Bryan City Council Establishes New Regulations For Future Locations Of Battery Energy Storage Systems

Candidate Filing Is Underway For College Station And Bryan City Council And School Board Elections

The filing period is officially underway for candidates in November’s College Station and Bryan city council and school board elections. As of Monday, July 22 at 3:15 p.m. Three people have filed for the College Station city council. There is already a contested race. Seeking the place three seat are David White and Valen Cepak. Linda Harvell is not eligible to run again for the place three seat due to term limits. And running for re-election is place five incumbent Bob Yancy. Click HERE to be directed to the city of College Station elections webpage. There are no filings on the city of Bryan elections webpage. Click HERE to be directed to the city of Bryan elections website. There are no filings on the College Station ISD elections webpage. Click HERE to be directed to the College Station ISD elections website. Two people have filed for Bryan ISD school board. David Stennis has filed for the district wide at large seat. Ruthie Waller is seeking her fourth term representing BISD’s single member district four. Click HERE to be directed to the Bryan ISD elections website. The filing period continues through August 19th.

College Station City Council Discusses Replacing Its Public Works Building

The College Station city council spent almost 12 hours over two days last week (July 15-16) reviewing the staff’s proposal for the fiscal year 2025 budget. More than 40 minutes was taken on a proposal to build a new public works facility that is currently estimated to cost $40 million dollars. Funding is divided over three fiscal years, $5 million is in the FY 2025 budget, $17.5 million in FY 2027, and $17.5 million in FY 2028. Councilman Mark Smith said he attempted to replace the 46 year old building when he was public works director. City manager Bryan Woods joined Smith and a council majority in supporting a new facility. Councilman Bob Yancy, who initiated the conversation by asking the council to reconsider the project, finished the discussion by withdrawing his request. Click below to hear comments from the July 16, 2024 College Station city council budget workshop meeting. Listen to “College Station city council discusses replacing the city's public works building” on Spreaker.

17 Year Old Bryan Man Jailed On Charges In Three Cases That Includes Armed Robbery

The third time that an 17 year old Bryan man is arrested this year, is on charges in three cases. The Bryan police arrest report says Tramane Lyles admitted to being one of two men, but not the gunman, in the July fourth armed robbery of a car that is owned by a pizza delivery driver. The car was found two hours later in Hearne. And the robbery victim also reported fraudulent charges on his credit card, which was in his billfold that he left in his car. Lyles is also being held for a June 26th vehicle burglary where the BPD arrest report says a backpack was taken from an unlocked car and a debit card in the backpack was used to make three purchases totaling $337.52. Lyles was also arrested for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle that took place May fourth. As of July 22nd, Lyles remains jailed in lieu of bonds totaling $217,000 dollars.