During Tuesday’s Brazos County commission meeting, county judge Duane Peters announced he had lifted the burn ban for areas outside of city limits.
Peters said the ban was lifted Monday after the county’s volunteer fire chiefs agreed with the decision.
The latest ban had been implemented October 25.
Commissioners then withdrew the burn ban item from Tuesday’s meeting agenda.
Click below to hear comments from Duane Peters during the November 8, 2022 Brazos County commission meeting.
Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about the South College Avenue project, the boardwalk at Midtown Park, armor companies that have come to Bryan, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Listen to “Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez on The Infomaniacs” on Spreaker.
A lifelong Bryan resident who was well known in business and public service has died. The death of Johnny Lampo was recognized at Tuesday’s (April 23) Brazos County commission meeting by county judge Duane Peters and commissioner Steve Aldrich. A remembrance given on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs by Scott DeLucia included Lampo’s popularity as an emcee, his service on the Bryan city council and Bryan ISD school board, and being part of the ownership group that brought the first Pizza Hut to Texas. Lampo’s obituary from Memorial Funeral Home in Bryan also says in 1947 opening with his father Lampo and Son Grocery and later went into Luke’s Grocery with his brother-in-law and sister, Luke and Jobey Ruffino. Staying with the grocery business, Johnny then acquired E-Z Way Drive-in Grocery. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Chape in Bryan on Wednesday (April 24) from 5-7 p.m. with a rosary recited at 7 p.m. A mass of Christian burial will be held Thursday (April 25) at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church with burial to follow at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Johnny Lampo was 98 years old. Click below to hear comments from Scott DeLucia, Duane Peters, and Steve Aldrich: Listen to “Remembering the life and public service of local businessowner Johnny Lampo” on Spreaker.
College Station police brought their bomb squad and hostage negotiations team to a Bryan neighborhood Tuesday morning (April 23) before sunrise. CSPD social media says there was a search of a home on Tanglewood Drive near Midwest Drive. A CSPD spokesman confirmed the arrest of 21 year old Daegin Hamilton for possessing between five and 50 pounds of marijuana and possessing with the intent to deliver an undisclosed amount of three unidentified types of controlled substances. As of Tuesday afternoon, Hamilton remains jailed. Bond has not been set.
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