WTAW - Interviews

Allison Kay, Planning Administrator and Historic Preservation Officer, and Barbara Coody, Historic Landmark Commission Member, visit with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about their roles with the city, the importance of historic preservation, the Holiday Porch Stroll, joining the Historic Landmark Commission, other historic organizations, and more during their appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the September 16, 2025 Bryan city council meeting. The Bryan city council approves another voluntary annexation. Land across Highway 21 from the RELLIS campus will be rezoned to accept a data center and commercial businesses. The rezoning on property bordered by 21, OSR highway, and Fazzino Lane, would prohibit data centers involved in crypto mining. Katie Willi...

This podcast contains comments from the September 16, 2025 Blinn College trustees meeting. Blinn College fall enrollment is so far at its third highest headcount ever. And that's with enrollment continuing for remaining four, eight, and 12 week classes. That's part of the report given at Blinn trustees September 16th meeting. Vice chancellor Becky McBride's report repeated the continuing theme of...

This podcast contains comments from the August 29, 2025 Texas A&M faculty senate meeting. November 1 was the target date for Texas A&M's new faculty advisory council. This body, controlled by the board of regents and the president, was created by a new state law that eliminated A&M's faculty senate. Among other things, Senate Bill 37 requires the president to appoint the leadership and...

Bryan Mayor Pro Tem James Edge visits with WTAW's Chris Dusterhoff about annexing land near the RELLIS campus, the possibility of a new datacenter, power generation, the retirement of City Manager Kean Register, hiring a new city manager, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the September 16, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members learn the newly improved football and track at Consolidated Middle School has been closed to the public and coaches want the same to take place at the remaining middle schools. Assistant superintendent Josh Symank told board members at their September regula...

This podcast contains comments from the Brazos County commission public hearing on September 19th, 2025 and the commission's September 23rd, 2025 business meeting. The parent company of St. Joseph Health is planning to spend up to $20.6 million dollars on facilities in Brazos County. That's according to a document from Common Spirit Health that was approved by county commissioners. Click HERE to r...

This podcast is a visit with Bryan police officer Seth Waller and WTAW's Bill Oliver about registering for the annual National Night Out parties. The first Tuesday night in October is the annual visit by local law enforcement to local neighborhoods. Registration for National Night Out on October 7 is being promoted by the Bryan and College Station police departments and the Brazos County sheriff's...

This week's United Way of the Brazos Valley update features partner agency Catholic Charities of Central Texas. 

This podcast contains comments from the September 9, 2025 Bryan city council meeting. Downtown Bryan is getting new holiday lights and decorations. The new lighting replaces what was installed in the summer of 2018. A unanimous Bryan city council supported the proposal presented by an outside consultant at September 9th's regular meeting. The city's general fund will pay for the $69,000 dollar cos...

This podcast is the recording of the groundbreaking program of the new South Brazos County fire department fire station one west of Wellborn on Koppe Bridge Road, following by an interview with the president of the commission governing Brazos County emergency services district (ESD) one Rodger Stout and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Brazos County emergency services district (ESD) 1, which operates the South...

College Station Councilman David White visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the resignation of Texas A&M President Mark Welsh, the proposed datacenter, what he wants to see on that land, overoccupancy issues, parking restrictions, and more during his visit on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the September 18, 2025 special meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents. A special meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents took place Thursday (September 18). The agenda did not include a specific reference to the status of A&M president Mark Welsh. One state representative wants Welsh fired over the handling of a professor who was t...

Bryan Mayor Pro Tem James Edge visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about construction near the new H-E-B site, parking in Downtown Bryan, Amazon coming to Bryan, the retirement of City Manager Kean Register, upcoming events, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Brazos County Commissioner Bentley Nettles visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about changing the meeting schedule, his first nine months on the job, improving transparency, the new Director of Forensic Services, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the September 16, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. Parents of elementary students in College Station ISD now know where their children will be going to school next year. While the vote at Tuesday night's (September 16) meeting was unanimous, there was a 30 minute discussion after board member Kimberly McAdams withdrew a motion to table the vote unt...

This podcast contains comments from the September 8, 2025 Bryan city council meeting. The Bryan city council's regular September meeting included a report from councilman Ray Arrington that only one street sign correctly identified Martin Luther King, Jr.  City manager Kean Register told Arrington said staff was aware of signs that did not include Junior. As of September 17th, sign replacements we...

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Chris Dusterhoff about last week's city council meeting, how to better the process of real estate deals involving the city, the Midtown Area, datacenters and cell towers, high occupancy in neighborhoods, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

College Station Police Officer David Simmons discusses Tuesday morning's murder-suicide at a local College Station carwash and washateria. 

This week's United Way of the Brazos Valley update featured Texas A&M University's Kim Fox discussing the 2025 State Employee Charitable Campaign.

Spokeswoman Kathleen Sanderson visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about volunteer opportunities, donations, and more during her monthly update on The Infomaniacs.

Joel Bryan, Bryan ISD School Board Member, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the 2025 bond package, the three separate bond propositions, what they include, why the are important, misconceptions, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the August 27, 2025 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents committee on academic and student affairs (CASA). October 2025 marks two years since Texas A&M's president announced an citizenship and service initiative. At the August meeting of the A&M system board of regents committee on academic and student affairs (CASA), Mark Welsh said the...

Jennifer Prochazka, Assistant City Manager, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the council's decision to reject a land sale for a proposed datacenter, neighborhood parking, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the September 9, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners spent time at the end of this week's regular meeting (September 9) the life of former county judge Al Jones, who died September 4th at the age of 94. Commissioner Chuck Konderla said after he was the victim of a hit and run crash 30 years ago, Jones assisted him with contacting p...