A&M Women’s Hoop Steal One Late Over Arkansas

Arrest Made This Week From Gunfire At Two Local Residences In March

College Station police arrest a 17 year old Bryan man on charges of firing a gun inside a College Station apartment, then 90 minutes later firing a gun outside a Bryan residence. Jaylen Workman, who was picked up on Wednesday (August 14), remains jailed as of August 16th on charges of deadly conduct and evidence tampering from the gunfire that took place the early morning hours of March 11th. No one was hit by the gunfire at either location. The CSPD arrest report says nine people were inside the College Station apartment. The five month investigation by CSPD detectives included obtaining information from phone calls made from jail, along with text messages and social media posts. Workman is held in lieu of bonds totaling $70,000 dollars.

Eight Texas A&M “Schools” Are Now Called “Colleges”

Texas A&M issues a news release reminding everyone that name changes of eight academic units from schools to colleges are now in effect. The name change was brought up by president Mark Welsh during remarks to the university community last November. Click below to hear comments from Mark Welsh on November 29, 2023:   The name changes, which became official on Thursday (August 15), followed A&M getting approval last April from the Texas higher education coordinating board in April. The name changes reverses decisions made by former president Katherine Banks in December 2021. News release from Texas A&M: Texas A&M University is officially changing the names of eight academic units from “school” to “college,” following approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board earlier this year. The change, which goes into effect Aug. 15, was announced by Texas A&M Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Alan Sams in an email to faculty. All seven units that transitioned to using the “school” label during the university’s academic realignment in 2022 will return to their prior status as colleges. In addition, the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts — created during the same realignment — will become the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. “I appreciate your patience with the phased transitions as we graduated students this summer under the outgoing names so that we begin the fall semester with the now fully transitioned colleges,” Sams said in the email. The updated names of all affected units are as follows: • College of Architecture • College of Education and Human Development • College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences • College of Medicine • College of Dentistry • College of Nursing • Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy • College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts Among other changes approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree program will return to the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences after being moved under the College of Arts and Sciences during the 2022 realignment.

College Station Police Recover Two Stolen Guns And Make Arrests

College Station police arrest an employee of a home restoration company for stealing a gun from the home of a 71 year old College Station resident. The CSPD arrest report says the owner of the restoration company showed officers a video with the employee firing the pistol while driving. That led to the arrest of 20 year old Juan Figueroa Ramos on a felony charge of stealing a firearm from an elderly person. He was also arrested for possessing marijuana in a drug free zone and possessing a controlled substance. Ramos remains jailed as of August 16th in lieu of bonds totaling $15,000 dollars. A College Station police officer stopping a car for not having a working license plate light leads to the driver’s arrest for possessing a stolen gun. The CSPD arrest report says 20 year old Ja mar Jessie of Navasota, who was placed on probation in May 2024 for evading arrest, was charged for having the gun as a convicted felon. The gun was reported stolen by Navasota police.