be blooming in the Brazos Valley. One of Texas' most established heirloom plants, this iris is often found in cemeteri ... |
Abortion lawsuit back in federal court Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST AUSTIN -- A challenge to a Texas law that requires doctors to perform a sonogram before a woman has an abortion returned to federal court Friday, and the judge suggested an appeals court has given him little choice but to rule the law constitutiona ... |
Gov. Rick Perry's political future cloudy Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST AUSTIN -- When Gov. Rick Perry announced his bid for the presidency last year, dozens of Republican politicians in Texas calculated their possible career trajectories in a post-Perry Texas. The cotton farmer from Paint Creek has held the state's t ... |
Topping a tree is never a good idea Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:53 AM PST Dear Neil: I have three 35-year-old Arizona ash trees. Some of their heavier branches are rotting, and one has fallen. A tree trimmer has suggested that I let him top the trees to given them more life. I hate to do that, because these trees have been ... |
Downed cruise ship an ecological threat to Italian coast Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST PORTO ERCOLE, Italy -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers that centuries ago stood guard against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized Costa Concordia luxury liner. A half-million ... |
Etta James dies at 73 Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- Etta James' performance of the enduring classic At Last was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after ... |
Texas Sen. John Cornyn among senators requesting fracking study Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Texas Sen. John Cornyn joined nine other Republican senators in asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to subject a draft report that theorizes a link between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater pollution in a Wyoming ga ... |
Williams 60th Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:19 AM PST Joe and Lima Williams of College Station recently received the congratulations of their 5 children, 13 grandchildren and their spouses on celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on January 5, 2012. Back row, left to right: son David,Luke Williams ... |
Perrone-Barnett Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 AM PST Jennifer Kay Perrone and Ashley Barnett were united in holy matrimony on Friday, October 21, 2011 in historic Antigua, Guatemala. The candlelight ceremony took place among the ruins of the church, built in the 1500’s, at Casa Santo Domingo and ... |
Katt-Probst Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:13 AM PST Lindsey Colleen Katt, of College Station, and Gregory Keith Propst, Jr., of McAllen were united in marriage on Saturday, January 7, 2012, in the Ashelynn Manor Chapel in Magnolia, Texas. Dr. Ben Welch of College Station officiated the double ri ... |
Husky 50th Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:10 AM PST Dwight and Linda Huskey were married January 21, 1962, at Trinity Baptist Church in Bryan, Texas. They have three children, Melissa Marucci, Teena Myers and Russell Huskey. They also have five grandchildren. In the spring they are planning a cele ... |
Schlumberger 4Q net income up as revenue improves Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST HOUSTON -- Schlumberger Ltd.'s net income surged 36 percent in the fourth quarter, benefiting from stronger land-based work by the oil services company in the Mideast and North Africa and offshore activity in the Gulf of Mexico and Africa. The Hou ... |
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