Articles by Bill Oliver

Bryan Police report a black man wearing a dress held up The Bank

Volunteers are being sought by the Heart of Texas Area Chapter, Brazos Valley Branch of the American Red Cross.

Combine triple digit temperatures to start August and just over one inch of rain during July to see an increase in water consumption. In College Station, Water Resource Coordinator Jennifer Nations says customers used 11.5 [Read More…]

The City of Bryan’s Water Service Department reports Copperfield Drive is closed from Coppercrest to Park Meadow due to repairing a water main. The street will be closed Tuesday

Dirt will be flying soon on the home campus of Blinn College. Blinn Trustees Tuesday awarded a construction contract on a new 300 room dormitory in Brenham. The lowest of 20 bidders was given the [Read More…]

WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) _ Limited water service has been restored to Weatherford after the city of nearly 28,000 started the week with little water for drinking due to a broken pipeline. Officials said Wednesday that [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Texas environmental regulators are accusing BP of showing a pattern of “poor operation and maintenance practices” at its Texas City refinery, the same plant where a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers. The [Read More…]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ San Antonio police say a man has been charged with murder over the beating death of a passenger in another vehicle in an alleged road rage attack. Bond was $150,000 for [Read More…]

SABINE PASS, Texas (AP) _ Junk from Hurricane Ike has become folk art in a Texas community still recovering nearly two years after the storm. Michael “Cappy” Deslatte of Sabine Pass collected storm debris and [Read More…]

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) _ A Potter County sheriff’s deputy killed a 58-year-old gunman suspected of fatally shooting a grandmother who was protecting her 12-year-old granddaughter from being kidnapped. Sheriff Brian Thomas said Wednesday that the [Read More…]