Posted: 8:37 PM Just 12 percent of registered voters turned out at the polls yesterday in Brazos County. Residents and experts point to a number of reasons for the low total, and the trend shows little sign of changing anytime soon.
Updated: 9:46 AM A quick thinking school bus driver is being credited with helping to save the life of a College Station resident who was unconscious inside a burning building Wednesday morning.
Updated: 9:44 AM A former Brazos County court coordinator has resigned her position, alleging she was sexually harassed by a sitting district judge.
Gaye Lynn Sanders turned in her letter of resignation to 85th District Judge J.D. Langley on March 6, the day before the primary election.
Posted: 6:23 PM As results came in from Tuesday's primary, one county's election returns were not included.
Robertson County had hoped to be done by 9 o'clock last night, but instead results were made official Wednesday morning.
Election officials say computer problems are to blame.
Updated: 6:57 PM There were more than a few surprises in Tuesday's election. One group of races that raised eyebrows was for Justice of the Peace where all three incumbent republicans were defeated by newcomers.
Updated: 1:54 PM After a quiet race early had the volume turned up, it was Van Taylor voters that silenced the campaign of Tucker Anderson. Taylor earned the right to face Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards for his District 17 seat in Washington.
Updated: 7:49 AM Now that he has cast his ballot in the election primaries in Texas, President Bush heads to New Orleans as the city makes preparations for this year's hurricane season.
Updated: 7:41 AM Governor Rick Perry defeated Republican challengers in the primary election Tuesday. He now goes on to face Democrat Chris Bell, and possibly some independents, in November.
Posted: 10:44 PM Despite some heated races, voter turnout was low in Tuesday's primary election.
Just 10,385 cast ballots, about 6 percent of the 85,000 registered voters.
Updated: 10:39 AM In typical fashion, the March primaries was a wild night of politics. Despite the low voter turnout, close races seemed to be the theme.
Updated: 8:12 PM A registered sex offender is in the Brazos County jail, accused of sexually assaulting a 13 month old baby. Now the baby is fighting for her life, listed in critical condition at Scott and White in Temple with multiple fractures and bruises.
Posted: 5:52 PM A light turnout is expected statewide for Tuesdays Democratic and Republican primaries. Only about 4% of the 85,000 registered voters in Brazos County voted early, most of those voting in the Republican races.
Posted: 5:16 PM Brazos County commissioners voted Tuesday morning to reinstate the burn ban. Brazos County Judge Randy Sims says recent fires prompted commissioners to bring back the ban.
Updated: 10:24 AM A woman who lost her mother and almost her entire face from being shot by her boyfriend, is traveling the country with her story to raise awareness about the dangers of domestic violence. Dozens of medical students at Texas A&M gathered Tuesday to hear her story.
Updated: 8:01 AM Dana Reeve, the wife of the late actor Christopher Reeve, has died of lung cancer. The non-smoker was a champion in the fight for a cure for paralysis. She leaves behind a 13 year old son.
Posted: 7:41 AM Independent candidates for Texas governor are banking on low voter turnout at the polls Tuesday to help them in their bids to take on Governor Rick Perry.
Updated: 9:10 PM This may be the year that, for the first time ever, both the Aggie men's and women's basketball teams put their dancing shoes on. And the NCAA tournament hopes of fans are only matched by the hopes of stores.
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