Infomaniacs: December 29, 2017 (6:00am)

Two Brazos County Jail Inmates Face Additional Charges While In Custody

Two Brazos County jail inmates face additional charges while being held. One of the arrest reports from the sheriff’s office shows a Navasota man who was arrested Saturday night (June 13) for family violence assault with a prior conviction is also accused of hitting the arm of a detention officer who was trying to take him to a holding cell. 46 year old Timothy McGinty is accused in another arrest report of spitting at a nurse, which is also considered assaulting a public servant, while he was at a hospital on Monday (June 15) for an undisclosed reason. McGinty remains in jail as of June 17. Bonds from the June 13th arrest totals $66,000 dollars. Bond has not been set on the hospital assault. Another arrest report from the sheriff’s office says on Sunday night (June 14), a Bryan woman who has been in jail since June 2nd is accused of hitting another inmate multiple times in the face, head and back. 27 year old Ryenesha Pittman is now charged with assault causing bodily injury. That’s in addition to three warrants, one involving failing to pay fines and court costs of more than $2,100 dollars and warrants from an incident in August 2025 accusing her of criminal trespassing and failing to identify herself. Pittman remains jailed as of June 17 in lieu of bonds totaling $11,000 dollars.

Bryan ISD School Board Approves Hiring Three New Principals

Bryan ISD school board members approve administrator recommendations to hire three new principals. The unanimous votes at the end of Monday night’s meeting (June 15) followed no public comments from board members or administrators. All three selections are promotions from assistant principal positions in BISD. Whitney Foreman is the new principal at Rayburn Intermediate. She was most recently assistant principal at Houston Elementary. Click HERE to read and download BISD’s news release of Whitney Foreman. Jacklyn Nacianceno is the new principal at Bonham Elementary. She was most recently assistant principal at Johnson Elementary. Click HERE to read and download BISD’s news release of Jacklyn Nacianceno. Dee Darnell is the new principal at Jones Elementary. she was most recently an assistant principal at Jones. Click HERE to read and download BISD’s news release of Dee Darnell. News releases from BISD did not say if the hirings were the result of retirements or other personnel actions. Click below to hear the motions hiring the principals at the end of the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Listen to “Bryan ISD school board members approve administrator recommendations to hire three new principals” on Spreaker.

Brazos County Commissioners Terminates Its Contract With The Consultant Involved In Funding Future Highway Projects

Brazos County commissioners unanimously vote to end a six year relationship with an outside consultant who was behind the successful November 2022 bond issue that generated $100 million dollars for road projects. During the commission’s June 9th meeting, commissioner Fred Brown’s enthusiastic motion that ended with a “yee-haw” to close out what was a six year contract with Innovative Transportation Solutions was unanimously approved. Click below to hear Fred Brown’s motion at the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.   As of June 16, Brazos County’s website does not include a copy of the termination notice. Agenda information from the June 9th meeting stated “Approval of cancellation of contract 20-094 Transportation Planning Services with Innovative Transportation Solutions effective July 31, 2026 and authorize the County Judge to send the notice of termination per the terms of the agreement. TxDOT will assist the County Engineer with managing the existing consultant agreements and their ongoing work related to the expenditure of general obligation bond funds.” Multiple references to ITS were made by affected landowners who were successful in getting the commission in July 2025 to stop development of an east loop highway, which was one of eight projects to receive partial funding by the bond issue. That was followed in November 2025 by commissioners reducing the scope of their relationship with ITS. In addition to the proposed east loop, funding from the 2022 bond issue was promoted to go towards an interchange at Wellborn Road and George Bush Drive, widening Harvey Road between the freeway and FM 158, widening Leonard Road between Highway 47 and Harvey Mitchell Parkway, intersection improvements on Fitch between Arrington Road and the freeway, interchange improvements at Highways 21 and 47, and various improvements to roads maintained by Brazos County. Click HERE to read and download the original contract with Innovative Transportation services was signed in 2020. Click HERE to read and download the first amendment to the contract was signed in 2024. Click HERE to read and download the second amendment to the Brazos County contract with Innovative Transportation Services that was approved at the November 18, 2025 county commission meeting.