WTAW - Interviews

Brad Stafford, Parks, Recreation, and Facilities Director, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about preparing for the Games of Texas, facilities being used, visiting athletes, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Acting Brazos County Judge Kyle Kacal visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about terminating the east loop highway design contract, improving communication with citizens, monitoring the legislative special session, working with the cities of Bryan and College Station, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about a new H-E-B store, development around the city, the Brazos County Commission’s decision to terminate the east loop highway project, the format of council meetings, College Station’s plan for a convention center, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the July 29, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners terminate the design contract for the loop highway to the east of Bryan and College Station. This follows months of public comments from opponents who live in and near the path of the highway. Commissioner Chuck Konderla's motion was not only to terminate the design contract, but to...

This podcast contains comments from the July 24, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council awarded an $849,000 dollar design contract at its last meeting as part of a nearly $6 million dollar budget to build and replace sidewalks and shared use paths. Capital projects director Jennifer Cain said the city's bicycle, pedestrian, and greenways advisory committee was...

This podcast contains comments from the July 21, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members hear a second time from representatives of the committee that is promoting a $397 million dollar bond issue in this November's election. The BISD board has until August 18th to call the bond election, which supporters say will not increase the property tax rate. The last BISD board...

This podcast contains comments from the July 15, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. A proposal to change public comment rules during Brazos County commission meetings was defeated in a divided vote. Click HERE to read and download the proposed changes that were not approved at the July 15, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Acting county judge Kyle Kacal summarized the changes. The proposa...

This podcast contains comments from the July 10, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council approves the annual spending of federal money targeting low and moderate income residents. The council's unanimous vote of a 169 page document at their July 24th meeting on how to spend $4 million dollars follows a public hearing that took place at the July 10th council meet...

This podcast contains comments from the July 15, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. The Brazos County historical commission has two new members. Before county commissioners voted on the nominees, commissioner Fred Brown called for applying for a share of $100 million dollars through a new program from the state legislature for courthouse renovations. Brown said since "we have the ugliest court...

This podcast contains comments from the July 24, 2025 College Station city council meeting. A majority of College Station city council members are still interested in building a convention center complex. That followed a 90 minute discussion at Thursday night's meeting (July 24) that included a second report from two outside consultants who say the construction cost is $505.6 million dollars, it w...

Jennifer Nations, College Station's Water Resource Coordinator, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about Smart Irrigation Month, how to schedule an irrigation check-up, smart irrigation system rebates, low water landscaping, irrigation reminder emails, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the July 21, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting. A Bryan ISD school board policy was amended this week to reflect a new state law banning students from having cell phones and other personal devices turned on and on their person during the school day. Click HERE to read the amended Bryan ISD board policy on communications devices that was approved at the board's...

This podcast contains comments from the July 15, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners did not have a business meeting this week. The July 22nd meeting was cancelled to allow members to attend a meeting in Waco with their colleagues from north and east Texas. Last week (July 15), the business included commissioners extending a contract with an outside company that hire...

Rachael Altman and Suellen Dunn from the Carnegie History Center visit with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about how the history center was established, genealogy services offered, tours, and more during their appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit recorded July 23, 2025 with Dr. Sean Collins of Texas A&M's veterinary medicine college, who performed surgery on Reveille X, the first lady of Aggieland and A&M's official mascot.  The official mascot of Texas A&M is out of the public spotlight until this fall. Reveille X is recovering from successful surgery. Her right eye was removed due to glaucoma with sign...

This podcast is an edited visit with Brazos Valley Bombers co-owner Uri Geva's visit on The Zone's Louie Belina Show that aired July 22, 2025. Thursday night (July 24) begins the final regular season home stand for the Brazos Valley Bombers baseball team in Bryan. Team co-owner Uri Geva shared on The Zone's Louie Belina Show that this year's operations could not have gone any smoother. Geva also s...

This podcast contains comments from Brazos County congressman Michael McCaul at the beginning of the first hearing on July 22, 2025 of a homeland security committee task force on security issues facing future national special events. Congress launches a new task force to increase security for upcoming special events around the country. The chairman of the task force that is part of the homeland se...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County commissioner Chuck Konderla and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Further development of a proposed highway to the east of Bryan and College Station might be coming to an end. County commissioner Chuck Konderla, who represents most of the route of the proposed east loop, has placed on next Tuesday's agenda (July 29), terminating the contract with the design firm for th...

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about last week's budget workshop, new fire engines, this week's council meeting agenda, the convention and recreation center feasibility studies, the Texas legislature's special session, students returning, the Brazos Valley Bombers, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the July 10, 2025 College Station city council meeting. For the first time since 2019, the College Station city council approves a future voluntary annexation agreement. The agreement that was approved at the council's July 10th meeting is with the developer of more than 90 single family homes on 50 acres in an area generally bordered by Arrington Road, Nantucke...

This podcast contains comments from the July 15, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD administrators get school board approval to create four more advisory committees. Unanimous votes were made at July's board meeting to form a community advisory committee, a committee that works with CSISD bilingual students and their families, another to work with parents of CSISD s...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County district attorney Jarvis Parsons and WTAW's Bill Oliver. A Brazos County district court jury has sentenced Larry Bollin to a life prison term for murdering a co-worker in April 2021. Monday's decision (July 21) concluded a six day trial. The 31 year old Iola man is scheduled to be tried in Grimes County next month on a charge of wounding a DPS trooper fol...

This podcast contains comments from the July 15, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. When voters in College Station ISD approved a bond issue in November 2023, that included more than $31 million dollars to move the district's central office. Superintendent Tim Harkrider told board members during their July meeting that three attempts have failed to buy an existing building. Harkrider s...

College Station Councilman Mark Smith visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about this week's budget workshop meeting, funding for the Arts Center of the Brazos Valley and the Brazos County Health District, the Brazos Valley Bombers, Wolf Pen Creek Park, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

In February of 2024, the Bryan city council created a committee to study how to improve customer parking in the downtown area. The committee's latest report was presented during the council's July regular meeting.  There was no council opposition to getting feedback on committee recommendations from downtown stakeholders (business owners, employees, and residents) and visitors to the downtown area...