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Texas schools were notified earlier this week that the Texas Education Commissioner has decided to immediately implement changes to graduation requirements. Click to hear WTAW’s Chris Clift talk with Bryan ISD’s Communications Director Sandy Farris: [Read More…]

The Bryan City Council heard a presentation Tuesday night regarding an agreement with an outside company to increase compliance with their security alarm ordinance. Irving based PMAM representative George Robertson says fees for an alarm [Read More…]

Each Tuesday Jason James of the Bryan Police Department visits the studios for an update. Click to hear WTAW’s Chris Clift talk with Officer James about cell phone safety:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s campaign aides are dismissing Gov. Rick Perry’s suggestion that she might not run against him in the 2010 Republican primary for governor. Hutchison has said she [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief apologized for a raid on a gay bar that sparked claims of brutality and procedure violations. The apology came after several members of a gay [Read More…]

BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) _ A Southeast Texas sheriff said Tuesday that at least 100 explosive devices were recovered from the home of the suspect in the killing of one of his deputies. Chambers County Sheriff [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ People who believe they are victims of an alleged $7 billion fraud being blamed on Texas financier R. Allen Stanford’s business empire will have a chance to tell their stories at a [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ Texas wants $1.7 billion from the federal government to help develop high-speed rail service between its major cities. The Dallas Morning News reports state transportation officials submitted a preliminary grant application to [Read More…]

PALESTINE, Texas (AP) _ Trinity Valley Community College officials are denying that student information security was breached in the theft of a computer. Wires were cut as thieves stole the computer from the college’s Palestine [Read More…]

BRUCEVILLE-EDDY, Texas (AP) _ All 10 windows at a city hall in Central Texas were shot out by vandals and the facility had to be closed for a day during cleanup. The Bruceville-Eddy city hall [Read More…]