College Station ISD Bond Committee Recommends Four Propositions This November Totaling $83 Million Dollars

Bryan Police Announces A New Assistant Chief

A 25 year member of the Bryan police department is now an assistant chief. BPD announced on its Facebook page, the promotion of Walt Melnyk as assistant chief of the department’s investigative services bureau. This fills a vacancy that was created in June after Dean Swartzlander was promoted to chief. Melnyk, who joined BPD in 1999, was promoted to sergeant in 2006 and lieutenant in 2019. His prior positions included being a patrol officer, the department’s public information officer and crime prevention officer, and a supervisor in patrol, directed deployment team, the property crimes unit, professional standards, training and recruiting, BPD’s academy, and criminal investigation division.

College Station Police Investigating A Pedestrian Who Dies After Being Struck By A City Garbage Truck

College Station police report a pedestrian died after being struck Tuesday morning (October 15) by a city of College Station garbage truck. This took place at the Lake Walk at Traditions apartment complex off Turkey Creek Road north of Easterwood Airport. CSPD has its accident reconstruction, criminal investigations, and crime scene teams on site. The name of the person who died was identified as 50 year old Hilaire Kallendorf of College Station. Following the death, the city of College Station cancelled trash pickup for the rest of Tuesday. The city’s social media says trash collection will resume Wednesday, and those scheduled collections are pushed back a day. The city of College Station issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life involving a City of College Station solid waste vehicle this morning. Our sincere and heartfelt condolences and prayers go to the family and all involved. The City of College Station is investigating how the tragedy occurred and will provide more details later.”

Texas A&M’s Chief Academic Officer Apologies For Not Involving The Faculty Senate Before Eliminating Certificate And Minor Degree Programs

Texas A&M’s chief academic officer apologizes to the faculty senate for not getting their feedback before deciding to eliminate 52 minor degree and certificate programs. Provost Alan Sams told faculty senate members multiple times that he, A&M’s president, and the senate speaker will discuss reversing his decision. Sams said there was no external political pressure to cancel programs that he determined had little or no enrollment. Faculty senate speaker Angie Hill Price asked senate members to keep their constituents in the loop. Click below to hear some of the comments from the October 14, 2024 Texas A&M faculty senate meeting. Listen to “Texas A&M's chief academic officer apologies for not involving the faculty senate before eliminating certificate and minor degree programs” on Spreaker.