Brazos County’s State Senator Moves Into New Offices And Sponsors Or Co-Sponsors Five Bills

Bryan’s Midtown Park Will Not Have An Indoor Tennis Center

The proposed indoor tennis center at Bryan’s Midtown Park is not going to happen. The Bryan city council is scheduled to take action next Tuesday (December 10) to terminate an agreement with Texas A&M, the city’s design and construction contract, and the contract with the third party operator. Click HERE to read and download the termination agreement to be considered 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. The city and the university will split the $851,943 spent so far on the project. Both agree to drop the center, according to the termination agreement, due to “significant and increasing construction costs, including a shift in the project location and an extensive design process”. Attempts have been made since July of 2023 to design the indoor tennis center building and keep it within a $17 million dollar budget. Tennis was going to be the primary function of what the city considered to be a second multipurpose building to compliment the Legends Events Center. The facility would have allowed the university to compete for SEC and NCAA tournaments. The termination agreement also says the city has already ended contracts to build and operate the building. At the time of the July 2023 interlocal agreement (ILA), the two story building would have had space for six tennis courts and could also accommodate 12 pickleball courts and six volleyball courts. A&M would have paid the city up to $675,000 dollars a year for 30 years to operate and maintain the center that would be located between Big Shots and the Legends Events Center. At the time of the ILA, the center was projected to generate a net profit in its first year of almost $37,000 dollars, climbing to almost $58,000 dollars in its fifth year of operation. The city also projected an economic impact of almost $3 million dollars in its first year, climbing to $4.4 million in its fifth year. Part of the economic impact formula was projecting 7,333 additional hotel room nights in year one, climbing to 9,630 room nights in year five.

College Station Police Arrests One For Retail Theft And Another On Multiple Charges

A Bryan man awaiting four criminal trials in Brazos County district court was arrested last Saturday (November 30) for switching price tags at the College Station Target. Arrest reports from College Station police say surveillance video showed 53 year old Troy Tarver paid $93.07 for merchandise that was valued at $679.79. That led to Tarver’s arrest for theft and fraud. Online records show Tarver was released from jail December 1 after posting bonds totaling $7,000 dollars. Online records also show Tarver returned to jail December 4 on a theft charge from November 19, then was released after posting an $8,000 dollar bond. Online court records show Tarver is awaiting trial for felony theft with prior convictions that took place in 2022 and three felony drug cases that took place in 2023. A 17 year old Bryan man awaiting a criminal trial for striking someone over the age of 65 with the intent to injure them, returns to jail on charges of violating a protection order by threatening a College Station woman with a gun. Ethan Weeks is also accused in arrest reports from College Station police of removing an ankle monitor associated with the bond in a case unrelated to his latest arrest. As of December 6, Weeks remains held in lieu of bonds totaling $75,500 dollars.

Three Arrested For Burglary Of A Pickup Truck And Taking A Wallet Containing $1,000 Dollars

The front desk receptionist at a Bryan ISD school tells police she sees people pulling on vehicle door handles in the parking lot. That results in the arrests of three men for entering in a student’s unlocked pickup truck and taking a wallet containing 41,000 dollars. This happened Thursday (December 5) outside M.C. Harris alternative school, which is now located at the former Milam elementary building. Taken to jail on charges of vehicle burglary and participating in organized criminal activity were 17 year old Tag Radford, 17 year old Adrian Zantos-Covarrubias, and 18 year old Treylyn Nutall. All three remained in jail as of December 6 in lieu of bonds of $8,000 dollars each. Radford’s arrest follows a district court appearance on November 12th, where according to online records he was sentenced to 60 days in jail for misdemeanor assault causing bodily injury on September 20th and for misdemeanor failing to identify himself to law enforcement on August 30th.