College Station City Council Receives A Semi Annual Capital Projects Report

Brazos County now becomes the sixth county in the Brazos Valley to institute a burn ban. Commissioners Court voted today to enact the ban. The path of Tropical Storm Edouard is uncertain and is currently projected to follow a track along and east of Interstate 45. Any rain we receive would not necessarily be sufficient enough to negate the need for a ban. The last remaining county in the Brazos Valley without a burn ban is Burleson County. And the Snook VFD took to Facebook to say that they wish their county was under a ban. Got a news tip? e-mail us at news@wtaw.com, text us at (979) 695-1620, or reach out on Facebook or Twitter/X.

It was a scary night for three College Station women after they woke up to a stranger in their apartment. College Station Police were dispatched to The Heights apartments in the 3000 block of Holleman Drive South just after 1:00am Sunday morning for a report of an unknown man inside the residence. One resident told officers she woke up to find a man standing inside her bedroom. Police found 18-year-old Cole Matthew Brawley passed out on the couch. Officers say Brawley was so intoxicated and difficult to arouse that they had to perform sternal rubs to get his attention. He claims he thought he was at a friend’s apartment, but none of the women knew the man or had given him permission to be in the apartment. He allegedly told officers, “I don’t want to lie to you, I’m drunk.” Brawley was arrested for Criminal Trespass of a Habitation. During the arrest, he was found to be in possession of a nicotine vape, so he was also charged with Minor in Possession of a Tobacco Product. He was released from jail on Sunday on $3,000 bond.

The Brazos County Commissioners Court is hosting two public hearings Tuesday morning. The first at 8:30am to discuss the county’s $482,336,738 budget. The second meeting at 9:15am will discuss the proposed property tax rate of 44.84 cents per $100 valuation. If the tax rate is adopted, it will be an increase of 3.43 percent over the current rate. However, residents may actually pay less in taxes for the year, because the median home price in Brazos County has dropped from $412,000 to $340,000 dollars. That home owner would pay about $200 less in taxes to Brazos County for the year. Regular session is scheduled to begin at 10:00am where the court is expected to adopt the budget and tax rate. The Commissioners Courtroom is in Suite 106 of the Brazos County Administration Building located at 200 S. Texas Avenue, Bryan, TX 77803. Got a news tip? e-mail us at news@wtaw.com, text us at (979) 695-1620, or reach out on Facebook or Twitter/X.