The Bryan Fire Department and the Texas A&M Forest Service have unveiled a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). This follows Bryan firefighters responding to almost 100 wildfires during the record-breaking 2011 fire season. This includes a free smartphone app. For those with an iPhone, go to the App Store and in the search bar, type [...]
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) _ The Boy Scouts of America’s National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts’ governing [...]
Click HERE to read posts from the City of Moore, Oklahoma Facebook page. MOORE, Okla. (AP) _ A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week. The first of the funerals, for [...]
Thursday’s College Station city council meeting continues the process of hiring a city manager. Mayor Nancy Berry says part of an executive session includes how they will use a search firm. The council will meet at their normal City Hall location, which was part of the area that flooded following heavy rainfall two weeks ago. [...]
The recent agreement between the convention and visitors bureau and A&M involving the redevelopment of Kyle Field was discussed by local government officials this week. College Station school board member Jeff Harris says he and CVB board chairman Hunter Goodwin quickly resolved concerns about holding future high school graduation ceremonies at Reed Arena. Harris says [...]
More than five years in the making, officials of the A&M and UT systems are holding a grand opening of a new building Friday morning. A $6.3 million dollar joint library storage facility was built on the A&M Riverside campus west of Bryan. A&M interim associate dean for administrative and faculty services Pixey Mosley says [...]
Starting Thursday, motorists navigating through the construction zone on Briarcrest will start seeing new traffic signals. Dale Picha at the City of Bryan says flashing yellow arrows are replacing green balls for drivers wanting to make left turns at four intersections. The first signal will be activated on Thursday at the intersection of Briarcrest Drive [...]
The Gulf Coast leg of the Texas Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run is in Bryan/College Station today. The group will arrive at Texas Roadhouse on University between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m. Local law enforcement officers will be presenting a check from donations received during the Tip-a-Cop fundraiser earlier this year. Following the check presentation, [...]
A Bryan neighborhood was without power for about three hours and traffic was rerouted for about four hours Wednesday after a semi hit a power pole. Police reported the 18 wheeler on Old College attempted a left turn onto South College. When the semi swung out to the right the pole was struck, causing the [...]
WEST, Texas (AP) _ A judge in West Texas has ordered that a mental health evaluation be done for a former paramedic who’s accused of possessing bomb-making material. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports Bryce Ashley Reed remains in the McLennan County jail following his arrest May 9 by federal agents. A judge signed an order Tuesday requiring [...]
