Bryan mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with Scott DeLucia on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs May 6, 2026 about economic development activity, the development of new energy projects, and the status of the condition of an apartment complex.
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Grimes County commissioners schedule another private discussion about the proposed Space X complex at Gibbons Creek Lake. Wednesday morning (May 13) at nine, commissioners will go into executive session to meet with the county attorney “to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the Commissioners Court has received from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The Commissioners Court is conducting economic development negotiations and will deliberate an offer of financial or other incentive to the business prospect of a multi-phase, next generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility, proposed to be located at the Gibbons Creek Reservoir and surrounding areas.” Prior to the private discussion, commissioners will be taking public comments. Speakers are limited to two minutes and have to register prior to the meeting. Click HERE to read and download the agenda for the May 13, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. Original story posted May 6, 2026: Grimes County commissioners have scheduled a public hearing to consider giving tax breaks to Elon Musk’s Space X for a proposed project at the former Gibbons Creek Lake property. The cost of the proposed semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility could reach $174 billion dollars according to the public hearing notice. Click HERE to read and download the public hearing notice from the Grimes County government website. Before the June 3rd public hearing, commissioners at their May 6th meeting heard public comments about semiconductor plants in general and/or specifically the Space X proposal. Commissioners also heard more comments from opponents to another company proposing a data center and battery energy storage system between Roans Prairie and Singleton east of Highway 90. After the public comments, commissioners made no statements. Commissioners then met in executive session. After returning from a private discussion with the county attorney there were no motions. County judge Joe Fauth announced a postponement in naming a committee that will be involved in dealing with tax abatements and economic development grants. Click below to hear public comments regarding the proposed Space X project and other references to semiconductor facilities at the May 6, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. Listen to “Grimes County commissioners hear opposition to a Space X facility at the former Gibbons Creek Lake property” on Spreaker.
Starting in June, BTU residential customers will be paying another $4.00 dollars a month for their electricity. That’s after the city council this unanimously adopted recommendations by the BTU board at the council’s May 5th meeting. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download background information from the May 5, 2026 Bryan council meeting. Click HERE to read and download the ordinance that was approved at the May 5, 2026 Bryan council meeting. Council members were told there are two contributing factors. One is the rising cost of acquiring power and the second is the rising cost of getting power to customer’s homes. A third component that contributes to BTU electric bills is not changing for the time being. But councilmembers were told BTU staff and board members are keeping tabs on the rising administrative costs at the utility that are not associated with acquiring and the transmission of power. Another change recommended by the BTU board that was approved by the council, eliminates different power prices during the winter and the summer. Starting this November, there will be one rate that is an average between the winter and summer prices. Listen to “BTU customers to pay more for electricity starting in June” on Spreaker.
A Lufkin man is arrested by College Station police on a felony charge of animal cruelty. The CSPD arrest report says on Wednesday morning (May 6), 23 year old Edward Ping III is accused of taking a pit bull puppy that was only a few weeks old and throwing it to the ground like spiking a football, then picking up the puppy and throwing it into a dumpster. Ping denied throwing the dog, only setting the puppy on the ground and setting it in the dumpster. As of Thursday afternoon (May 7), Ping remains jailed in lieu of a $16,000 dollar bond. Just after a local man broke up with his girlfriend, the woman is accused of hitting him with her car and striking him four times with a key lanyard. The College Station police arrest report says this happened outside the Best Buy store Wednesday morning (May 6). The arrest report does not say if the man received medical treatment. The woman who was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, 29 year old India Dickson, had been out on bond awaiting two trials on misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, interfering with public duties, and criminal trespassing. As of Thursday afternoon (May 7), Dickson remains jailed on the new charge in lieu of a $50,000 dollar bond. In the Big 6 construction zone during the afternoon commute on Wednesday (May 6), College Station police stop a pickup truck that struck a concrete median after swerving and driving at various speeds. The CSPD arrest report says the driver told the officer he had consumed cocaine, 10 prescription anti-depression pills, and a half a bottle of beer. That led to the arrest of 46 year old Jad Attar, who used to live in College Station, on charges of DWI and evidence tampering for swallowing the prescription pills. At the time of the arrest, Attar was out on bond awaiting trial on another DWI charge that took place in College Station in August of 2025. As of Thursday afternoon (May 7), online records show no bond was set for evidence tampering while bond on the DWI charge was $5,000 dollars.
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