AG Ruling Clears Way for Posthumous Pardon

Blinn College Fall Enrollment Almost Reaches Last Year’s Post Pandemic High

Blinn College trustees learn that fall enrollment came close to last fall’s post pandemic high. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the December 9, 2024 Blinn College trustees meeting. Vice chancellor Becky McBride says on the RELLIS campus, an increase of 504 from last fall is due to Blinn’s relationships with the branch locations of some of the Texas A&M system’s four year universities. 4,306 hundred students at Blinn’s RELLIS location continues to get closer to the headcount at Bryan. This fall, the Bryan campus had 5,095. That’s compared with 6,103 in the fall of 2023 and more than 13,000 in 2014. McBride repeated the continued decline on the Bryan campus is due to Texas A&M increasing the number of freshman classes. She also said 30 of the 43 public universities in Texas have increased freshman enrollment. Trustee Dennis Crowson, who held McBride’s position when the Bryan campus had more than 13,000 students, said he wants to see a plan to increase enrollment on the Bryan campus. Crowson added “reversing a negative enrollment trend is really difficult” and “that’s really concerning with that campus.” District wide, Blinn’s fall enrollment was 18,089, compared with 18,301 in the fall of 2023. Another enrollment group with a sizeable increase from last fall were the number of high school dual credit students, which rose from 2,145 to 2,552. McBride also told trustees enrollment for Blinn’s winter minimester and spring semester are ahead compared with this time last year. Click below for comments from the December 9, 2024 Blinn College trustees meeting:  

Backstory Behind The Decision Stopping A Second Multipurpose Center At Bryan’s Midtown Park

The Bryan city council officially decides at this week’s meeting (December 10) to put an end to the development of a second multipurpose building at Midtown Park that would have also been used by the Texas A&M tennis teams. Presenting the backstory before the council’s unanimous vote, mayor Bobby Gutierrez said the outside companies hired to design the building within a $17 million dollar budget first came up with something that looked like a “haybarn” or an “airplane hangar”. Gutierrez said when the design companies were reminded that the design was supposed to complement Midtown Park’s Legends Events Center, the price went to $27 million dollars. The mayor said when the design companies were reminded about the $17 million dollar budget, the building’s size was reduced from 65,000 to 45,000 square feet. Gutierrez said it was a joint decision with Texas A&M to end the project. The city and the university are splitting $852,000 dollars in costs to the design firm. Click HERE to read and download the termination agreement with the Texas A&M system that was approved at the December 10, 2024 Bryan city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download background information associated with the termination agreement. Click HERE to read and download background information about the termination of the city’s design and construction contract. Click HERE to read and download background information about the termination of the city’s third party operator contract. Click below to hear comments from the December 10, 2024 Bryan city council meeting from mayor Bobby Gutierrez and councilmen Jared Salvato and James Edge. Listen to “Backstory behind the decision stopping a second multipurpose center at Bryan's Midtown Park” on Spreaker.

One Arrest On Family Violence Charges And Another Is Accused Of Forgery

The 19th time a Bryan man goes to the Brazos County jail, it is on charges of family violence assault with prior convictions, stalking, and evidence tampering by wiping out information from his cell phone. The arrest report from Bryan police says after the assault and stalking, 35 year old Andrew Lopez-Lucio left voice messages on the victim’s phone threatening to kill the victim for calling police. Lucio, who has been in jail since last Saturday (December 7), remains jailed as of December 13th in lieu of bonds totaling $225,000 dollars. A Houston man is in the Brazos County jail on forgery charges in College Station and Harris County. The College Station police department’s arrest report says an officer was sent to a bank after an employee reported two men were attempting to add themselves to an account that wasn’t theirs. The employee said the account holder, who does not live in Texas, confirmed they were not trying to change their account. The man who was arrested, 36 year old Christian Lett, was also in illegal possession of drivers licenses from Florida and Oregon. Lett is being held without bond on the Harris County charge. Bonds on the Brazos County charges totals $40,000 dollars.