College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW’s The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Topics include the economic impact of the upcoming Road to 26 soccer match and the Savannah Bananas baseball game at Kyle Field, the council’s 4-3 vote to remove an extension of Pebble Creek Parkway from the city’s comprehensive plan, and the council’s upcoming rezoning request from a housing developer.
Listen to “College Station Mayor John Nichols on The Infomaniacs April 15, 2026” on Spreaker.
One of the few city of College Station employees that is hired by the city council is the city attorney. And at last week’s council meeting (April 9), mayor John Nichols was caught off guard when not everyone approved a five year extension of the contract with Adam Falco. Councilman Bob Yancy, who abstained from the extension vote, did not explain his vote at the meeting. Yancy also declined to explain his vote when contacted by WTAW News. Falco has been city attorney since 2022 and with the city attorney’s office since 2007. Click HERE to read and download background information about the city attorney’s contract extension that was approved at the April 9, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Click below to hear comments from John Nichols and Bob Yancy at the April 9, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Listen to “Six of seven College Station city council members approve extending the city attorney's contract” on Spreaker.
Burleson County’s sheriff provides more information in his weekly report as to what went into the decision to cancel Saturday’s Chilifest music festival. Bill Rios said Friday’s rainfall of one inch followed a six inch downpour earlier in the week. While there were no issues getting into the festival grounds, Rios said five of the seven entries and exits were destroyed. The two exits that remained Friday night created long lines of vehicles attempting to leave. That resulted in festival goers deciding to start walking home. Rios said that forced all officers to move from the festival grounds to FM 60 to protect those walking home, which he described as a “tragedy waiting to happen”. The sheriff also said the mud was so bad that if there would have been a mass casualty on Saturday there would have been no way for emergency vehicles to enter and exit the festival grounds. Out of 35 arrests, 26 were for public intoxication because they could not find someone safe to turn over the individual to. Two of the 26 were also charged with assaulting officers and resisting arrest. 23 who were arrested were underage drinkers as young as 15. Rios says underage drinking has “got to be something that’s addressed by Chilifest and by us here also.” 12 arrests were minors in possession or consumption of alcohol, two were arrested for fighting, four received tickets for public urination. Click below to hear comments from Bill Rios from the Burleson County sheriff’s office Facebook page on April 14, 2026. Listen to “More information from Burleson County's sheriff about the early end of this year's Chilifest music festival” on Spreaker.
The week of April 19-25 is National Library Week. That was recognized at last week’s (April 9) College Station city council meeting with more than just a proclamation. The city of College Station’s chief of staff Ross Brady said books that were on a rolling cart that was next to those getting their photo with the mayor and the proclamation were being donated to the Friends of the Library by city employees. The 24th through the 26th is the Friends of the Library’s spring book sale at the Mounce library in downtown Bryan. Click below to hear Ross Brady’s comments at the April 9, 2026 College Station city council meeting.
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