Posted: 9:41 PM The City of Bryan is hosting another class to educate parents and children about internet safety. Monday, there will be two seminars held to inform the community on the safe and unsafe ways to use some popular internet sites.
Posted: 9:21 PM TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Most of Florida's west coast is under a tropical storm watch as Alberto spins over the Gulf of Mexico. But a senior forecaster at the National Hurricane Center says Alberto is not likely to become a hurricane because "the system remains poorly organized."
Posted: 9:18 PM CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Gasoline prices have remained steady the last three weeks. According to the Lundberg Survey, the average nationwide price for a gallon of self-serve regular was $2.93 on Friday, a fraction of a penny lower than it was three weeks ago.
Posted: 9:16 PM DALLAS (AP) - A Naval chief petty officer home on leave from the Middle East was shot and killed by a carjacker just three days before he was to report back for duty. Kameron Pratt was shot by an unidentified carjacker who dragged him from his pickup truck at his parents' home in Dallas on Friday night.
Updated: 9:49 PM Hot, dry conditions make good fuel for wildfires. And that's what kept firefighters in Burleson County busy Saturday. Firefighters from Cade Lakes and Caldwell fought a multi-acre pasture fire.
Posted: 9:43 PM It's a little early, but the spirit was still good. Post Oak Mall hosted a flag day celebration on Saturday to honor those who have served our nation. The celebration, called Old Gloryous, is held in more than 500 malls across the country.
Posted: 9:40 PM FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Barely a day after leaving office, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was anything but off the hook among Texas Democrats at their state convention. U.S. Representative Chet Edwards reveled in Delay's departure as the crowd cheered wildly.
Posted: 9:34 PM HOUSTON (AP) - Libertarians were hopeful during the party's state convention today that they could win a variety of offices in November, saying their group offers better values than the Democratic and Republican parties. Wes Benedict, the party's executive director for the state, touted Libertarians as "fiscally conservative and socially tolerant."
Posted: 6:21 PM 12 teams took the field to play in the Cross Town Show Down, the annual softball fundraiser for the Brazos Valley Rape Crisis Center. Traditionally, the tournament has only had teams from law enforcement agencies, but this year the competition grew.
Updated: 10:18 PM Fifty years ago, high schoolers in Bryan attended Stephen F. Austin High. Now, SFA is a middle school, and the former students are little more than middle-aged.
Posted: 10:10 PM The next special meeting of College Station's school board has been set. Tuesday evening at 5:30pm, the board will again meet in executive session to consider the job status of Superintendent Jimmy Creel, who was placed on administrative leave back on May 30.
Posted: 10:06 PM The verdict is in for an armed bandit involved in one of the highest-profile crimes in recent history. Stephen Gilbert was found guilty Friday evening of aggravated robbery.
Posted: 5:46 PM Police say a Bryan man was caught in the act trying to cash a forged check next to its rightful owner. According to Bryan Police, Richard Parkinson, Jr, 19, was trying to cash a check at the First Victoria Bank on Thursday when the clerk became suspicious and called police.
Posted: 5:29 PM For an entire week, a common cause has brought construction competitors together. Now 10 families are reaping the benefits.
Posted: 5:27 PM A major drug bust in College Station leads to the arrest of nine men. College Station and Bryan police and the Department of Public Safety narcotics unit executed search warrants for two homes Thursday.
Posted: 3:27 PM The owner of Bryan-College Station's FOX affiliated TV station has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Communications Corporation of America, also known at ComCorp, owns KYLE in Bryan-College Station and KWKT in Waco.
Updated: 7:33 AM Faster and cheaper Internet access could come from a new telecommunications bill approved last night by the House. It would end the monopoly held by many cable TV companies, encouraging more telephone companies and other providers to get into the broadband game.
Updated: 7:28 AM The first cervical cancer vaccine will be available to girls as young as nine. The FDA has approved Gardasil, which should be in drug stores later this month.
Posted: 10:28 AM When Iraqi police and 4th Infantry Division troops arrived at the rubble of the safe house that was the target of a U.S. air strike, al-Qaeda leader Abu Mauswab al-Zarqawi was still alive, a top level spokesman for U.S. military forces in Iraq said Friday.
Updated: 7:26 AM Mayor Bill White says Houston will throw its hat in the ring as a candidate to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The city will submit its proposal later this month to the United States Olympic Committee.
Updated: 7:24 AM Directors of the Houston school district have decided to let each school set its own policy for how to deal with cell phones. A district spokesman says schools won't have the authority to completely ban cell phones but will be able to limit when and where they're used.
Updated: 7:21 AM Austin police seized more than one-thousand eight-liner gambling machines from 23 businesses accused of awarding illegal prizes. Yesterday's raid was the largest of its kind for the area.
Updated: 1:08 AM Nearly 30 local witnesses will be called to testify in the investigation of a Brazos County assistant district attorney. Among those on the subpoena list for next month's court of inquiry: former grand jurors, courthouse employees and members of the media.
Posted: 9:31 PM Brazos Animal Shelter employees and enthusiasts have made their feelings known once again. At the city council meeting Thursday evening, nine citizens spoke on the issue, with the vast majority calling for a change in the way the board of directors is made up.
Posted: 6:15 PM College Station police are looking for a suspected shoplifter who allegedly injured two people while trying to make a getaway.
