Bryan City Councilman Buppy Simank visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about the tax rate, the possibility of a property tax cap, opportunities for growth throughout the city, the superpark, Bryan Texas Utilities, College Station’s homestead exemption, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.
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College Station police searching a home in Bryan Thursday (November 21) finds more than two pounds of marijuana and 126 ecstasy pills. The couple who lives in the home, 43 year old John Pilkey and 36 year old Bobbie Jones, were arrested for possessing the drugs with the intent to sell. WTAW News has CSPD the estimated street value of the drugs that were seized. CSPD arrest reports also says Jones’s minor son assisted in weighing the marijuana and collecting money from selling marijuana. The arrest reports do not say who has custody of the juvenile. As of November 22, Pilkey and Jones remain in jail in lieu of bonds totaling $95,000 dollars each.
Blinn College trustees are told to reserve January 31st for the grand opening of the new Bryan campus administration and student services building. That began chancellor Mary Hensley’s project update during November’s trustees meeting. Hensley also reported that office assignments have been made and administrators are working on plans to move into the more than $30 million dollar building at Villa Maria and Nash. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the November 19, 2024 Blinn trustees meeting that includes interior and exterior photos of the new Bryan campus administration and student services building. Click below to hear comments from Mary Hensley during the November 19, 2024 Blinn College trustees meeting.
A Bryan man’s 14th trip to jail since April 2023 comes after a College Station police officer sees him run two stop signs in the Northgate district about 30 minutes after the bars closed Friday morning (November 22). The CSPD arrest report also says the officer estimated the car going at least 50 miles per hour. 20 year old Frederick Hall III, who the officer wrote is a frequent visitor to Northgate, spent a short time in jail before posting bond totaling $4,000 dollars on charges of reckless driving and driving with an invalid license with prior convictions. Online court records shows Hall is awaiting six trials on misdemeanor charges. Three trials are for driving with an invalid license with prior convictions that took place in August and October 2024, two are for failing to identify himself to police in April and June of 2024, and one is for not having insurance in May 2024.
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