Bush Promotes Drug Plan for Seniors
Updated: 7:45 AM President Bush is in Orlando, Florida today to again urge senior citizens to sign-up for the the new Medicare prescription drug program. Monday is the deadline to signup without penalty.
Updated: 7:45 AM President Bush is in Orlando, Florida today to again urge senior citizens to sign-up for the the new Medicare prescription drug program. Monday is the deadline to signup without penalty.
Updated: 7:40 AM The US Senate is crafting legislation that would require employers to check the Social Security numbers and the immigration status of all new hires. Employers who don't and who hire illegal immigrants would be subjected to fines of two hundred- to six thousand dollars per violation.
Posted: 7:37 AM Three people are dead and 10 others injured after a tornado ripped through parts of North Texas. Officials are now going door-to-door checking for any other casualties.
Updated: 10:20 PM Since she sat with her grandfather and heard stories of his service in Vietnam, Liz Vacek has wanted to be in the Air Force. Her chance to wear that uniform will come soon. Donning the Corps colors in her A&M years has set a standard for cadets to follow for years to come.
Posted: 6:57 PM A pair of Grand Prairie residents are in custody in connection with last month's bank robbery in College Station. Jaron Washington, 19, and Stacey Maloney, 25, were arrested Friday in Grand Prairie on unrelated charges.
Updated: 10:16 PM What began as a routine traffic stop Tuesday in Leon County ended with a fugitive illegal immigrant in jail and the seizure of several pounds of cocaine.
Updated: 6:49 PM News Talk 1620 will once again be the place to "Watch The Aggies Win." After a quarter of a century, Aggie football is coming back to WTAW.
Posted: 6:14 PM It's the third day of testimony, with several days yet to come, in the Texas Renaissance Festival murder trial. Brent Noland is accused of fatally stabbing Unites States Navy servicemen Brandon Smith at the festival in October 2004.
Posted: 6:01 PM It's day two of a Brazos County embezzlement trial. Longtime district attorney employee, Queen Walker, is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the office. Tuesday, the state continued calling witnesses.
Posted: 5:47 PM Researches at the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M are figuring out ways to make the air we breathe cleaner. They're using a new device to measure emissions.
Posted: 5:42 PM New CPR guidelines were announced by the American Heart Association at the end of last year. Now those guidelines are being taught.
Posted: 5:39 PM The postal service is considering raising the price of stamps for the second time this year. Currently, the cost sits at 39 cents. If approved, it’ll cost 42 cents for a first class stamp.
Posted: 4:37 PM The Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce delegation pounded the pavement Tuesday in its quest to promote issues affecting the Brazos Valley.
Updated: 7:52 AM The Senate is set to consider a bill that could do away with health insurance coverage of mammograms and annual physicals for children. The bill makes it easier for businesses to band together to offer their workers scaled-back health insurance.
Updated: 7:44 AM A Houston lawmaker says he will press for legislation requiring hate crime offenders to register with local authorities. Democratic state Senator Rodney Ellis says the proposal is a response to the brutal assault of a 17-year-old Hispanic boy at a party last month at a suburban Houston home.
Updated: 7:39 AM Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling are closer to learning whether their futures lie in prison or liberty. Their futures will be in the hands of a Houston jury by the middle of next week. Enron was the nation's seventh-largest company before it spiraled into bankruptcy in December 2001 amid intense scrutiny of its accounting practices.
Updated: 10:10 AM While dark skies loomed over the nation's capital Monday, the clouds parted long enough for local leaders to make their presence known. More than 20 community representatives will hit the halls of the Capitol this week to promote the interests of Bryan/College Station.
Updated: 10:11 AM The job of the Brazos County District Attorney's Office is to prosecute the accused. But, now the accused is someone who used to be one of them. Queen Walker is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the District Attorney's office. She maintains her innocence.
Posted: 6:27 PM It will be days before Brent Noland, the man accused of the fatal stabbing at the Renaissance Festival, hears his fate.
Updated: 6:22 PM A Montgomery County man is in custody, charged in the death of his girlfriend after attempting to kill himself. Billy Jack Hough of Richards is in custody after a Saturday night car crash left Caitlin Killen dead.