WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from Brazos County county judge Duane Peters from the March 10, 2026 county commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners approve continuing negotiations to address issues with two companies involved in expanding the juvenile detention center that began in 2018. An extension was approved at the commission's March 10th meeting of a legal document that is called a "t...

This podcast contains comments from Habitat for Humanity Bryan/College Station spokesman Charles Coats at the March 24, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Habitat for Humanity Bryan/College Station is accepting their first homebuyer applications in a year and a half. That was part of an update given by spokesman Charles Coats at Tuesday's (March 24) Brazos County commission meeting. As a part...

This podcast contains comments from city of College Station deputy city manager Jeff Capps and city councilmen William Wright and David White. This Thursday (March 26) is the College Station city council's first meeting in a month.  The nearly 1,300 page agenda does not include discussion in public or private about some firefighters interest to ask voters to recognize them as a civil service organ...

United Way of the Brazos Valley president Lizett Hawkins and Jason Kinderman of KinderHill brew lab visit with WTAW's Bill Oliver about the Spring Fling dunk tank fundraiser on Saturday, March 28th from noon until 10 p.m. at the brewery's new location at 505 West 31st Street in downtown Bryan. Click HERE to be directed to the KinderHill brew lab Facebook page for more information.

This podcast is a visit with Charles Carey, the CEO of the parent company of U.S. Modules and WTAW's Bill Oliver. West of Easterwood Airport, production is about to begin on solar panels used in solar energy farms around the state. Charles Carey is the CEO of the parent corporation that owns U.S. Modules, where during the last year and a half has been spent building the 150,000 square foot complex...

This podcast contains comments from the March 17, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members at their March regular meeting (March 17) approve adding six positions as part of this August's opening of the district's expanded career and technical education (CTE) center. The new positions are one teacher for automotive, one teacher for welding, and one for...

College Station City Councilman David White visits with Will Welch on The Infomaniacs Friday, March 20, 2026, to discuss the proposed extension of Pebble Creek Parkway, fire department union activities, economic development, a preview of the next city council meeting, and more. 

City of Bryan Mayor Pro Tem James Edge joined Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, March 19, 2026, to discuss new and future improvements at Midtown Park, the upcoming Troubadour Festival, Flock cameras, and more. 

Brazos County Sheriff Wayne Dicky joined Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, March 19, 2026,  to discuss employment opportunities, the disappearance of Nikki Winder, the return of a Brazos County Crime Stoppers fundraising event, Flock cameras, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from College Station ISD superintendent Tim Harkrider at the March 17, 2026 CSISD school board meeting. The March regular meeting of the College Station ISD school board was supposed to include recommendations from the district's budget committee for the next school year. But board members were told that will come in April. Superintendent Tim Harkrider says the delay...

This podcast contains comments from the March 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. More than one hour was spent at the March regular meeting of Bryan city council on a rezoning request. In June 2022, a Bryan non profit agency received a conditional use permit to operate a professional office east of downtown Bryan for counseling services. Made Well Ministries later expanded services on adjacent pr...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County tax assessor-collector Melissa Leonard and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Employees at the Brazos County tax office fielded phone calls Wednesday (March 18) from property owners who say they have received text messages that tax assessor-collector Melissa Leonard says they did not send. The text message refers to an upcoming auction of properties with delinquent taxe...

College Station Mayor Pro Tem William Wright joined WTAW's Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, to discuss the city's economic development plan, water, the firefighter's union, upcoming city events, and more. 

United Way of the Brazos Valley president Lizett Hawkins and the executive director of UWBV partner agency Faith Mission in Brenham Randy Wells visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on March 17, 2026.

This podcast is a visit with Bethany Dennis at American Airlines and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Local fans of Texas A&M football have the opportunity to fly non stop to two road games in the 2026 season. Bethany Dennis at American Airlines, who graduated from A&M in 2019, says reservations are available for direct flights from Easterwood Airport to and from Birmingham for the Alabama game and to...

This podcast contains comments from the March 10, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. The city of College Station asked Brazos County commissioners to not use city hall as a voting center for the primary runoff election's early voting period.  County commissioners at their March 10th meeting decided to not move as offered by the city to the Meyer center on Dartmouth next to Wolf Pen Creek Park....

This podcast contains comments from Bryan deputy city manager Hugh Walker at the March 10, 2026 city council workshop meeting. It's been just over one year since Bryan firefighters had to move out of the station that is located across Texas Avenue from Davila middle school. At the city council's March 10th meeting, unanimous approval was given to award a $309,900 dollar contract that deputy city m...

This podcast is comments from Brazos County district attorney Jarvis Parsons at the March 10, 2026 county commission meeting. Brazos County district attorney Jarvis Parsons tells county commissioners about the success of his first one-day version of his multi-week citizens prosecutors academy.  Parsons said the North Bryan community center was packed for January's "D.A. In A Day" event. Based on a...

This podcast contains comments from the March 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting and a portion of a March 13, 2026 interview on WTAW's The Infomaniacs with College Station deputy city manager Jeff Capps. Traffic cameras that read license plates have and continued to be installed along state highways around Brazos County. The Bryan city council at its March regular meeting unanimously approved add...

City of College Station Deputy City Manager Jeff Capps joined WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Friday, March 13, 2026, to talk about water conservation and supply, fire department union activities, traffic cameras used by the police department, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from the March 10, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. For the second straight year, a member of the Brazos Valley beekeepers association asks county commissioners to direct staff to not kill honeybees. Chris Barnes, who with his wife have 60 honeybee colonies around Brazos County, gave commissioners his contact information when county employees working outside co...

This podcast contains comments from the February 26, 2026 College Station city council meeting. In November of 2025, 75 people interested in the future of College Station's Midtown district met with city staff. Results of that gathering were shared at the last meeting of the city council on February 26th. Click HERE to read and download the College Station Midtown district area plan report. Click...

This podcast contains comments from the March 10, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting and  an interview during WTAW's The Infomaniacs program on March 11, 2026. The Bryan city council's interest in Union Pacific railroad not sounding train horns in the downtown area dates back to 2007. Almost 20 years later, the current council is still waiting for the railroad to approve a quiet zone. The co...

City of Bryan Recreation Coordinator Maddie Green joined WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, March 12, 2026, to talk about the Annual Senior Dance, Games & Grounds, other upcoming senior programs, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from city of Bryan economic development director Todd McDaniel at the March 10, 2026 city council meeting. The Bryan city council approves an economic development agreement with the world's largest privately owned producer of industrial gases. Messer LLC, based in Germany, plans to open a more than $65 million dollar facility east of the freeway and south of Tabor Ro...