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- Year of the Dragon
- BPD: Missing 4th-grader found
- Homeless look to move past struggles
- Former chief of staff Joshua Bolten says partisanship is easily cured
- Sam Sharp, 80, loses leukemia fight
- Runaway student recovered safe
- Bryan brothers indicted on felony drug charges
- Texas tweaks tuition rule for illegal immigrants
- 3 bodies found in Rio buildings collapse
- Storage rule for RVs rejected
- Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause
- Man gets 20 years for injury to child
- Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause
- Derby Girls season to start Sunday
- New-home purchases fall, 2011 worst ever for sales
- Cuddly critters donated to law enforcement
- Front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clash at debate
- TCEQ seeks more info on Brazos River water request
- Texas redistricting trial nears end
- Over-tested? Education officials say Texas schools too focused on exams
- Bryan honor roll
- Over-tested? Education officials say Texas schools too focused on exams
- College Station honor roll
- Perry's approval rating plummets
- Perry's approval rating plummets
| Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:22 PM PST Dressed as a dragon, Sherwin Chiutakes, takes a picture with Enya Chaffin and her son Allen at the event to ring in the Year of the Dragon. The event featured dances, cultural performances, arts crafts and an Asian buffet.   |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:27 AM PST Bryan police said the 9-year-old Crockett Elementary School student who left the campus just before 8 a.m. has been found safe. Foul play was not suspected, according to Officer Lori Anderson Berndt. Sandy Farris, spokeswoman for the Bryan school d ... |
| Homeless look to move past struggles Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST Some in the Brazos Valley are homeless by choice and others are simply unaware of services available to them that could put them on the path to stability. During Wednesday's annual "point in time" count of the homeless in the seven-county region, ... |
| Former chief of staff Joshua Bolten says partisanship is easily cured Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST A multi-trillion-dollar unfunded liability in Social Security could easily be fixed if the two parties would make simple compromises, a former chief of staff to President George W. Bush said Thursday at Texas A&M. But that's not happening bec ... |
| Sam Sharp, 80, loses leukemia fight Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST Brazos Valley would be short several successful charity organizations had it not been for the contributions of Sam Sharp, an 80-year-old Bryan resident who died Wednesday after about a two-year battle with leukemia. Funeral services for Sharp wil ... |
| Runaway student recovered safe Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST A 9-year-old ran from school Wednesday morning only to be discovered three hours later under a bridge five blocks away.Bryan police said the Crockett Elementary School student left the campus just before 8 a.m. and was found safe and unharmed close t ... |
| Bryan brothers indicted on felony drug charges Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST A Brazos County jury indicted 43 people Thursday, including two Bryan brothers charged in November with felony drug possession and three men who had been arrested on their third or more driving-while-intoxicated charge.Brothers Rodney Darren Nelson, ... |
| Texas tweaks tuition rule for illegal immigrants Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:21 AM PST AUSTIN -- Texas officials are tweaking the law that allows some illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition rates to remind them they promised to seek legal status.The tuition break was a flashpoint issue that helped doom Republican Gov. Rick ... |
| 3 bodies found in Rio buildings collapse Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:38 AM PST RIO DE JANEIRO -- Three bodies were pulled from the rubble of three collapsed buildings on Thursday, an official with the Rio de Janeiro Fire Department said. Another 21 people were still missing after the buildings went down in the city's historic ... |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST The College Station City Council on Thursday shot down a proposal to prohibit residents from keeping boats and RVs in their driveways and front yards. The decision came after RV owners packed City Hall for a public hearing on the issue at the council ... |
| Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:40 AM PST ATLANTA -- Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were gett ... |
| Man gets 20 years for injury to child Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST A 19-year-old Grimes County man Thursday got the maximum sentence for a June 2010 incident that left the now two-year-old victim blind and quadriplegic. Robert Lee Reed Jr. of Navasota was sentenced to 20 years in prison term for the second-degree f ... |
| Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:40 AM PST ATLANTA -- Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were gett ... |
| Derby Girls season to start Sunday Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The Brazos Valley Derby Girls will kick off the 2012 season with a game at 6 p.m. Sunday. The team will split into two groups that will face off. Tickets are $7 at the door and $5 in advance for the match at the VFW Post 4692, 7 ... |
| New-home purchases fall, 2011 worst ever for sales Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:29 AM PST WASHINGTON -- Fewer people bought new homes in December. The decline made 2011 the worst year for new -homes sales on records dating back nearly half a century. The Commerce Department said Thursday new-home sales fell 2.2 percent last month to a ... |
| Cuddly critters donated to law enforcement Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST Ann Anderson, vice president of programs for the Republican Women of Brazos Valley, arranges a stack of 50 stuffed animals the organization donated to local law enforcement during a ceremony Thursday at the Texas Roadhouse Restaurant in College Stati ... |
| Front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clash at debate Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican presidential rival Newt Gingrich in a fast-paced campaign debate Thursday night, ridiculing the former House speaker's call to build costly projects in key primary sta ... |
| TCEQ seeks more info on Brazos River water request Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:21 AM PST AUSTIN -- State regulators have told the Brazos River Authority to provide a more detailed plan as the group seeks a permit for more water.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Wednesday gave authority officials 10 months to submit more sp ... |
| Texas redistricting trial nears end Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Testimony wrapped up on Thursday in a trial determining whether new political district lines drawn by the Texas Legislature violated the federal Voting Rights Act. Attention will now quickly shift to San Antonio, where another federal ... |
| Over-tested? Education officials say Texas schools too focused on exams Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST AUSTIN -- State Board of Education members pressed the Texas education commissioner on Thursday about whether an abundance of high-stakes standardized testing is warping teaching to ensure students spend more time preparing for exams than actual le ... |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:39 AM PST ANSON JONES ELEMENTARY First Grade: Michelle Alvarez, Kayla Arredondo, Yadira Contreras, Taelor Fields, Luis Garcia, Kate-Lynn Lockett, Alejandro Maldonado, C'asia McCoy, Vannesa Ramirez, Kiara Reyes, America Reyna, Saul Rosas, Ruby Tirado-Mendoza, ... |
| Over-tested? Education officials say Texas schools too focused on exams Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST AUSTIN -- State Board of Education members pressed the Texas education commissioner on Thursday about whether an abundance of high-stakes standardized testing is warping teaching to ensure students spend more time preparing for exams than actual le ... |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:41 AM PST A&M CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL Ninth Grade: Sibba Al-Kahtani, Ali-Zain Ali, Arena Ali, Lena Ayari, Kristen Bangs, Meghan Bauman, Ryan Bednarsky, Luke Benden, Patric Bettati, Shelby Billingsley, Charleston Bridges, Madison Brooks, Sara Brown, Noah ... |
| Perry's approval rating plummets Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST By WILL WEISSERT and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s White House bid tarnished his image enough that he’s about as popular in his solidly Republican home state as President Barack Obama, a poll publis ... |
| Perry's approval rating plummets Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST By WILL WEISSERT and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s White House bid tarnished his image enough that he’s about as popular in his solidly Republican home state as President Barack Obama, a poll publis ... |
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