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College Station City Council Supports An Ohio Developer’s Request To Receive State Tax Credits To Build An Apartment Complex For Low Income Residents

A proposed 60 unit apartment complex for low income renters in College Station could open in less than two years. That’s after the College Station city council supported a resolution at their last meeting for a developer based in Ohio to request tax credits from the state. Click HERE to read and download city of College Station presentation materials from the February 12, 2026 city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the developer at the February 12, 2026 city council meeting. The location of the proposed complex is off Harvey Mitchell Parkway just east of Texas. Representing the developer, Harrison LaHaie says this is not targeted to students due to IRS requirements. The developer, which acts as its own general contractor and management company, will find out if the state awards tax credits this July. If approved, construction would start next January and be completed at the end of 2028. A member of College Station’s housing action plan steering committee, Valen Cepak, says the advisory body supports the project. Community development analyst David Brower says the applicant is pretty sure the state will award tax credits. That’s based on the developer’s involvement to this stage, including doing a pre-development conference with the city staff. Click below to hear comments from the February 12, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Listen to “College Station city council supports a request for state tax credits to build an apartment complex for low income residents” on Spreaker.

Bryan ISD School Board Approves Replacing Food Service Equipment At Five Campuses

Five Bryan ISD school kitchens have been dealing with equipment that quit working. That led to the BISD school board at its last meeting buying more than $141,000 of steamers, warmers, and coolers. After board member David Stennis asked for the prices from the 11 companies that submitted bids, assistant school nutrition director Sandra Baxter said the winning bid was based on price and five other factors. The bid sheet showed price made up 55 percent of the overall score. 30 percent of the overall score was based on the extent to which the equipment met BISD’s needs. Click HERE to read and download the bid sheet that was presented at the February 2, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Superintendent Ginger Carrabine explained how federal funding is spent on school meals, and how BISD has money for this type of purchase while other districts around Texas are struggling with paying for school meals. The equipment purchase is for Crockett, Henderson, Bowen, and Mitchell elementaries and at Stephen F. Austin middle school. Click below to hear comments from the February 2, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Listen to “Bryan ISD school board members approve replacing food service equipment at five campuses” on Spreaker.

A Paroled Brazos County Murderer Is Returning To Prison

A College Station man on parole for a murder that happened in Bryan in September of 1991 is returning to prison. That’s after a Brazos County district court jury earlier this month convicted 61 year old Robert Lee Johnson III of pointing a loaded gun and threatening to shoot a woman in College Station on July fourth in 2024. The trial judge then sentenced Johnson to 45 years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Court records show Johnson was originally indicted for capital murder. But a news release from the district attorney’s office says Johnson pleaded guilty to murder from the drug related shooting and served 25 years of a life sentence before he was released on parole in 2016. News release from the Brazos County district attorney’s office: Robert Lee Johnson was convicted of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon by a Brazos County jury on February 4, 2026. At the conclusion of Johnson’s punishment hearing held on February 6, 2026, 361st District Court Judge David Hilburn sentenced Johnson to 45 years in prison. On July 4, 2024, College Station PD officers responded to a call where the victim reported that Robert Johnson pointed a loaded .38 revolver at her head and threatened to shoot her. Johnson and the victim had been living together and dating for nearly two years. The victim testified that Johnson had previously threatened her life with a firearm and had also physically abused her. The victim testified she had never called the police prior to this date because she loved the defendant and did not want to see him get in trouble. Officer George Humes of the College Station Police Department was one of the first responders on scene and testified regarding his experience with many prior family violence cases relating those experiences to his observations of and interactions with the victim during this offense. Johnson has been previously convicted or Murder in Brazos County in 1992 as well as possession of cocaine in Harris County in 1989. In the previous Murder case Johnson was selling cocaine in Bryan, Texas, when two men attempted to rob Johnson of his drugs. Johnson reached a .38 revolver into the deceased’s vehicle and fired three times. Johnson pled guilty to Murder and served 25 years of his life sentence before being released on parole in 2016. We would like to thank the College Station Police Department for their work in responding to this crime, and the Court for this appropriate sentence. Statement from assistant Brazos County district attorneys Kevin Capps and Robert Vetter: “This defendant is a murderer. He pointed another loaded firearm at another human being. This can never happen again.”