Blinn College President of Brazos County campuses Ted Raspiller shared preliminary spring semester statistics, reviews the legislative session underway as it applies to community colleges, how Blinn figures into the A&M 25 by 25 initiative, and an update on a new parking lot on the Bryan campus.
WTAW’s Bill Oliver visits with Ted Raspiller.
The College Station police department announces a successful hostage rescue. CSPD’s Facebook page says officers responded to a 9-1-1 text Wednesday morning (December 18) before sunrise that a woman was being held at gunpoint by an ex-boyfriend. Two young children were also inside an apartment at the Fox Meadows complex at Welsh and Balcones, which is south of Consolidated High School. The woman escaped but the children remained inside the apartment. Members of CSPD’s SWAT team entered the apartment while the suspect was asleep and rescued the children. The gun that was used was reported stolen to CSPD last week. The ex-boyfriend, 24 year old Dameont Jackson of Bryan, was arrested for burglary of a habitation, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Online court records say Jackson is awaiting three trials. One is for felony possession of marijuana in March of 2023, another is for felony evading arrest in July 2021, and another is for misdemeanor marijuana possession in February 2023. Jackson is also accused of violating probation associated with two convictions for misdemeanor possession of marijuana in incidents that took place in February and June 2020.
It will cost $1.6 million dollars to design three more baseball fields and associated additions at College Station’s Veterans Park. These are the fields that were going to be built at Texas Independence Park until it was discovered after construction began that the soil would not support the fields. Capital projects director Jennifer Cain told the city council before awarding the design contract at their December 12th meeting that preliminary soil tests at Veterans Park shows no reason for concern. The $15 million dollar addition will be built on the site of a pit where road materials were stored during the construction of the original Earl Rudder Freeway. One of the three fields, nicknamed the “championship field”, will feature home and visiting team clubhouses with 32 lockers, six showers, a small training area, and other amenities to attract more tournaments. The championship field will also have a batting/pitching building, a second batting/pitching tunnel, a field maintenance facility, a press box, an enclosed area with a small bar and open space for lounge seating, an exterior deck area, a video board, fixed armchair seating for 2,000, a concession stand, and separate restrooms for men and women. Click HERE to read and download documents approved at the December 12, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click below to hear comments from the December 12, 2024 College Station city council meeting.
Bryan police continues the investigation of three gunfire incidents from last Saturday (December 14). One involved two victims arriving in an emergency room by private vehicle. One of the two was treated for a minor injury. Their vehicle was also hit by a gunshot in an incident north of the Northgate district on Boyett. Another investigation began after Bryan firefighters who responded to a natural gas leak on South College near Coulter discovered a gas meter was hit by gunfire. Police then discovered a home was hit by a gunshot. And south of Bonham Park, there were no injuries and no damage after one shot was fired during a verbal argument. BPD is also investigating the report of a juvenile pointing a gun at the ground during a disturbance on Monday (December 16) at the 31-30 apartments on East 29th Street. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Bryan police is investigating two reports last Saturday (December 14) of threats made on social media by juveniles against juveniles. One followed a disturbance where an object was thrown and struck a home. The second case involved a juvenile who advised they had been receiving threats from a known juvenile via social media. A third case involving juveniles took place involved a fight on Monday at Davila Middle School. The victim did not require medical attention. The juvenile who was arrested received medical treatment for an undisclosed injury. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Bryan police is looking for those responsible for what appears to be someone throwing rocks at vehicles. At four locations, three of them near the federal women’s prison, front or rear windshields were hit last Friday or Saturday (December 13-14). Damage to each vehicle was less than $750 dollars.
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