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- Jay Kimbrough named A&M System's interim chancellor
- Brazos County Animal Shelter preps new facility
- Jay Kimbrough named A&M System's interim chancellor
- Obama honors Gates on last day as defense chief
- Grime County wildfire claimed few animals
- Graves gets $1.4 million from state
- Police: Man found with meth at car wash
- Man charged with driving stolen vehicle, evading police
- Violators of fireworks ban face $1,000 fine
- Police: Driver wouldn 't pull over for bicycle cop
- Unemployment tax to expire soon
- Retail gasoline prices tumble 8 cents in Texas
- Texas tubers causing trouble
- Charges against father upgraded
- Special session ends for Texas Legislature, Perry
- People bombard final shuttle crew for favors
- Shiite militias increase attacks
- Online campaign cuts cheese price
- Defense rests without Casey Anthony testimony
- Diana would be 50 today
- Garden calendar
- Rain lilies blend easily into gardens
- Dish soap will help week killer stick
- Letters for July 1
- Calendar
| Jay Kimbrough named A&M System's interim chancellor Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:06 AM PDT The special adviser to the A&M System Board of Regents has been selected by regents to be the temporary chief of the 120,000-student system. Jay Kimbrough, a former chief of staff to Gov. Rick Perry, was picked as interim chancellor during a ...   |
| Brazos County Animal Shelter preps new facility Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Brazos County and College Station cats and dogs will spend this weekend adapting to life in a new facility located on 17.5 acres of land off of Leonard Road. Employees and volunteers with the Brazos County Animal Shelter spent Thursday and will co ... |
| Jay Kimbrough named A&M System's interim chancellor Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT Another former chief of staff for Gov. Rick Perry is at the helm of the 120,000-student Texas A&M University System. Jay Kimbrough, the special adviser to the Board of Regents, was picked by the regents Thursday to be the interim chancellor o ... |
| Obama honors Gates on last day as defense chief Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Thursday honored outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates' four decades of service, including the past 4 1/2 years in charge of the Pentagon, by surprising him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It's the hi ... |
| Grime County wildfire claimed few animals Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT The nearly 6,000-acre wildfire that ripped through Grimes County last week apparently left few animals dead and surviving wildlife in the burned-over area look to be in remarkably good shape, authorities say. Randy Cleere, livestock officer for th ... |
| Graves gets $1.4 million from state Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Anthony Graves finally has his money. The state of Texas on Thursday cut a $1.4 million check for the man who spent 18 years in prison -- 12 of them on death row -- for six murders that he didn't commit. The act put an end to months of Graves a ... |
| Police: Man found with meth at car wash Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:23 AM PDT A 37-year-old Calvert man is facing drug charges after being arrested at a Bryan car wash, where an officer said he was injecting methamphetamine. James Donald Lohse was charged Thursday with manufacture or delivery of from one to four grams of a c ... |
| Man charged with driving stolen vehicle, evading police Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:25 AM PDT A 45-year-old man was remained in the Brazos County Jail on Thursday on charges of driving a stolen vehicle and evading police. Wesley Dale Hogan Jr., who is listed as homeless in police records, was jailed Wednesday on two warrants for unauthorized ... |
| Violators of fireworks ban face $1,000 fine Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Anyone caught violating County Judge Duane Peters’ “Declaration of Local Disaster” banning the sale or use of all fireworks in Brazos County could face a fine of up to $1,000. Violating the declaration is classified as a Class B mi ... |
| Police: Driver wouldn 't pull over for bicycle cop Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:25 AM PDT A 27-year-old faces a felony charge after a College Station officer on a bicycle said the man wouldn't stop for him early Thursday. James Leslie Vinton Jr. of Hearne was charged with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. An officer said he no ... |
| Unemployment tax to expire soon Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Nearly every private employer in the U.S. will get a tax cut on Friday. It won't affect workers' paychecks. But the expiration of a 35-year-old "temporary" unemployment tax -- about $14 a year per worker -- will mean real money for ... |
| Retail gasoline prices tumble 8 cents in Texas Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:54 AM PDT HOUSTON -- Retail gasoline prices in Texas have tumbled 8 cents as travelers prepare for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump this week is $3.44 a gallon. That's 83 cents higher than a year a ... |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT By ROY BRAGG San Antonio Express-News NEW BRAUNFELS -- Toni Peters, whose home overlooks the Comal River near downtown, was taking her toddler grandsons for a laid-back Sunday float two weeks ago when a barrage of obscenities pierced the early morn ... |
| Charges against father upgraded Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT LUBBOCK -- A father accused of abandoning his 4-year-old son along a rural West Texas highway in the middle of the night was charged Thursday with attempted capital murder, prosecutors said. 32nd Judicial District Attorney Ann Reed said she upgrad ... |
| Special session ends for Texas Legislature, Perry Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry and fellow state Republicans spent the last six months flexing their political muscle and emerged from the Legislature's 30-day special session boasting significant victories, while sidestepping two notable defeats. ... |
| People bombard final shuttle crew for favors Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT HOUSTON -- The four astronauts assigned to NASA's last space shuttle flight can't seem to escape all the fuss and hubbub. With just eight days until Atlantis blasts off, the astronauts said Thursday they're still getting last-minute requests. Rela ... |
| Shiite militias increase attacks Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT BAGHDAD -- Shiite militias backed by Iran have ramped up attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, making June the deadliest month in two years for American forces. The militiamen's goal is to prevent the U.S. military from extending its presence in the countr ... |
| Online campaign cuts cheese price Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT JERUSALEM -- In the land of milk and honey, feelings run pretty strong when it comes to the price of cottage cheese. Surrendering to a two-week online campaign, the Israeli dairy companies that control the cheese market announced they were cutting ... |
| Defense rests without Casey Anthony testimony Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony did not take the stand in her murder trial as defense attorneys wrapped up their case Thursday without presenting concrete evidence that Anthony's 2-year-old daughter Caylee wasn't killed but accidentally drowned. He ... |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT LONDON -- Princess Diana would have been 50 years old on Friday, perhaps the only certainty about what might have been in a life abruptly cut short by a 1997 car crash in Paris, with a new boyfriend, two months past her 36th birthday.Officially, ther ... |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Saturday * Independent Growers Market, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking lot, 1104 W. William J. Bryan Parkway. Garden-direct fruit and vegetables. * Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan P ... |
| Rain lilies blend easily into gardens Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Recent rain has coaxed some treasures out of hiding. Rain lilies are easy to grow.You may have seen a common one lately: the copper-lily or Habranthus tubispathus v. texanus. Native to Texas, this lily's bronze-streaked yellow-orange blooms recently ... |
| Dish soap will help week killer stick Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT Dear Neil: I have dollar weed in my yard (low-growing and shaped like a silver dollar). I tried spraying it with a weedkiller labeled for it, but it didn't do any good. Where can I turn?A: You used the correct product. The problem in treating dollar ... |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Regulations needed to ensure a safe workplace The Eagle on June 25 carried a column, "Too Many Regulations Harm Business." Really? Are we supposed to accept the premise that an iron gate manufacturing business could not compete because it was forc ... |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT MARK YOUR CALENDAR The Blues Capital Revue will begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 11 at Miller's Theatre in downtown Navasota. The event kicks off the 16th annual Navasota BluesFest. Artists include: Navasota Band, Joe Tex, Jr., Misslette The Singing Cowgirl, Bl ... |
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