Interviews With Winners Of Brazos County’s Primary Runoff Elections

City of College Station Public Communications Director Colin Killian and Councilman Mark Smith join The Infomaniacs in the studio to discuss budget season, cooling stations around the area, the capital budget, Flock cameras, and more during their appearance on Friday, August 21, 2026. Listen to “City of College Station Public Communications Director Colin Killian and Councilman Mark Smith on The Infomaniacs” on Spreaker.

A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after police said he drove to a convenience store to buy more alcohol and later recorded breath-alcohol concentrations more twice the legal limit. According to arrest records from the Bryan Police Department, officers were called to the Shell/Texas Market at 457 North Harvey Mitchell Parkway shortly before 5:00am on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 after a caller reported a suspected intoxicated driver. The caller said the man entered the store and tried to put his debit card into the wall instead of the card reader. When officers arrived, they found 22-year-old Stephen Cooper Johns, of Corpus Christi, at the gas pump. They say he was swaying, had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. When asked why he had gone to the store, Johns reportedly said he was there to get more alcohol. Johns admitted to consuming more than 17 Shiner beers. He failed a field sobriety test and breath tests showed alcohol concentrations of 0.192 and 0.198. Johns was booked for Driving While Intoxicated with a BAC of 0.15 or greater. He was released on $8,000 bond.

Four candidates have been announced for the College Station ISD School Board election in November. The following candidates filed their paperwork by the August 17, 2026 deadline in order to be included on the ballot. The ballot order was determined by drawing on August 18th (* indicates incumbent): At Large Place 6 Michelle Gallagher Kim Ege* At Large Place 7 Heather Simmen* Karen Strope You can click on each candidate’s name which will redirect you to the CSISD website to learn more about the candidate. Voter registration deadline is October 5, 2026. Early voting will take place October 19-30, 2026. Election day is November 3, 2026. Got a news tip? e-mail us at news@wtaw.com, text us at (979) 695-1620, or reach us on Facebook or Twitter/X.