Four and a half years after College Station voters said yes to building a nature center at Lick Creek Park, a design has been approved. The city council at this week’s meeting approved an architect’s contract by a 4-3 vote. Councilwoman Blanche Brick participated with the community advisory committee that recommended the design which includes [...]
Enjoying concessions this year at Merrill Green Stadium means helping pay for Bryan school district lunches next year. Bryan ISD Superintendent Tommy Wallis says nutrition director Sundy Fryrear found a local revenue source, concessions from football and soccer games, so parents won’t pay more and the district doesn’t lose federal or state funding. Wallis says $14,000 [...]
9 p.m. rainfall at Easterwood Airport measured 2.89 inches. Severe weather Thursday afternoon caused minor flooding and other problems in Brazos and surrounding counties. Firefighter activity included a structure fire off FM 60 west of Highway 47, a transformer fire on Bryan’s extreme east city limits near Highway 30, and an oil well fire in northeast [...]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A top House Republican has pleaded with his colleagues to raise by $15 the state’s annual car registration fees _ despite stiff opposition from fellow conservatives and Gov. Rick Perry. Rep. Drew Darby of San Angelo’s impassioned call was purely symbolic, though. After more than an hour of discussion on the [...]
Kevin O’Connor Kommentary May 9, 2013
HOUSTON (AP) _ Houston, say hello to your new area code. The Public Utility Commission of Texas announced Thursday that the Houston area starting July 1, 2014, will be getting its fourth area code _ 346 _ to accommodate continuing growth in the region. The commission says the 346 code will overlay existing area codes [...]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A Central Texas prosecutor serving 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated has been freed early due to good behavior. Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was released early Thursday from jail in Austin. Lehmberg was arrested April 12 following a report of a vehicle swerving in [...]
HOUSTON (AP) _ A Central Texas man convicted in a 2012 Texas State University bomb hoax has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison. A federal judge in Houston on Wednesday sentenced 22-year-old Dereon Tayronne Kelley of Bryan. Kelley last month was convicted of three counts of using the Internet to make a false [...]
CORSICANA, Texas (AP) _ Police say a 2-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself in the head at a North Texas home while his father was nearby. Corsicana police on Thursday identified the victim as Kinsler Davis. Police Chief Randy Bratton says the father called 911 on Wednesday night to report the shooting. The [...]
Later this month, the Bryan school board will consider an expansion of athletic facilities at Rudder High School. Superintendent Tommy Wallis says there is $2.5 million dollars remaining from the bond issue that can be spent in that area. And the district’s recently hired engineering consultant has come up with a proposed 7,000 square foot [...]
