It will be a working weekend in the twin cities for maintenance crews from Union Pacific Railroad. 150 employees have been involved in a $13 million dollar repair project that started in Spring and will finish up in Hearne. U-P spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza says most of the work has been during overnight hours. Railroad crossings [...]
Business at this week’s Bryan school board meeting included the hiring of three new principals for the 2013-14 school year. One involves a current Bryan ISD administrator. Brenda McCullar will take over at Kemp Elementary. She has been BISD’s coordinator for elementary special services. The new principal at Branch Elementary will be Tammy Brinkman. She [...]
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 [...]
District 14 State Representative John Raney discussed wrapping up the legislative session during his regular appearance on The Infomaniacs, Thursday, May 23. John Raney visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia
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 [...]
