Updated: 10:30 AM It's one of the most prominent names in business in the Brazos Valley, and while the name Atkinson Toyota won't be changing, the ownership will.

Updated: 10:56 PM A popular College Station jewelry store has been a gem to many, but is closing up shop.

Updated: 12:03 PM COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS (November 28, 2012) – The College Station Medical Center is pleased to announce the opening of College Station MedPlus (www.csMedPlus.com), 1730 Birmingham Rd, Suite 100. MedPlus offers primary care medical services with no appointment needed.

Posted: 9:53 AM A Dora the Explorer guitar, dragster cars with small wheels and finger-fidget desktop magnets are among the toys consumer advocates are warning about as the holiday buying season begins.

Posted: 3:50 PM Federal labor officials vowed Monday they will decide quickly whether to support a request by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to stop a union-backed group from pushing worker walk-outs at hundreds of stores on Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season.

Posted: 2:19 PM Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union will go into mediation to try and resolve their differences, meaning the Irving, Texas-based company won't go out of business just yet.

Updated: 9:08 AM Hostess Brands said it is going out of business, closing plants that make Twinkies and Wonder Bread and laying off all of its 18,500 workers.

Posted: 4:43 PM The pilots union for American Airlines says it and the company have reached an agreement in principle for a new contract.

Updated: 12:01 AM It may not be cold just yet, but "snow" is in the forecast this weekend at the Post Oak Mall in College Station.

Updated: 10:34 AM Saturday's Texas A&M football game against top-ranked Alabama will be the biggest stage in the young career of Aggie quarterback Johnny Manziel. Monday might mark start of some of the biggest sales of Aggie jerseys.

Updated: 12:45 PM NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are dumping stocks as they turn their focus to a world of problems now that the election is over - tax increases and spending cuts that could stall the nation's recovery and a deepening recession in Europe

Updated: 8:35 AM Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind "Star Wars," from its chairman and founder, George Lucas. It's also making a seventh movie in the "Star Wars" series.

Updated: 3:36 PM The Brazos Valley Fair & Exposition is pleased to release the final results of the 2012 Inaugural Brazos Valley Fair & Expo. The Fair had an attendance of 16,165*, and final numbers showed a net profit of $20,919.76 after all expenses had been paid,

Updated: 3:18 PM When you head to school or work Halloween day expect some signal changes at SW Parkway and Highway 6 in College Station.

Updated: 2:10 PM AUSTIN, Texas -- A school finance expert says Texas needs to spend at least an additional $8 billion annually to ensure its students meet tough new academic standards.

Updated: 4:48 PM Each year, the Mays Business School tracks Aggie-owned and Aggie-led businesses and how they're growing and impacting the world at large and even at home. And each year in the fall, Mays' Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneuship honors those businesses.

Posted: 2:41 PM 82,600-seat stadium makes the junior college bowl venue largest in the nation

Posted: 3:46 PM Federal health officials say a Dallas-based meat distributor is recalling about 8,200 pounds of beef and pork products because they weren't inspected and were improperly labeled.

Updated: 1:05 PM Citigroup is offering no explanation for Tuesday's sudden resignation of the bank's CEO, Vikram Pandit.

Updated: 12:23 PM In May, the Plaza Hotel in College Station came tumbling down. Come this spring, its replacement will begin to rise.

Updated: 5:34 PM The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. The rate fell because more people found work, a trend that could impact the presidential election.

Updated: 10:16 AM Honda says it is recalling more than 820,000 Civic compact cars and Pilot SUVs because the headlights can fail.

Updated: 11:35 AM Gov. Rick Perry is expected to outline his latest efforts to rein in soaring higher education costs in Texas.

Posted: 10:26 AM It's open season for wild hogs in Washington County. Commissioners there are offering $5 for each hog trapped or killed.

Updated: 11:54 AM The once-mighty social network Myspace is trying to stage yet another comeback with the help of Justin Timberlake.