The College Station girls basketball team has advanced to the state tournament for the first time in program history after defeating Cedar Park Saturday, 58-55 in overtime at the 5A Regional Semifinals in Aldine.
Na’layjah Johnson had a game-high 20 points for the Lady Cougars, who will face No. 25 Frisco Liberty in the Final Four Thursday night in San Antonio.
Tip-off is at 7 p.m. at the Alamodome with broadcast on Zone 1150 AM/93.7 FM & radioaggieland.com.
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.
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.
Brian Piscacek, Assistant Director Economic Development, visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about entrepreneurship month, Plug and Play, The Cannon, Amazon drone delivery, the former Macy’s store, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Friday, November 22, 2024. Listen to “City of College Station Update on The Infomaniacs” on Spreaker.
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