WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the March 23, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. The Bryan ISD school board selects architects for three more major projects associated with last November's $397 million dollar bond issue. One architect was selected for additions and renovations at Bryan and Rudder High schools. Click HERE to read and download the architect contract for the combination Bryan a...

Destination Bryan Communication Coordinator Lina Adams visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs March 26, 2026 to preview the Troubadour Festival and other upcoming activities. 

This podcast is a visit with Randi Daniels and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Another large sports event is coming to College Station. The regional Special Olympics competition this Friday and Saturday (March 27-28) brings 500 athletes along with their families and coaches to three venues. College Station ISD teacher Randi Daniel, who has been a coordinator and/or a coach for ten years, says volunteer opport...

This podcast contains comments from Brazos County commissioner Bentley Netlles during the March 24, 2026 commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners follow action by the Bryan city council in agreeing to provide property tax breaks for the world's largest privately owned producer of industrial gases. At Tuesday's commission meeting (March 24), unanimous approval was given to the agreement wher...

This podcast is the report from the March 23, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting from board member Tim Pavlas of the board's March meeting of their safety and security committee. Bryan ISD school board members during Monday night’s meeting (March 23) were scheduled to discuss in private an undisclosed failure in its latest inspection of protecting school buildings. No details were provided in pub...

City of Bryan mayor pro tem James Edge joined The Infomaniacs on Thursday, March 25, 2026, to talk about water resources, municipal utilities, Messer LLC, future infrastructure plans, the Troubadour Festival, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from the March 23, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. The year after Bryan ISD school board members received voter approval for a $397 million dollar bond package, the board hears a presentation that could lead to voters being asked this November to approve a two cent increase in the property tax rate for maintenance and operations. BISD's chief financial officer N...

This podcast contains comments from Brazos County county judge Duane Peters from the March 10, 2026 county commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners approve continuing negotiations to address issues with two companies involved in expanding the juvenile detention center that began in 2018. An extension was approved at the commission's March 10th meeting of a legal document that is called a "t...

This podcast contains comments from Habitat for Humanity Bryan/College Station spokesman Charles Coats at the March 24, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Habitat for Humanity Bryan/College Station is accepting their first homebuyer applications in a year and a half. That was part of an update given by spokesman Charles Coats at Tuesday's (March 24) Brazos County commission meeting. As a part...

This podcast contains comments from city of College Station deputy city manager Jeff Capps and city councilmen William Wright and David White. This Thursday (March 26) is the College Station city council's first meeting in a month.  The nearly 1,300 page agenda does not include discussion in public or private about some firefighters interest to ask voters to recognize them as a civil service organ...

United Way of the Brazos Valley president Lizett Hawkins and Jason Kinderman of KinderHill brew lab visit with WTAW's Bill Oliver about the Spring Fling dunk tank fundraiser on Saturday, March 28th from noon until 10 p.m. at the brewery's new location at 505 West 31st Street in downtown Bryan. Click HERE to be directed to the KinderHill brew lab Facebook page for more information.

This podcast is a visit with Charles Carey, the CEO of the parent company of U.S. Modules and WTAW's Bill Oliver. West of Easterwood Airport, production is about to begin on solar panels used in solar energy farms around the state. Charles Carey is the CEO of the parent corporation that owns U.S. Modules, where during the last year and a half has been spent building the 150,000 square foot complex...

This podcast contains comments from the March 17, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members at their March regular meeting (March 17) approve adding six positions as part of this August's opening of the district's expanded career and technical education (CTE) center. The new positions are one teacher for automotive, one teacher for welding, and one for...

College Station City Councilman David White visits with Will Welch on The Infomaniacs Friday, March 20, 2026, to discuss the proposed extension of Pebble Creek Parkway, fire department union activities, economic development, a preview of the next city council meeting, and more. 

City of Bryan Mayor Pro Tem James Edge joined Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, March 19, 2026, to discuss new and future improvements at Midtown Park, the upcoming Troubadour Festival, Flock cameras, and more. 

Brazos County Sheriff Wayne Dicky joined Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, March 19, 2026,  to discuss employment opportunities, the disappearance of Nikki Winder, the return of a Brazos County Crime Stoppers fundraising event, Flock cameras, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from College Station ISD superintendent Tim Harkrider at the March 17, 2026 CSISD school board meeting. The March regular meeting of the College Station ISD school board was supposed to include recommendations from the district's budget committee for the next school year. But board members were told that will come in April. Superintendent Tim Harkrider says the delay...

This podcast contains comments from the March 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. More than one hour was spent at the March regular meeting of Bryan city council on a rezoning request. In June 2022, a Bryan non profit agency received a conditional use permit to operate a professional office east of downtown Bryan for counseling services. Made Well Ministries later expanded services on adjacent pr...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County tax assessor-collector Melissa Leonard and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Employees at the Brazos County tax office fielded phone calls Wednesday (March 18) from property owners who say they have received text messages that tax assessor-collector Melissa Leonard says they did not send. The text message refers to an upcoming auction of properties with delinquent taxe...

College Station Mayor Pro Tem William Wright joined WTAW's Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, to discuss the city's economic development plan, water, the firefighter's union, upcoming city events, and more. 

United Way of the Brazos Valley president Lizett Hawkins and the executive director of UWBV partner agency Faith Mission in Brenham Randy Wells visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on March 17, 2026.

This podcast is a visit with Bethany Dennis at American Airlines and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Local fans of Texas A&M football have the opportunity to fly non stop to two road games in the 2026 season. Bethany Dennis at American Airlines, who graduated from A&M in 2019, says reservations are available for direct flights from Easterwood Airport to and from Birmingham for the Alabama game and to...

This podcast contains comments from the March 10, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. The city of College Station asked Brazos County commissioners to not use city hall as a voting center for the primary runoff election's early voting period.  County commissioners at their March 10th meeting decided to not move as offered by the city to the Meyer center on Dartmouth next to Wolf Pen Creek Park....

This podcast contains comments from Bryan deputy city manager Hugh Walker at the March 10, 2026 city council workshop meeting. It's been just over one year since Bryan firefighters had to move out of the station that is located across Texas Avenue from Davila middle school. At the city council's March 10th meeting, unanimous approval was given to award a $309,900 dollar contract that deputy city m...

This podcast is comments from Brazos County district attorney Jarvis Parsons at the March 10, 2026 county commission meeting. Brazos County district attorney Jarvis Parsons tells county commissioners about the success of his first one-day version of his multi-week citizens prosecutors academy.  Parsons said the North Bryan community center was packed for January's "D.A. In A Day" event. Based on a...