Infomaniacs: February 20, 2018 (7:00am)

A Second Local Candidate Withdraws From The November Election

The filing period ended August 19th for this November’s College Station and Bryan city council and school board elections. After the end of the filing period, it was discovered there are no contested races for two seats on the Bryan ISD school board. During the board’s September 9th meeting, approval was given to cancel participating in the November election. On the last day of filing there was a contested race for the BISD single member district four seat. After the August 19th filing deadline, former Bryan city councilman Buppy Simank withdrew. That left incumbent Ruthie Waller running unopposed for her fourth term. David Stennis will join the BISD board as an at large member. Stennis drew no opponent during the filing period for the seat being vacated by incumbent Mark McCall. Click HERE to be directed to the Bryan ISD elections website. There are three contested races for College Station city council. Seeking the place three seat are David White and Valen Cepak. Linda Harvell is not eligible to run again for the place three seat due to term limits. Seeking the place four seat are Aron Collins and Melissa McIlhaney. Incumbent Elizabeth Cunha chose not to seek re-election. And Craig Regan, who initially filed for the place six seat then on August 16 switched to the place four seat, withdrew his candidacy for the place four seat on August 26. Regan’s name will not be on the ballot. Running for re-election in place five is incumbent Bob Yancy. Seeking the place six seat are Tre Watson and Scott Shafer. Dennis Maloney is not eligible to run again for the place six seat due to term limits. Click HERE to be directed to the city of College Station elections webpage. All four incumbent Bryan city council members have filed for re-election. And all of the incumbents have opposition. Incumbent Jared Salvato, who has filed for single member district three, is opposed by Robert Achgill. Incumbent James Edge, who has filed for single member district four, is opposed by Shane Savage. Incumbent Marca Ewers-Shurtleff, who has filed for single member district five, is opposed by Patrick Giammalva. Incumbent Kevin Boriskie, who has filed for the city-wide at-large position, is opposed by Justin Wager. Click HERE to be directed to the city of Bryan elections webpage. One person has filed for each of the two positions on the College Station ISD school board. Darin Paine is seeking his second term as the at large place one member. Kristin Wilson has filed for the at large place two position. Incumbent Blaine Decker chose not to seek re-election. Click HERE to be directed to the College Station ISD elections website.  

Arrests Of A Bryan Man On More Drug Charges, Another Bryan Man For Online Solicitation, And A Third Man For Evading Instead Of Speeding

An illegally parked car resulted in the driver going to jail for the 20th time in eight years. 26 year old Preston Wiggins IV of Bryan was arrested by Bryan police for manufacturing or delivering crack cocaine and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Wiggins, who is awaiting five trials for felony evading arrest, two on felony drug and two on misdemeanor drug charges, remains in jail as of September 9th following his arrest last Thursday (September 5th) in lieu of bonds totaling $27,000 dollars. A Bryan man is arrested for online solicitation of someone he thought was a 14 year old girl, but was really an undercover Brazos County sheriff’s deputy. The sheriff’s office arrest report says the contact was set for a Bryan park and not Caldwell because the man’s only mode of transportation was a bicycle. 28 year old Eloy Olivarez was caught following a foot chase near Milam school. He remains in jail as of September 9th following last Thursday’s arrest (September 5th) in lieu of bonds totaling $16,000 dollars. A Bryan man tells a Brazos County sheriff’s deputy he tried to get away from being stopped because he did not want a fourth speeding ticket, which would have resulted in his license being suspended. The deputy’s arrest report says a chase ended at five in the morning with the suspect’s car hitting a commercial trash container, a large tree, and a section of residential fencing. 21 year old Jaedyn Goree was arrested for evading. He is out of jail after posting a $5,000 dollar bond.

United Way of the Brazos Valley Update with Partner Agency Big Brothers Big Sisters

WTAW’s Chelsea Reber visits with Peggi Goss, United Way of the Brazos Valley President/CEO, and Karen Story, Branch Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Brazos Valley. Listen to “United Way of the Brazos Valley update with partner agency Big Brothers Big Sisters” on Spreaker.