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Episodes
Attendance Push By College Station ISD Central Office Administrators May Mean More Money For Individual Campuses
11/4/2024
College Station ISD campus principals and teachers have been directed from the central administration office to increase student attendance. CSISD school board members learned during their last meeting (October 15) about a financial incentive when [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:35
More Money Spent To Fix Drainage Issues Between The Brazos County Tax and Extension Offices
10/30/2024
Brazos County commissioners agree to spend more money to fix drainage issues between the tax office and extension office buildings. There was no public discussion before Tuesday’s (October 29) unanimous vote. What was an original [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:26
College Station City Council Votes 4-3 To Change How Tourism Committee Members Are Selected
10/29/2024
The last College Station city council meeting (October 24) had three votes by a four to three margin. The last one, changes how members are selected to the city’s tourism committee. Linda Harvell, a retired [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:40
More Signs Coming To College Station’s Baylor Scott & White Campus
10/29/2024
About four minutes of last week’s six hour College Station city council meeting (October 24) was needed to grant a request from Baylor Scott & White Health (BSW) to add 33 wayfinding signs on the [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:13
A Public Speaker Calls On The College Station City Council To Do Something About The City’s Feral Cat Population
10/28/2024
The lone public speaker at the last College Station city council meeting (October 24) called on the governing body to do something about the city’s feral cat population. Brian Watford says for the last seven [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:40
College Station City Council 4-3 Vote Brings Back Permit Requirements For New And Expanding Bars In The Northgate District
10/28/2024
College Station city council members vote 4-3 to bring back permit requirements for new and expanding bars in the Northgate district. The conditional use permit (CUP) requirement was dropped in 2003. Mayor John Nichols made [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:49
Brazos County Election News Includes A Reminder To Not Walk Out Of A Voting Center With Your Ballot
10/25/2024
A message to Brazos County voters is to not walk out of a voting center with your ballot. Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock says if you go outside still holding your ballot, state law [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:37
Entries Now Being Accepted For The City Of College Station’s Second Christmas Parade
10/24/2024
Registration is now open for the city of College Station’s second Christmas parade. Details were shared in a recent blog post on the city’s website by the city’s university and community relations manager, Barbara Moore, [Read More...]
Duration:00:04:38
College Station ISD’s School Board President Moves Public Comments Into Private
10/23/2024
At the end of May, the College Station ISD school board adopted a new policy for public comments. That followed several speakers criticizing a specific teacher. The new policy was put into practice at October’s [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:18
Brazos County Commissioners Make Two Decisions Regarding The Future Medical Examiner’s Office
10/22/2024
Brazos County commissioners make two decisions regarding the future medical examiner’s office during their October 15th meeting. Little was said before approving a guaranteed maximum construction price of $8.4 million dollars. County judge Duane Peters [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:06
Another Bryan Neighborhood Gets City Council Permission To Restrict Occupancy Of Unrelated Residents
10/22/2024
Another neighborhood in Bryan gets to limit the number of unrelated occupants under the same roof to two. That follows unanimous approval during October’s Bryan city council meeting to establish a residential neighborhood conservation (RNC) [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:55
Construction Of Blinn College’s New Bryan Campus Administration/Student Services Building Remains On Schedule
10/22/2024
Blinn College trustees are told that construction continues on schedule at the new Bryan campus administration and student services building. Chancellor Mary Hensley reported during the trustee’s October meeting that site utilities are complete, the [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:50
College Station ISD School Board Selects Construction Manager At Risk For High School Stadium Projects
10/21/2024
College Station ISD school board members select who will be in charge of high school stadium renovations and additions that were approved in the May 2024 bond election. Facilities director Paul Buckner says it is [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:35
Bryan City Council Agrees To Another Delay In An Annexation Request
10/21/2024
For the third time, a home developer’s request to annex land into west Bryan has been delayed. The city council at its October regular meeting, granted the request from Paul Shepard, who said they are [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:35
A College Station City Councilman Says Possible Layoffs Are Coming At The Brazos County Health District
10/21/2024
A College Station councilman who is on the board of the Brazos County health district shared at the end of the council’s October 7th meeting about the possible layoff of six employees. Bob Yancy said [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:06
New Consequences Face “Selectively Sick” Texas A&M Students
10/18/2024
Texas A&M students who get sick but are found to be selectively attending classes may now be found in violation of a student rule and the Aggie Honor Code. That’s after changes in the student [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:44
Design Work Is Underway To Widen Texas A&M’s Penberthy Road
10/16/2024
Design work is underway to widen Texas A&M’s Penberthy Road. A&M’s chief operating officer Peter Lange says the purpose of the project to help relieve upcoming congestion when construction starts on the new interchange at [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:00
College Station City Council To Consider Changing Oversight Of The City’s Tourism Office
10/15/2024
The last College Station city council meeting for two members will include discussion about changing the oversight of the city’s tourism office. One of the councilmembers who is retiring, Linda Harvell, received majority support during [Read More...]
Duration:00:04:00
Bryan ISD School Board Members Get An Update On 2020 Bond Projects
10/14/2024
Bryan ISD school board members learn that contracts for building projects and purchases approved by voters in 2020 have come in more than $2 million dollars under budget. Assistant superintendent Kevin Beesaw says renovating the [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:42
State Prison Board Meets In Bryan
10/14/2024
The Texas board of criminal justice (TBCJ), which oversees the operation of the state’s prison system, met last Friday (October 11) in Bryan. The board unanimously approved an organizational restructure, as laid out by executive [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:09