Texas A&M University-Central Texas will host its Inaugural Commencement at the Bell County Exposition Center tonight at 7 p.m. Greetings and degree authorization will be delivered by Jim Schwertner, member of the Board of Regents, The Texas A&M University System. Full Story »
AUSTIN – Mary Hardin-Baylor women's basketball team built a second-half lead and then held off a Concordia comeback attempts for a 66-63 win Thursday. UMHB (4-3) is 3-2 in American Southwest Conference play. Full Story »
AUSTIN – Mary Hardin-Baylor took a lead with eight seconds left and a Concordia last-second shot missed, giving the Crusaders an 85-84 road win. UMHB (4-2) goes to 3-2 in American Southwest Conference play. Full Story »
Former Copperas Cove Bulldawg Tyrell Herndon signed a contract with the Indoor Football League champion Billings (Montana) Outlaws. Full Story »
SALADO – The Salado Lady Eagles struggled as Hadley Joiner struggled through the first three quarters. Full Story »
The city of Waco Parks and Recreation Department and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are sponsoring their annual children’s fishing derby from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Buena Vista Park, 2001 Madera Drive. Full Story »
The historic value of the 105-year-old Sanger Avenue School is not lost on anyone. Full Story »
His name says it all. Shaquille Olajuwon Bouye’s mother obviously wanted him to play basketball. Full Story »
U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, joined Democrats in passing an omnibus $1.1 trillion spending measure that boosted federal agency budgets by almost 10 percent on average and included more than 5,000 earmarks, including 22 projects in his district totaling more than $20 million. Full Story »
A 50-year-old Waco man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for molesting three young girls during a number of years. Full Story »
Every new single-family home or townhouse in College Station must have at least one tree on the property, the College Station City Council decided Thursday. The City Council voted unanimously to amend the city's landscape and tree-protection ordinanc ... Full Story »
A crowd of at least 100 people is expected to gather Friday around 5 p.m. in the Academic Plaza on Texas A&M University's campus to witness the lighting of a 13-foot-tall menorah, marking the beginning of Hanukkah."That's four feet taller than th ... Full Story »
-- Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station Municipal Court Judge Ed Spillane has been appointed to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The commission is responsible for disciplining judges and investigating allegations of judicial misconduct or disab ... Full Story »
FridayCLUBSBrazos County Senior Citizens Association luncheon, noon. 1402 Bristol St., Bryan. 822-6873.EVENTSKinky Friedman Cigars Party, 6 p.m. Texas Avenue Cigars, 1800 Texas Ave., College Station. Kinky Friedman, who will showcase his cigars and a ... Full Story »
A Bryan police officer investigates the scene of a fatal accident on Texas 21 in Bryan on Thursday. One person died and three others were hospitalized after the three-vehicle accident, between Bluebonnet Street and Tabor Road. Details were sketchy la ... Full Story »
Rescuers have recovered the body of a 7-year-old Arizona boy who died after jumping into a canal to save his 11-year-old friend. Full Story »
A 38-year-old Temple man was in federal custody Friday after investigators discovered thousands of pornographic images of children on computers and other electronic devices. Full Story »
More than two-dozen people were in custody Friday as authorities busted a ring that smuggled marijuana and methamphetamine from Mexico through Texas to the East Coast. Full Story »
Federal investigators are ready to release new safety recommendations after their investigation of a July refinery fire in Corpus Christi that injured a worker. Full Story »
A state prison official said Friday that an independent security review will be done at the prison where a gun was smuggled to a convicted sex offender who later used the weapon to escape. Full Story »
A Taylor Independent School District employee has been arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a student. Full Story »
A Temple man faces Federal possession of child pornography charges after investigators discovered a large number of illegal images on his computers. Full Story »
The Red Cross has been called in to assist an elderly woman after her home in the 2500 block of South 7th Street burned Friday morning. Full Story »
The H1N1 has sickened nearly 50 million Americans, sent more than 200,000 people to the hospital and killed nearly 10,000 -- more than 8,000 of them children and young adults, a federal health official said Thursday. Full Story »
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce... Full Story »
A Frankston man has been identified as the man killed in a three vehicle accident Thursday night in Bryan. Full Story »
A state prison official said Friday that an independent security review will be done at the prison where a gun was smuggled to a convicted sex offender who later used the weapon to escape. Full Story »
The brother of the man who was riding with Houston attorney John O’Quinn when the attorney’s SUV crashed into a tree has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against O’Quinn’s estate. Full Story »
Thousands of investors have pulled out of the Texas prepaid tuition program withdrawing more than $100 million from the fund. Full Story »
New homes built in College Station will come with a required amenity: trees. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates denied Sunday that President Barack Obama had set an "exit strategy" for Afghanistan, and he forecast that only a "handful" of U.S. troops might leave the country in July 2011, when a withdrawal is scheduled to begin. Full Story »
J.C. and Katie Cook may be world-record shoppers. The Comanche couple blew into town Wednesday morning and by noon were finished shopping for seven grandchildren. Full Story »
The Temple Christmas tree lighting and parade beings at 6:15 tonight at City Hall, and thousands of people are expected to attend. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Seven days cannot encapsulate the whole of a presidency, but the past week was a vivid illustration of the arc of President Barack Obama's first year in office. Full Story »
Santa, riding in an old-fashion fire truck driven by Thomas Pechal, arrives Monday night at the Municipal Building in downtown Temple during the city's annual Christmas parade. Full Story »
Charles Rey Porter, 19, was arrested at his home in Cameron on three burglary warrants Dec. 9. The warrants stem from a series of burglaries that began Nov. 19 with Carrasco’s restaurant, 118 N. Central, according to Cameron Police Lt. Kris Stringer. Full Story »
Editor‘s note: Political announcements are submitted by the candidate or their campaign. Dave Barkemeyer has filed as a Republican for the position of Milam County judge. He served as mayor of Cameron since May 2008 and was councilman-at-large from May 2003 to May 2008. Full Story »
The sights and sounds of the holiday season lured people of all ages to the Cameron Chamber of Commerce’s annual Christmas parade Saturday. This year’s theme was “A Star Spangled Christmas — A Tribute to Our Troops.” Full Story »
Margaret Green of Buckholts praised the Cameron Police Department during the city council meeting Monday. Green, who noted property was stolen from her mother’s home several months ago, contends police have been doing a good job. Full Story »
A tip led to the arrest of a Cameron man Dec. 7, who was reportedly found in possession of marijuana in a drug-free zone and attempted to elude law enforcement authorities. Full Story »
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, which occured about 3 a.m. at the Denny's restaurant in the 4400 block of North Central Expressway. Full Story »
If it were to eventually become law, it would turn up the pressure on the BCS by preventing the group from calling its title game a "national championship game" unless it was the result of a playoff system. Full Story »
Detectives were questioning three men late Tuesday night in connection with the weekend rape and robbery of a 20-year-old woman who was kidnapped from an Old East Dallas street as she walked to a car with friends. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - The mob on top of kicker Hunter Lawrence after his field goal put the University of Texas in college football's national title game was just the start of a burgeoning dog pile on the Bowl Championship Series. Full Story »
Patricia Viramontes, DISD's executive director of information technology and the wife of Chief of Staff Arnold Viramontes, was terminated today and escorted out of her workplace by DISD police, according to district sources. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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