Last weekend’s activity for College Station police included finding a missing child. Officers were notified Sunday night (May 17) around nine of a lost child around the pool of an apartment complex near Southwest Parkway and Welsh. A CSPD spokesman tells WTAW News that the four year old boy was found at the apartment. And the youngster took officers to the apartment where he lived. Parents were located, the child appeared healthy and well cared for, and no arrests were made.
The May meeting of the College Station ISD school board included an update on construction projects around the district funded by bond issues passed by voters in 2023 and 2024. The report from CSISD assistant superintendent Josh Symank included responding to complaints about the mismatched color of brick at multiple campuses. Symank said the same color of brick from the same manufacturer was ordered for projects at Consolidated and College Station High Schools and at Rock Prairie elementary. Symank says the new brick will receive an acid wash to come closer to the original brick that has changed color over time. Symank shared a 33 page presentation that includes photos of construction at multiple locations. Click HERE to read and download the construction update that was presented at the May 19, 2026 CSISD board meeting. The report includes projects at Consolidated and College Station High Schools, Rock Prairie elementary, phase two of CSISD’s career and technical education center, and stadium improvements at Consolidated and College Station High Schools. Click below to hear comments from Josh Symank at the May 19, 2026 CSISD board meeting. Listen to “College Station ISD school board members receive an update on bond funded construction projects” on Spreaker.
Construction could start before the end of this year on improvements at College Station’s Thomas Park that were approved by voters in a November 2022 bond issue. That’s after the College Station city council on Monday (May 18) selected a company to assist with pre construction services. Capital projects director Jennifer Cain said she hopes to return to the council in late summer or early fall with a construction contract. The Thomas Park bond issue includes money for a new restroom building, pavilion, playgrounds, lighted walking paths, resurfacing the existing basketball courts to accommodate both basketball and four-square play, reconfiguring the existing tennis courts to allow three pickleball courts and one tennis court, and improving the drainage inside the park. This contract and the future construction contract also includes replacing asphalt streets with concrete around and near the park on portions of Puryear Drive, James Parkway, and Francis Drive. This will be paid from the city’s streets, parks, water, and wastewater capital improvement accounts. Click HERE to read and download the contract and background information from the city of College Station. Click below to hear comments from the May 18, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Listen to “College Station city council takes the next step towards improvements in and around Thomas Park” on Spreaker.
In Franklin, the city’s police chief and one of its officers have retired. That follows the city council placing on paid suspension, chief Terry Thibodeaux and officer John Key. The decisions by Thibodeaux, who had been with the department for 25 years and Key for six years, meant the city council took no action on their employment status at Monday night’s meeting (May 18). The paid suspensions follow an investigation that was started by the state agency that certifies law enforcement officers. The nature of the investigation was not disclosed. WTAW News has asked a city spokesperson if an interim chief has been named and if the vacancies will be filled.
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