News release courtesy of the College Station Fire Department: Sunday, March 9, is the day we all “spring ahead” for Daylight Saving Time. The College Station Fire Department urges all citizens to also use this event as a reminder to change the battery in their smoke alarms and to test their alarms. Every day in […]
Lt. Chuck Fleeger of the College Station Police Department visits with WTAW’s Bill Oliver about spring break safety tips, whether you’re going away or staying home. News release from College Station Police: Texas A&M University and Blinn College spring break runs from March 10-14. Although many students go home, work, or stay on campus, […]
College Station Police has received the surveillance video of a convenience store robbery early Wednesday morning. The clerk at the Exxon located at Rock Prairie and the freeway reported that shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday, a man entered the store and proceeded to purchase some items. While the clerk was conducting the transaction, the suspect […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran has conceded the Texas state comptroller’s race to Glenn Hegar, clearing the way for him to accept the nomination. Hilderbran’s decision announced Friday means Hegar is now favored to become the state’s chief financial officer. Hegar was just a few votes shy of winning more than 50 […]
The Monday after spring break, the Bryan school board will decide whether to change teacher pay to a merit system based on student achievement and growth. Battelle for Kids is an Ohio not-for-profit company that submitted a proposal called “Support around Compensation System Design and Multiple Measures Selection”. Translated, it means adding incentive pay […]
Sandy Farris of the Downtown Bryan Association (DBA) visits with WTAW’s Bill Oliver. Topics include a review of the first Mardi Gras festival, a preview of First Friday that includes live music at 14 locations and an open house with a developer taking a survey of what businesses should be in their building, the recruitment […]
Bryan Police announced an arrest Thursday from last Saturday’s stabbing of a Bryan man. 47 year old Inez Busby is accused of first degree murder in the death of 54 year old Raymond Lockett. Officer Kelley McKethan says Busby had been a roommate of Lockett for about three weeks and that they had known each […]
Nearly two years ago, a Houston man was arrested taking more than $1,500 dollars of golf equipment from the Academy store in College Station. The Brazos County District Attorney’s office announced this week a plea agreement with 43 year old Steven Lyons that includes a six year prison term. The punishment was due to Lyons […]
The College Station school board has finished the first of seven steps in redrawing elementary zones. Wednesday was the last of three public hearings where comments could be made on the parameters a committee will consider. Five speakers on Wednesday included Becca Johnson, who four years ago moved to keep her children at Rock Prairie. […]
Just over 13,000 participated in Tuesday’s Brazos County primary election. County Clerk Karen McQueen says that’s a seven percent turnout of the 89,000 who are registered. In the 2010 primary, turnout was 19,302. McQueen did not have a split of the number of Republican and Democratic Party voters. She said activity began slowly but picked […]
