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

Filing Deadline Is Approaching For College Station And Bryan City Council And School Board Elections

The deadline is approaching to file in November’s College Station and Bryan city council and school board elections. As of Friday, August 16 at 3:30 p.m. There are two contested races for College Station city council. 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. Seeking the place four seat is Aron Collins. Running for re-election in place five is incumbent Bob Yancy. Seeking the place six seat are Tre Watson, Craig Regan, and Scott Shafer. Dennis Maloney is not eligible to run again for the place six seat due to term limits. Click HERE to be directed to the city of College Station elections webpage. All four incumbent Bryan city council members have filed for re-election. Three of the incumbents have opposition. Incumbent Jared Salvato filed for re-election to single member district three. Incumbent James Edge, who has filed for single member district four, is opposed by Shane Savage. Incumbent Marca Ewers-Shurtleff, who has filed for single member district five, is opposed by Patrick Giammalva. Incumbent Kevin Boriskie, who has filed for the city-wide at-large position, is opposed by Justin Wager. Click HERE to be directed to the city of Bryan elections webpage. One person has filed for the College Station ISD school board. Darin Paine is seeking his second term as the at large place one member. Kristin Wilson has filed for the at large place two position. 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.

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.