WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the October 14, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners approve contracts that provides a total of $775,000 dollars in state grant money to help pay some employees in the county attorney and sheriff's offices. The sheriff's office will receive $500,000 dollars and the county attorney's office $275,000 dollars. It is the first time the...

This podcast contains comments from the October 14, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners approve contracts with seven organizations that provides services to county residents. While there was a unanimous vote at Tuesday's meeting (October 14), concerns were expressed by commissioner Fred Brown. The first year commissioner said "I hate spending taxpayer dollars on thin...

This podcast contains comments from the September 30, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. A Bryan man has filed a second federal lawsuit against Brazos County after the district attorney's office filed two criminal cases on charges of failing to register as a sex offender. This was discussed during the county commission's September 30th meeting. The commission's general counsel, Bruce Erratt, s...

This podcast contains comments from Brazos County district atttorney Jarvis Parsons and the head of the Brazos County public defenders office Nathan Wood during the October 14, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. The Brazos County commission's October 14th meeting was the first where members received regular updates from elected and appointed department heads. The initial speakers were district...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock and WTAW's Bill Oliver, recorded October 14 2025. Monday, October 20, is the first day of early voting for school board candidates in Bryan and College Station ISD and 17 proposed amendments to the Texas constitution. Voting centers around Brazos County are located at: Brazos County Election Administrator Office in do...

College Station Councilwoman Melissa McIlhaney visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the recent proposal of a datacenter, nondisclosure agreements, a proposed baseball complex, locating her company in College Station, the length of city council meetings, citizen engagement, job reviews on city administration, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a recording of Texas A&M interim president Tommy Williams first visit with local reporters on October 16, 2025. Texas A&M interim president Tommy Williams, finishing his second week in that position, met with local reporters for the first time.  Williams said during the nearly 20 minute visit on Thursday (October 16) that he was surprised when he got a call from the chancel...

Joel Bryan, Bryan ISD School Board Member, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the upcoming bond election, the three different propositions, the tax rate, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Brazos County Sheriff Wayne Dicky visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about becoming sheriff, ICE, housing criminals from other counties, recruiting jail employees, this year's budget, agriculture related crimes, the "R U OK?" program, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the October 14, 2025 special meeting of the Bryan city council. The Bryan city council is working on giving economic development incentives to a third prospect on the RELLIS campus. During a special meeting on Tuesday (October 14), the council approved establishing another "reinvestment zone", which Todd McDaniel of Bryan's economic development office said would...

This podcast contains comments from the October 7, 2025 Bryan city council meeting. The cities of Bryan and College Station take another step towards protecting the cities future water supply. A letter signed by the city managers of both cities was sent to the 11 county groundwater management area (GMA 12) that includes both cities. The letter asks for permission to pump from an underground aquife...

This podcast contains comments from the October 9, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The executive director of a College Station retirement community asks the College Station city council to take over a privately owned street that motorists are using as a city street. Stacey Nehring of the Langford says motorists are using Carroll Fancher Way as a shortcut between the freeway and Midtown...

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about planting new trees, a sewer trunkline, a proposed baseball field complex by Costco, the length of City of College Station council meetings, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the October 14, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners approve a request to impose a burn ban for unincorporated areas. Click HERE to read and download the burn ban order approved at the October 14, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. The unanimous vote followed recommendations from the county's four fire chiefs and emergency manag...

This week's United Way of the Brazos Valley update highlighted Koll Interiors' "Chair the Good" program. 

This podcast is a visit with College Station ISD communications director Austin Dunson and WTAW's Bill Oliver. College Station ISD is hosting its first ever school board candidates forum. CSISD communications director Austin Dunson says those running for the three contested at-large seats are invited to answer questions from representatives of the Texas Association of School Boards and questions s...

This podcast contains comments from the October 9, 2025 College Station city council meeting. A local businessman's idea of a public private partnership for a $55 to $60 million dollar baseball complex behind the Costco store has interest of the College Station city council. No official direction was given at Thursday night's (October 9) council meeting. But the developer, the managing partner of...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County assistant district attorney Jessica Escue and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The Brazos County district attorney's office is trying to get a Bryan man to prison as quickly as possible. This is after a judge on Tuesday (October 7) sentenced 27 year old Joseph Sweed to ten years after a jury convicted him in June for assaulting a detention officer in March of 2024. As...

Bryan Woods, City Manager, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about last night's council meeting, a potential trolley system between College Station and Bryan, the proposed multipurpose event center at Hensel Park, this week's presentation about a new baseball complex behind the Costco store, non-disclosure agreements, citizen feedback, the former Macy's store building, and more during his appearanc...

This podcast contains comments from the September 25, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council gets an update on the formation of an economic development master plan. A 40 page report was part of a 30 minute presentation at the council's September 25th meeting. Quoting the report, the goal of the master plan is "To prepare a five-year economic development master...

This podcast contains comments from the October 7, 2025 Bryan city council meeting. The end of the Bryan city council's October regular meeting was spent honoring city manager Kean Register, who is retiring next month. Register received a proclamation and all seven council members paid tribute to the longest serving manager in the city's history. Register was named city manager on a permanent basi...

This podcast contains comments from the September 30, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. A unanimous Brazos County commission gives the purchasing office additional authority not requiring prior commission approval. Among other things, the office can approve contracts of up to $100,000 dollars. That was the subject of comments by two commissioners at their last business meeting on September 30...

Lacey Lively, Communications & Marketing Director, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the upcoming household hazardous waste collection event, the newest statue at the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County 85th district court judge Kyle Hawthorne and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Brazos County district court's administrative judge is retiring.  85th district court judge Kyle Hawthorne is not running for re-election in 2026. Hawthorne tells WTAW News he was trying to "sneak out as quietly as possible", adding after he and his family made the decision he told his staff...

This podcast contains comments from the October 7, 2025 Bryan city council workshop meeting. The Bryan city council expresses no objections with the design of a signature playground at Midtown Park. Construction will take 15 months to complete of the $4.2 million dollar project, which is $300,000 dollars under budget. A $2 million dollar foundation grant and $2.5 million from the city funds what m...