The general manager of Bryan’s electric utility is retiring. Dan Wilkerson says his last official day is June 30th but has offered to stay as long as needed during the staff transition. Wilkerson joined BTU in 1978 and became general manager in 1984. During the last 28 years, Wilkeerson says cash on hand has grown [...]
The College Station school board Tuesday night voted to give employees a 1.5 percent pay raise for the 2012-13 school year. The vote was 6-1, with Kimberly McAdams voting no. McAdams says “I would love to be able to give a raise, but I feel that with the 9% revenue cuts from the state that [...]
The Bryan City Council learned Tuesday the decrease in activity and revenue at the municipal golf course. Parks and Recreation Director Darrell Lovelette reported the number of rounds played this fiscal year is projected to be 3,000 fewer than FY 2011, which was 31,256. And that is down from FY 2010, when 40,011 rounds were [...]
Unlicensed personal care homes will be allowed in some Bryan residential neighborhoods. Final city council approval for homes with three or fewer residents came Tuesday night after defeating a motion to ask voters in November to require state licensing. Among supporters of the referendum was Debbie Alsipp, who says in her 30 years of working [...]
College Station mayor Nancy Berry was a guest on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, May 16. Click below to hear the full interview with Berry and WTAW’s Scott DeLucia. Nancy Berry, May 16
A Bryan man picked the wrong time and the wrong pickup to steal items. Monday morning between St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and Heritage Park, an off-duty Bryan policeman who had just left his truck to take clothes to his apartment saw someone get into his pickup. After Lt. Buck Rogers identified himself, 21 year old [...]
Information courtesy of Blinn College. Blinn College has won a grant from the Texas Comptroller worth almost $300,000 that will be used to create the most realistic simulation experience possible for tomorrow’s health care professionals. Blinn was awarded $292,177 from the state’s Job Building Fund, which was designed by the Texas Legislature to fund training [...]
The College Station City Council will take formal action later this month to increase deposits for some utility customers and increase reconnection charges. The council learned Monday night the amount of overdue accounts College Station Utilities (CSU) sent to collection agencies grew from $587,499 in fiscal year 2008 to $1.038,759 in FY 09. And the [...]
R.C. Slocum, the all-time winningest head football coach in Texas A&M history, has been named to the 2012 National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame today. “I am very humbled by this honor,” Slocum said from his ranch just north of College Station. “This great game of college football has meant so [...]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ Gov. Rick Perry isn’t saying whether he approves of the University of Texas at Austin president whose job was reported to be in jeopardy. Perry said Tuesday that UT regents will decide the performance of Bill Powers, who recently criticized the board for freezing tuition at the state’s flagship campus for [...]
