Month: June 2009

The top 10 fastest-growing businesses in the Brazos Valley were honored Wednesday as the Bryan Rotary Club handed out the Newman 10 Business Performance Awards.

The Good Samaritan Gabriel Project Life Center offers free support for women who are pregnant and for the first 12 months after the birth of the baby. They are looking for volunteers, donations and

A one block section of South College Avenue in Bryan was closed

HOUSTON (AP) _ Retail gasoline prices across Texas rose 4 cents this week to reach an average $2.48 a gallon. AAA Texas on Wednesday reported the increased cost statewide followed the national trend, where the [Read More…]

WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday she would be a hands-on governor and probably would have prevented a special legislative session. Gov. Rick Perry, facing a challenge from Hutchison in the [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Gov. Rick Perry — sidelined after breaking his collarbone in a biking accident — planned to get back to work Thursday to read and sign bills. In a message sent out [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ Strong thunderstorms toppled trees and knocked out power to more than 260,000 homes and residences in Texas Wednesday night. The storms with wind gusts of up to 72 miles-per-hour developed in West [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Three workers died today after falling from a construction elevator on the 11th floor of an Austin condominium project — when the equipment collapsed. Authorities say two of the men plunged [Read More…]

PARIS, Texas (AP) _ Advocates question why an 18-year-old East Texan with profound mental disabilities was sentenced to 100 years in prison in a child sex abuse case. The Dallas Morning News reports a neighbor [Read More…]

More than 100 supporters of Bryan Police Chief Ty Morrow were in attendance at Tuesday’s Bryan City Council meeting. Click to hear the story from WTAW’s Chris Clift: For the second time since