We’re more than a year away from choosing state representatives, and most Brazos County Republican voters will be involved in a primary election.
Former College Station councilman Jess Fields has announced he’s seeking the House district 14 seat now held by John Raney.
Fields has spent the last two years working at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank.
Raney previously announced he will seek a third term.
Bryan fire department investigators are working to determine the cause of a Christmas morning duplex fire. A BFD spokesman says there were no injuries from the fire on Mary Lake Drive. Six people were displaced.
The Bryan/College Station Salvation Army’s mayor’s red kettle ring off December 14th receives national recognition. National commanding officer Ken Hodde announced in a Salvation Army video that the almost $84,000 dollars that was raised was the most in his national red kettle challenge. What was raised also represented 42 percent of the B/CS Salvation Army goal, which was the second highest percentage in the country. The local Salvation Army announced the winner of this year’s mayor’s ring off was the city of Bryan. How much was contributed in each city was not disclosed. Video produced by the Salvation Army USA:
A College Station police officer sees a driver not wearing their seat belt and sees on the vehicle’s instrument panel, a blinking red seat belt light. That leads to a traffic stop just after four in the morning last Friday (December 20th). The CSPD arrest report also says when the officer began speaking with the driver, the officer smelled marijuana. That led to a search of the driver and his vehicle. Cash was found in the driver’s pocket and the center console of the vehicle that totaled $1,995 dollars. Inside the vehicle and in the trunk were multiple gallon sized bags that contained a combined total of 68 grams (2.4 ounces) of marijuana. The driver, 23 year old Jerrod Stewart of Huntsville, was arrested for possessing marijuana in a drug free zone. As of December 26th, Stewart remains jailed in lieu of a $10,000 dollar bond. Online jail records also say Stewart was also arrested on a warrant for failing to pay fines and fees totaling $1,212 dollars from a prior conviction for attempted possession of marijuana.
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