Month: May 2010

A College Station man was jailed Friday on multiple felony charges after holding his family hostage and keeping officers at bay for about three hours Friday morning.

John Thuesen has been found guilty of capital murder in the March 2009 deaths of Rachel and Travis Joiner. The Brazos County District Court jury of eight women and four men took about three hours [Read More…]

A College Station man was jailed early Friday, becoming at least the second person arrested for violating the city’s injunction against gang members in an area around downtown.

Finding the money to operate the Bryan School District has been a challenge the last several years. Chief Financial Officer Amy Drozd has been with the district 18 years. She says the 2010-2011 year is [Read More…]

Lawyers hired by the Bryan and College Station school districts have or will be contacted to address a legal opinion announced this week by Attorney General Greg Abbott. The ruling involves the practice of school [Read More…]

Dirt will be flying soon on the site of College Station’s newest elementary school. CSISD trustees awarded a bid to build Greens Prairie Elementary. The guaranteed maximum price, $17,831,252, was under budget by $1,531,156.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Texas State Board of Education has added President Barack Obama’s name to a high school history class, rather than just referring to the election of the first black president. The [Read More…]

IRVING, Texas (AP) _ Retail gasoline prices fell across Texas for a second week in a row this week. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Thursday shows the average price for a gallon [Read More…]