WTAW - Interviews

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about the police chief's recent report to the city council, the proposed "sports tourism complex" on city owned land, the recent town hall College Station councilman David White hosted in the Pebble Creek neighborhood, the operation of the Brazos County health district, economic development issues, and more during his appearance o...

This podcast contains comments from the February 26, 2026 College Station city council meeting. In October 2025, a College Station businessowner pitched the city council a public private partnership proposal to build a $55 to $60 million dollar "sports tourism complex". The council at its February 26th meeting unanimously approved a non-binding letter of intent on what could lead to the city provi...

This podcast contains comments from the February 26, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Trash talk opened the public comment period at the last College Station city council meeting (February 26). Former councilwoman Linda Harvell, who lives south of the Texas A&M campus, asks the council to do something to remove trash containers from residential streets. Harvell says some renters comp...

This podcast is a visit recorded February 27, 2026 with the retiring co-owners of Readfield Meats & Deli, Larry, Roland, and Richard Ruffino, their cousin J.J. Ruffino, and WTAW's Scott DeLucia. The more than 60 year old family owned and operated Readfield Meats and Deli in Bryan may not be going away. A cousin of the brothers who own the store, J.J. Ruffino, says in response to potential buye...

This podcast is a visit on the next to last day of a 47 year career with Caroline Gleaton of Texas A&M's college of agriculture and WTAW's Bill Oliver. A Texas A&M agriculture college employee in College Station wrapped up a 47 year career Friday (February 27). Caroline Gleaton, for 40 years, is credited with starting and maintaining a database that is used by A&M extension's cotton sp...

City of College Station Assistant Director of Water Stephen Maldonado joined WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to provide updates on water services, offer a reminder on conservation, compare current water usage to levels from 18 years ago, discuss planning for future growth and infrastructure, address rising water prices, drought monitoring, challenges from state and federal government, available irrigation re...

This podcast contains three interviews conducted by WTAW News Director Bill Oliver, the first with Brazos County Republican Party chairman Russ Ford, the second with congressional district 10 Republican candidate Ben Bius, and the third with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock. Voters in Brazos County's Republican primary election are being warned to proofread their ballots. That's...

This podcast is a visit with a spokesman of the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial and WTAW alumnus Tom Turbiville and Scott DeLucia on WTAW's The Infomaniacs February 26, 2026. The Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial at College Station's Veterans Park will dedicate its newest statue on Saturday morning (February 28) at 10:30. The new statue, which honors veterans of the Mexican Border Service, is a repr...

Bryan police officer Seth Waller joined WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, February 26, 2026, to talk about the Blue Bunny Egg Hunt, home security, the impact of A.I. on the department, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 17, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting and the February 23, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Existing religious practices by students and employees in Bryan and College Station ISD's will continue. Over the last two weeks, school board members in Bryan and College Station ISD addressed a requirement from a new state law passed in last...

Bryan Mayor Pro Tem James Edge visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss the new city manager, Bryan Texas Utilities, the fire department, Midtown Park updates, the Troubadour Festival, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 24, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners approve adding two new state historical markers outside the courthouse. Historical commission chairman Henry Mayo says one of the new state plaques will recognize a Black state lawmaker who represented Brazos County after the Civil War, John Mitchell of Burleson County. Mayo said...

This podcast contains comments from the February 24, 2026 Brazos County commission emergency meeting. Brazos County commissioners reinstate a burn ban. The 60 day ban, applying outside of city limits, can be terminated before April 25th if weather conditions change. Commissioners unanimously accepted the recommendation of the county's four rural fire chief and emergency management coordinator Jaso...

This podcast contains comments from the February 20, 2026 meeting of the Texas board of criminal justice. Starting April 1st, Texas prison inmates will no longer be receiving hardback books. That's part of a policy change approved by the board governing the prison system. Last Friday's (February 20) unanimous vote followed staff recommendations that this will reduce the amount of illegal drugs bei...

This podcast is a recording of WTAW's United Way of the Brazos Valley report on February 23, 2026 with UWBV president Lizett Hawkins and the program director at UWBV partner agency Unbound Now B/CS, Naomi Rijpstra.

This podcast contains comments from the February 5, 2026 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents building committee. For more than 30 years, Texas A&M's cyclotron institute has been testing electronics for how it stands up to radiation. A $28 million dollar expansion requested by the institute's director and recommended by A&M's interim president was approved at February's boa...

This podcast contains comments from the February 17, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members get requests to add a third athletic trainer and a second choir director at Consolidated and College Station High schools. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials on the request at the February 17, 2026 meeting to add athletic trainers. Click H...

College Station City Councilman Mark Smith visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to review this week’s council retreat and discuss next week’s council meeting and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Friday, February 20, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 19, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. In November 2025, Bryan city council members expressed no opposition to spending around $700,000 dollars to catch up on maintaining Travis Field stadium after the Brazos Valley Bombers left the facility. Deputy city manager Hugh Walker updated the council at its February 10th meeting on what's been done since the...

Brazos County Commissioner Fred Brown visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss budgets, expansions, the health department, local concerns, online presence, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, February 19, 2026. 

The city of Bryan's new Parks, Recreation & Facilities Director Mike Riggens visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss the growth of new and existing parks, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, pickleball courts, park and facility safety, potential aquatic center upgrades, Travis Park renovations, the Bryan YardDogs minor league baseball team, and more during his appearance on The Infomania...

This podcast contains comments from the February 5, 2026 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents building committee. The largest university poultry science program in the country is at Texas A&M.At this month's board of regents meeting, approval was given to proceed with a new $36 million dollar complex. The new complex, which is in the design phase, will replace the 40 year old c...

This podcast contains comments from the February 17, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members are told that the application period for out of district transfer students will be extended past the original deadline of next week. Superintendent Tim Harkrider said during Tuesday's regular meeting (February 17) that they have received 15 applications. In r...

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss incentivizing more density in the community and the impact it could have on crime rates, whether the city is a sports tourism city or a university city, landing place for the city, economic development, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 10, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. The Bryan city council at its February workshop meeting directed staff to formalize recommendations to limit some downtown parking and how to enforce the future restrictions. Portions of a three block area along Main Street and Bryan Avenue would be limited to two hour parking weekdays between 8 a.m. and...