Bryan Fire Academy Returns

A Bryan woman who was stabbed to death early Thursday morning was an employee at the Brazos County tax office. That led to the closure of the tax office for the rest of Thursday and all of Friday. Brazos County judge Duane Peters told WTAW News the woman worked at the tax office for one year and nine months. Some services at the tax office are available online at brazostax.org. Original story: Bryan police arrest a local man on a charge of murdering his mother. 30 year old Trevor Norman of Bryan is accused of stabbing 50 year old Sylvia Harris multiple times. A BPD news release says officers responded Thursday morning (April 24) just after 1:30 to the report of a family member was holding their mother down with a knife. The stabbing took place inside a home on Olive Street near Mobile Avenue, which is west of Old College. Bryan police news release: On April 24th, 2025, at 1:31 a.m., Bryan Police Patrol Units responded to the 3900 block of Olive Street following a 911 call from a female resident advising a family member was holding their mother down with a knife. Upon officers’ arrival at the residence, they encountered a male armed with a knife near the driveway of the residence. The male was immediately detained without incident. BPD officers entered the home and located a female with multiple stab wounds. The female was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. This investigation is active and ongoing at this time. Trevor Norman of Bryan, Texas, was arrested for murder. The female was identified as Sylvia Harris of Bryan, Texas.

Before the Texas A&M system board of regents holds their next regularly scheduled business meeting in May, members of the building committee met this week (April 22) in College Station. Six projects were reviewed involving the flagship campus. Vice chancellor of business affairs Phillip Ray brought up widening Penberthy Road on west campus and adding a shared use path for pedestrians and bicyclists. Ray said the system is keeping tabs because of the impact this will have on other projects. There was also a review of proposed renovations on the main campus of the Heldenfels fourth floor instructional lab and exterior restoration of the Academic Building. The other proposals are at A&M branch locations. The regents new chairman, Bob Albritton of Fort Worth, brought up strategic planning whether a future sea turtle research facility planned in Galveston should be at A&M-Corpus Christi. Another proposal in Galveston involves campus facility improvements. And the committee decided to table a fourth building at the A&M branch in McAllen. Albritton said the $53 million dollar proposal includes a student commons area to end the practice of students studying in their cars. But Albritton wanted to know how the rest of the project, which would create research space for AgriLife, fits with the system’s other campuses in south Texas. Albritton brought up coordinating what is happening at the ten year old branch in McAllen with the A&M system’s upcoming acquisition of the Victoria campus from the University of Houston system and the existing A&M-Corpus Christi and A&M-Kingsvile campuses. The building committee also reviewed a proposal for a new residence hall at Tarleton State, a workforce development center for TEEX (Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service) in Corpus Christi, a new TEEX complex in San Antonio, modifying the TDEM (Texas Division of Emergency Management) warehouse in Fort Worth, a new athletics complex at A&M-Texarkana, and returning an office building at East Texas A&M to a residence hall. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the April 22, 2025 Texas A&M system board of regents building committee meeting. Click below to hear comments from the April 22, 2025 regents building committee meeting. Listen to “Texas A&M system board of regents building committee reviews future proposals” on Spreaker.

The drivers of three vehicles escaped life threatening injuries following a crash during Thursday’s (April 24) rainy afternoon commute. Traffic was blocked on Highway 21 near Highway 47 in the RELLIS campus area for one hour and 45 minutes. The department of public safety reports a westbound pickup hydroplaned, went across the center median, and was struck by an eastbound van and an eastbound SUV. The driver of the pickup was treated at the scene and released. The driver and a passenger in the van and the driver of the SUV were taken to a Bryan hospital for treatment of non life threatening injuries.