Month: May 2018

The Brazos Valley African American Museum has been chosen to host the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit, Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America. The museum’s director, Crystal Carter, said the exhibition covers many themes, including: The Home [Read More…]

From the city of Bryan: BTU has been awarded the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Safety Award of Excellence for a second time. The award recognizes utilities across the nation with the lowest safety incident [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Ex-Congressman Blake Farenthold has rejected Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that he pay for a special election to fill his old seat. The Houston Chronicle says Farenthold wrote to Abbott, “Since [Read More…]

News release from Texas A&M: On Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Texas A&M University discovered the sanitary sewer drainage line from Dorm 9 (Whitely Hall) had improperly been connected to the storm drain. Texas A&M notified [Read More…]

Update from Bryan police: The deceased has been identified as Pete Flores Jr. age 51 of Bryan. The driver of the vehicle has been identified, but has not been located at this time. And there [Read More…]

The Hearne school board has asked the Texas Education Agency to approve a new governance structure to oversee the district’s elementary and junior high schools. Superintendent Adrain Johnson issued a news release, stating the request [Read More…]

42,000 mechanical electric meters owned by College Station Utilities will be switched to remote radio controlled smartmeters. The more than $9 million dollar conversion and $600,000 dollar annual cost of operations was approved at the [Read More…]

A shortage of funding for mental health services was among the messages from remarks by two speakers after a proclamation was presented by Brazos County and the twin cities for May’s mental health awareness month. [Read More…]