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Five local residents are going to prison after being convicted of human smuggling. Porfirio Ortiz, Bernardino Ortiz, Baudel Ortiz, Calixtro Ortiz and Sandra Ortiz of Bryan were all sentenced to prison for their roles in [Read More…]

Spring semester enrollment at Texas A&M University has set a record. Director of Admissions Scott McDonald says he expects student numbers to keep rising. Texas A&M

Blinn College has set an enrollment record for the second spring semester in a row. Spokesperson Gena Parsons says there doesn’t seem to be any one specific reason for the increased enrollment. Blinn’s total enrollment [Read More…]

Bryan City Councilman Mike Southerland was a guest Thursday on The Infomaniacs on WTAW. Click to hear the full interview of Mike Southerland with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia Bryan voters will have a chance to change [Read More…]

A senior at Texas A&M is organizing a parent/child basketball tournament. Click to hear WTAW’s Tom Turbiville and Chris Clift talk with Victoria Green: The basketball tournament is April 2 at 6 p.m. at the [Read More…]

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Now-former Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick renovated his cherished Capitol apartment — spending all but $18.55 from a fund that once topped $1.3 million. The Associated Press reports the final purchase [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The agency that deleted computer files from the office of ousted Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick is standing by its action. Craddick last month failed to retain the post. The new [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ State senators posed tough questions Thursday to officials of the University of Texas System’s outside investment company over a $1 million bonus for its chief executive, leading to an angry exchange [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A majority of Texas senators have signed on to a bill that would freeze college tuition hikes for two years and tie future increases to the inflation rate. The two primary [Read More…]