Hempstead NewsLocal news for Hempstead, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Two Arrested in Waller County Convenience Store Murder- April 23, 2008 Bond has been denied for a pair of parolees charged with the capital murder of a Waller County convenience store clerk. via KBTX-TV Bryanhttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/two-arrested-in-waller-county-convenience-s... Pope's farewell message enthralls Texas teens- April 21, 2008 "We love him. There was screaming and clapping and cheering and white and yellow everywhere. The skies opened up. It was freezing, but it was sunny. It was beautiful." Claiming a spot in a storied history of "sermons on the mound" at Yankee Stadium, Pope Benedict XVI finished his first papal tour of the United States on Sunday with a tribute to American Catholics. via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/popes-farewell-message-enthralls-texas-teen... Pope's Yonkers rally draws Houston-area fans today- April 19, 2008 "I'll be 39 and this will be the first time I'll be in any audience with the pope when there wasn't a television between me and him." When Pope Benedict XVI travels to Yonkers today for a rally with youths and men studying to be priests, the crowd will include teenagers from a Hempstead church and 67 men studying for the priesthood at ... via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/popes-yonkers-rally-draws-houston-area-fans... Fired Hempstead police chief now nominee for sheriff- April 16, 2008 "We asked him to resign from his job. He refused to resign, so the council had no other choice but to fire him" Hempstead Police Chief R. Glenn Smith, who was fired last month by elected city officials, is now the Republican Party's nominee for Waller County sheriff. via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/fired-hempstead-police-chief-now-nominee-fo... Iraqi cleric seeks calm after aide's killing- April 14, 2008 Latest identifications reported by the military of U.S. personnel killed in Iraq: Army Sgt. via The Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/iraqi-cleric-seeks-calm-after-aides-killing... Iraqi politicians back PM's move to neutralize militant cleric- April 12, 2008 "The Iraqi prime minister is waging a political war" Jeffery L. Hartley, 25, Hempstead, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga. via Arizona Daily Starhttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/iraqi-politicians-back-pms-move-to-neutrali... Hempstead soldier killed by bomb in Iraq- April 10, 2008 A 25-year-old soldier from Hempstead was killed this week during combat operations in Iraq, the Defense Department announced today. via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/hempstead-soldier-killed-by-bomb-in-iraq?fr... A woolly tribute to Jimmy Buffett- April 8, 2008 "I take the Jimmy Buffett theme further than just naming my alpacas after his songs and characters. I painted my barn pink, and when I take the animals to shows, I wear wild shirts, put flowers in my hair and Hawaiian leis on my alpacas" I used to think it was pretty cool that a bar on the Richmond Strip, the Yucatan Liquor Stand, was inspired by a Jimmy Buffett song called A Pirate Looks at 40. via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/city/hempstead-tx/2008/04/a-woolly-tribute-to-jimmy-buffett?fromrss=1 |