AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas Comptroller Susan Combs is offering schools and local law enforcement money to help stop children and teens from smoking.
Texas law already bans anyone under 18 from smoking or having tobacco products.
The grants announced Monday range from $1,000 to $150,000. The money can be used in a number of areas, including education programs or sting operations to catch retailers who sell tobacco to minors.
A traffic stop on Tuesday at 2:30 a.m. resulted in a 20 year-old College Station man going to jail for driving under the influence and possessing multiple fake drivers licenses. According to the CSPD arrest report, Dylan Istre was pulled over for speeding on Deacon Drive. After failing field sobriety tests, the officer also found a e-cigarette in Istre’s pocket. A search of his vehicle resulted in finding 15 fictitious Louisiana driver’s licenses and a pair of fictitious California driver’s licenses. Five more e-cigarettes and beer was also found in his vehicle. Istre admitted to purchasing his own fake driver license. He told the officer the seller offered him money to deliver a box of fake IDs to another person in town. Istre is out of jail after posting bonds totaling $4,300.
The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce Community Impact Awards Luncheon is next month. The awards recognize minority business owners who have demonstrated a significant impact on our community. During his visit on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs, Chamber President Glen Brewer announced this year’s award winners. Rolando Gonzalez with Taco Bar Roderick and Nadia McFaddin with First Security Janitorial Ray Jr. and Dr. Donna Druery with Druery’s Flat Fixing & Road Services The awards luncheon is February 25, 2025 at Pebble Creek Country Club. Click here for more information.
A Bryan man goes to jail for the 17th time in the last 16 years. Tuesday at 1:30 a.m., Bryan police responded an east side residence for a reported disturbance. The caller said her ex-boyfriend was drunk and attempting to break down the front door. On arrival, officers heard the victim screaming from inside and found 35 year-old Zachary Carney standing near debris of the door frame. Carney was arrested for burglary of a habitation and possession of a THC cartridge.
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