COLLEGE STATION – Men’s basketball returns to Reed Arena Tuesday night when Texas A&M hosts the Mercer Bears at 7 p.m. The Aggies (7-3) are a perfect 5-0 on their home court this season as they face just two more non-conference foes, Mercer and Hartford on Jan. 3, before tipping off SEC play.
Another provider of internet and entertainment is coming to College Station and Bryan. The addition of Comcast was brought up at the end of last Thursday’s (August 22) College Station city council meeting. College Station city manager Bryan Woods said that Comcast representatives asked to make a presentation at a future meeting. Mayor John Nichols added that Comcast has representatives in the twin cities that will “oversee installation of their facilities.” Click below to hear comments from Bryan Woods and John Nichols during the August 22, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Comcast was part of Tuesday’s (August 27) Brazos County commission meeting agenda. Without discussion, commissioners unanimously approved Comcast’s request to install more than three miles of fiberoptic cable along I&GN Road and Greens Prairie Trail. The project also includes road bores going under North Graham Road, Capstone Drive, South Dowling Road, Koppe Bridge Road, and three locations under I&GN Road. Click HERE to read and download the document approved at the August 27, 2024 Brazos County commission meeting. College Station city officials and a Comcast representative told WTAW News they had no additional information to share at this time.
The College Station ISD school board held a special meeting Tuesday (August 27), in part to approve taking the next step towards starting $40 million dollars of improvements at the football stadiums at Consolidated and College Station High Schools and the Consolidated fieldhouse. Board members voted 6-0 to adopt the administration’s recommendation to pursue a construction manager at risk (CMAR) to oversee the project. A memo to the superintendent did not give a timeline to the voter approved “Proposition A” bond issue in May 2024. Click HERE to read and download the memo administrators composed for the August 27, 2024 College Station ISD school board meeting. Additional information about what CSISD’s “Proposition A” covers comes from CSISD’s website. A&M Consolidated High School Field House Addition of approximately 8,000 square feet to accommodate the growing population of student-athletes, as well as renovate the interior of the existing structure. The building addition would be located in the small parking lot due west of the current building and include a new and enlarged Sports Medicine facility (currently inadequate to treat all AMCHS athletes), baseball locker rooms and offices, concessions and restrooms for the baseball facility, and two classrooms. Interior renovations to the existing structure would create a freshman football locker room, relocation of the coach’s office area to be able to monitor the weight room, weight room expansion and upgrades, and interior finish upgrades (paint, floors, etc.) Site improvements in the area will also be included in this project due to the field house addition and access between it and the baseball stadium. A&M Consolidated Tiger Stadium Renovations/Expansion This project will increase the stadium capacity from 5,238 to 6,300 by adding additional seating on both the home and visitor side of the stadium, which will be needed with the increased student capacity of the school. New press box, concessions, and restroom structures will be constructed on the home side of the stadium to resemble those at College Station High School. The current concessions building, and other old structures will be removed. New home and visitor ticket booths will be constructed and both entrances will be renovated. This project also includes removal of the bleachers at the south end of the stadium, turfing of the north “D-Zone,” resurfacing of the track, and adding a digital scoreboard. College Station Cougar Stadium Renovations/Expansion This project will increase the stadium capacity from 4,573 to 6,300 by adding additional seating on both the home and visitor side of the stadium, which will be needed with the increased student capacity of the school. Due to code requirements, additional restrooms will be added to accommodate the increased stadium capacity. Due to chronic water intrusion, this project includes funds to repair existing press box exterior walls and to replace the roof of the press box. Concrete around the visitor’s baseball and softball concessions area will be replaced due to extensive heaving. This project also includes turfing of the north “D-Zone,” resurfacing of the track, and adding a digital scoreboard.
A College Station man arrested for continuous sexual abuse of three children is also awaiting three felony trials on property crime charges. College Station police arrest reports say 23 year old Stelton Govan II is accused of abusing the children, all the under the age of 17, between March 2018 and January 2023. CSPD’s investigation, which began in January 2023, also accuses an unidentified relative of Govan of abusing the children. Online court records show at the time Govan’s latest arrest on Monday (August 26), he was out on bond awaiting trials for credit/debit card abuse in April 2021 and May 2021, fraudulent use of a credit card in June 2021, and misdemeanor drug charges in November 2019 and July 2020. Govan remains jailed as of August 28 in lieu of bonds totaling $564,000 dollars.
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