Posted by Bill Oliver
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Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020
One of College Station’s advisory committees has been two members short since their terms expired at the end of last September. Both incumbents want to be reappointed to the five member board that recommends real estate transactions involving the city’s Midtown business park and College Station business center. Two weeks ago, the council voted 4-2 […]
Posted by Bill Oliver
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Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
United Way of the Brazos Valley has topped the $1 million dollar mark of this year’s community campaign goal of $1,635,000. President Alison Prince is asking for campaign chairpeople to submit their reports, to further close in on the goal that is $240,000 thousand dollars away with three months remaining in the campaign. Prince also […]
Posted by Bill Oliver
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Monday, January 20th, 2020
After the first week of early voting in the special election to fill a vacancy on the city council, turnout is less than one percent. There was no voting Monday due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Shortly before the end of voting last Friday, city officials reported 420 votes out of 55,853 registered […]
Posted by Bill Oliver
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Monday, January 20th, 2020
A convicted felon brings a gun to the gun show at the Brazos County Expo. According to the arrest report from the Brazos County sheriff’s office, one of two off-duty deputies working at the gun show checked the criminal history of a man who took a 22 caliber long rifle into the expo center. The […]
Posted by Bill Oliver
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Monday, January 20th, 2020
What College Station firefighters consider a close call to a structure fire took place Saturday afternoon in the Barracks subdivision. CSFD responded to a gas barbecue grill on fire on the back porch as a structure fire because there was a high potential for the fire to spread into the home. In this case, the […]
Posted by Bill Oliver
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Monday, January 20th, 2020
Congressman Bill Flores of Bryan was among those in Hawaii on Martin Luther King, Jr. day, as the U.S. Navy officially named the next aircraft carrier for Waco native Dorie Miller. According to the U.S. Navy’s blog that includes archived video and more information about the U.S.S Doris Miller ceremony, Doris “Dorie” Miller saved the […]
Posted by Chelsea Reber
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Friday, January 17th, 2020
The 29th annual Chilifest will have more music than ever before. President Cole Roberts says the music line up has grown from 11 performers to 19 total. He says they have also added a second stage to the music festival, which is scheduled for April 3rd and 4th. Friday, April 3rd on the Vizzy Hard […]
Posted by Bill Oliver
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Friday, January 17th, 2020
College Station’s city manager now has the task of finding new chiefs of two public safety departments. That’s after police chief Scott McCollum told his department he is retiring in April and fire chief Jonathan McMahan resigned last November. City manager Bryan Woods tells WTAW News he has considered one public safety chief for both […]
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Friday, January 17th, 2020
A onetime criminal justice teacher at Consolidated High School admitted to a Brazos County district judge Friday that he had sex with one student and making advances towards other students. The Brazos County district attorney’s office announced 38 year old Thomas Rucker was sentenced to four years in prison for having an improper relationship with […]
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Friday, January 17th, 2020
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Brazos Valley has had a very productive week with its plans for a new complex in west Bryan. Ten years ago, the city of Bryan gave the organization land for a new building…only to see the city regain control because construction did not start within five years. On […]
