WTAW - Interviews

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the proposed tax rate, other budget items, an upcoming report on the recreation center study, development in the midtown area, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with Debbie Albert of the Texas A&M system Transportation Institute and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Before the Texas A&M football season opens, traffic patterns before and after home games have been reviewed. Debbie Albert at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute listed the following gameday traffic changes during a presentation this month at the Bryan/College Station...

THis podcast contains comments from the August 18, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council will take public comments August 28th about setting the proposed property tax rate for the 2026 fiscal year budget at the highest level without requiring a public vote. The council can lower the rate but can not increase it. What received council consensus at their August...

Kathleen Sanderson visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about changes to this year's tutoring program, how kids can participate, the Salvation Army's clothing closet, other outreach programs, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

College Station Councilman William Wright visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about his kids going back to school, repealing the overoccupancy ordinance, the proposed property tax rate, a future convention center, the Wolf Pen Creek area, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the August 12, 2025 Bryan city council workshop meeting. The Bryan city council receives its third annual report from the operators of the city owned Legends Events Center. General manager Jamie Cox says since opening in December of 2022, there have been 635,000 users. Councilmembers were also told there have been 79 special events, 279 meetings and parties, alm...

This podcast contains two interviews...with Brazos County juvenile services volunteer and mentor coordinator Cornelius Gray and with the CEO of the Arts Center of the Brazos Valley, Leslie Bowlin. Since 2008, the Arts Center of the Brazos Valley (ACBV) has led a summertime arts project involving teenagers who are residents at the Brazos County juvenile services center. This summer's project was pa...

This podcast contains comments from the July 24, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The annual report from the landfill agency co owned by the cities of College Station and Bryan to the College Station city council included updates on multiple projects. The deputy director of the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency (BVSWMA) brought up the expanding drilling of wells at Twin Oaks la...

This podcast contains comments from the August 14, 2025 meeting of the Texas A&M faculty senate. Monday (August 11) WAS the final regular meeting of the Texas A&M faculty senate after more than 40 years as an independent body. Faculty senates at public universities around Texas lost their independence as the result of legislation passed during the regular session.  Senate Bill 37 was suppo...

Lacey Lively, Bryan’s Communications & Marketing Director, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about fall activities, the Parks and Recreation Department, Aggie Football Game Day shuttles, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the August 12, 2025 Bryan city council meeting. In June of 2024, the Bryan city council voted six to one against rezoning land at Copperfield and Boonville for a $67 million dollar luxury apartment complex. Tuesday night (August 12), the council approved the rezoning by a six to one margin. The vote came after more than two hours of comments from 15 public speak...

This podcast contains comments from the August 12, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council is told there is $144 million dollars available to borrow for capital projects. Councilmembers spent 60 minutes during a special meeting Tuesday (August 12) sharing their opinion about the future of 14 projects. That was followed by 30 minutes of discussing those preferenc...

This podcast is a visit with the executive director of the Bryan/College Station metropolitan planning organization Dan Rudge and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Two studies were given the green light last week by the policy board of the Bryan/College Station metropolitan planning organization (MPO). MPO executive director Dan Rudge says in the 2026 fiscal year, a consultant will be hired to do what Rudge des...

Bryan mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with Scott DeLucia on WTAW's The Infomaniacs August 13, 2025. Topics includes development of the 2026 fiscal year Bryan city budget.

This podcast contains comments from the August 7, 2025 special meeting of the College Station ISD school board. A new state law affecting the operation of public school libraries was discussed during a special meeting of the College Station ISD school board by members, administrators, and three parents who spoke during a public comment period. The CSISD board will consider action to comply with Se...

This podcast contains comments from the August 4, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting. No one on the Bryan ISD school board continues to express any opposition about a possible $397 million dollar bond issue election this November. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the August 4, 2025 Bryan ISD board meeting. During the BISD board's August 4th meeting, one concern was stat...

This podcast contains comments during the August 7, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting from CSISD's facilities director Paul Buckner. College Station ISD school board members approve adding $345,400 dollars to the contract to replace the roof at Consolidated High School. CSISD facilities director Paul Buckner says this is to remove the portion of the existing roof in the area of electri...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County district attorney Jarvis Parsons and WTAW's Bill Oliver. After a hiatus of a couple of years, the Brazos County district attorney's office has brought back their citizens prosecutor academy. The academy meets on nine Tuesday nights starting September 9th.  A partial list of what participants will learn includes: • The Role of the Grand Jury • The Ethical...

This podcast contains comments from the August 7, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members unanimously agree with administration recommendations on how to comply with new state laws. Superintendent Tim Harkrider said during Thursday's (August 7) special meeting of the CSISD board that there's never been so much coming out of a regular legislative sess...

City of College Station chief of staff Ross Brady visits with Scott DeLucia on WTAW's The Infomaniacs August 8, 2025. Topics includes the responsibilities of the city's chief of staff, monitoring what is happening in the state legislature, and the city's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget.

This podcast contains comments from the August 4, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members approve changes in its student code of conduct that reflects new state laws. Administrators shared those changes before the board's unanimous vote at Monday's (August 4) board meeting. Click HERE to read and download a summary that was presented at the August 4, 2025 Bryan ISD scho...

State Representative Paul Dyson of Bryan (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about a possible quorum on Friday, options to continue to special session, ongoing discussions in Austin, redistricting, THC regulations, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Zyreshia Jackson, Community & Economic Development Specialist, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about an arts and culture development grant, who should apply, how to apply, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the executive director of the Bryan/College Station metropolitan planning organization, Dan Rudge, visiting with WTAW's Bill Oliver on August 6, 2025. One of Brazos County's governmental boards dealing with transportation issues has a rare meeting where there are public speakers.  The policy board of the Bryan/College Station metropolitan planning organization (...

This podcast contains comments from the July 29, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. More time is taken than usual by Brazos County commissioners addressing what in the past has been a routine agenda item.  During the commission's July 29th meeting, a public speaker asked why the commission would consider a developer's incomplete subdivision plat application. County engineer Prathana Banerji, w...