University of Texas-Austin (UT) president Jay Hartzell is leaving to become the next president at Southern Methodist University (SMU).
Hartzell, who takes over at SMU June 1st, is in his fifth year as UT president. Before that, he was the dean of UT’s business school and has been a faculty member since 2001.
Brazos County commissioner Wanda Watson is told repairs to natural gas lines at College Station’s Southgate Village apartments that began before last Thanksgiving have been completed…but residents continue to face obstacles. At the end of Tuesday’s commission meting (January 7), Watson “implored” those who could to donate coats and blankets to help those at Southgate Village and elsewhere who are dealing with subfreezing temperatures. Watson also said she was also working with officials to determine if warming centers will be available later this week when the forecast calls for another round of winter weather Tuesday night, United Way of the Brazos Valley announced a warming center will be in operation Wednesday and Thursday (January 8 and 9) from 5 p.m. until 9 a.m. at Bryan’s First United Methodist Church, located at 506 East 28th Street. Click below to hear comments from Wanda Watson during the January 7, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.
Peggi Ondrasek, President/CEO of United Way of the Brazos Valley, visits with WTAW’s Chelsea Reber about community grant applications, a call for volunteer grant reviewers, a recent bomb threat, and more during her update on WTAW. Listen to “United Way of the Brazos Valley Update on WTAW” on Spreaker.
Bryan police report the driver of a car that struck a power pole on the city’s west side was admitted to a hospital where he was charged with evading arrest. The BPD arrest report says Monday (January 6) around 4 a.m., officers found a “significant amount of blood” inside the car and a wallet containing a drivers license outside the car. Six miles away from the crash, officers found the man near his home. The evading charge accuses 25 year old Senovio Gonzales of Bryan of trying to walk away from officers five times. Gonzales was admitted to the hospital with a ruptured spleen and broken ribs. His jail booking was done in the hospital where he was given a personal recognizance bond. The crash, on West Villa Maria near Jones Road, damaged a BTU pole that resulted in a power outage. Bryan police respond to a report of a semi with no license plates running multiple red lights on Wellborn Road Sunday night (January 5). Then an officer sees a SUV taking evasive action to avoid hitting the semi. That leads to the arrest of a man who told the officer according to the arrest report he bought the semi in Longview and was on his way to his home in Mexico. 34 year old Juan Avila-Barragan was taken to jail on charges of reckless driving, not having a license, and not having insurance. Barragan is out of jail after posting cash bonds totaling $3,600 dollars. A Bryan woman’s fifth trip to the Brazos County jail in the last six months came after walking through the metal detector at Bryan municipal court. The arrest report written by a deputy city marshal says last Friday (January 3) he believed the woman was under the influence. A search of her purse led to finding a piece of crack cocaine and a crack pipe. The arrest report does not say why 24 year old Robby White was in court. Online jail records say White was arrested in December 2024 and September 2024 for possession of a controlled substance. She was arrested in August 2024 for misdemeanor theft and in July 2024 on warrants for drug possession and misdemeanor theft. White is out of jail after posting a $5,000 dollar bond on the newest drug possession charge and personal recognizance bonds on charges of public intoxication and possessing two items of drug paraphernalia.
Bryan Broadcasting Corporation