WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the November 17, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members at the November 17th meeting were given an update on the education foundation bringing comfort dogs to three elementary schools.  The principal at Kemp-Carver, Alison Boggan introduced June, who is a one year old black Labrador. Boggan and Kemp-Carver teacher Cara Peters shared...

This podcast contains comments from the November 24, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council's second meeting of November was moved to Monday (November 24) due to Thanksgiving. Purchases approved by the council included new playground equipment at three city parks. Assistant parks and recreation director Gene Ballew explained the process of selecting Castlegate,...

This podcast contains comments from the November 18, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members spent more than 40 minutes at the end of the November regular meeting discussing in private, who will lead the board for the next 12 months.  After the executive session, there was no public discussion before making two votes. The first was a unanimous vote n...

This podcast contains comments from the November 13, 2025 College Station city council meeting. Action at the College Station city council meeting on November 13th included unanimous approval was given to updates in the fire and life safety codes as presented by fire chief Richard Mann. The chief said the biggest change is adding a section about lithium batteries. There is also a new requirement f...

This week's United Way of the Brazos Valley update features partner agency Save Our Streets Ministries. 

This podcast contains comments from the November 18, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. The Monday before Thanksgiving was the start of the projected $17 million dollar renovation of the Brazos County administration building. The county's project manager, Trevor Lansdown, told commissioners during their November 18th meeting that the current public entrance will be closed, a new sidewalk will...

This podcast contains comments from the November 18, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD board members take the next step towards admitting out of district students. But the two newest CSISD board members did not vote with the majority on two motions during November's regular meeting. Former superintendent Mike Martindale voted against changing CSISD's district of in...

This podcast is a recording of the ceremonial groundbreaking of "The Big 6" expansion of Earl Rudder Freeway on November 20, 2025. Speakers were Texas department of transportation (TxDOT) Bryan district engineer Chad Bohne, Brazos County state representative Paul Dyson, acting Brazos County judge Kyle Kacal, Bryan city councilman mayor pro-tem James Edge, College Station mayor John Nichols, the ex...

College Station Councilman Scott Shafer visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about his job at Texas A&M University, The Big 6 expansion project, improving transportation safety on Texas A&M's campus, citizen input, the Northgate District, the former Macy's store, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the November 13, 2025 Texas A&M system board of regents meeting. November's quarterly meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents included action and discussion on nine building related projects. After seven years of planning, construction will start soon on the new home of Texas A&M's meat science and technology center. The $114 million dollar...

Bryan Councilman Paul Torres visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about naming Andrew Nelson as the new city manager, maintenance at Travis Field, improving facilities, working with REV, what he is hearing from constituents, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Brazos County Commissioner Wanda Watson visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the makeup of the current commissioners court, Fred Brown's experience, new development, the new medical examiner's office, citizen input, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the November 18, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members unanimously decide to spend money from the November 2023 bond issue to build a new central administration office. The building will be located on property owned by CSISD on Sebesta Road, east of the freeway between Rock Prairie Road and Emerald Parkway. Board...

With little time to spare, a new lighted Christmas tree will make its debut in downtown Bryan Friday evening (November 21) for the annual "Lights On!" event. Interim city manager Hugh Walker told the city council during their November 11th meeting that the L-E-D tree was arriving the week of the event. And Walker asked for prayers for city employees who would be installing the new tree in front of...

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about naming Andrew Nelson as new city manager, the new summer baseball team, improvements at Travis Field, Midtown Park, incentives for building on the RELLIS campus, holiday events, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with the executive director of Brazos County 9-1-1 Patrick Corley and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Tuesday (November 18) began the trial period of artificial intelligence (A.I.) being used in the Brazos County 9-1-1 dispatch center. Executive director Patrick Corley says A.I. will greet callers to the non-emergency phone number for the city of Bryan and unincorporated areas of Brazo...

This podcast contains comments from the November 13, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council officially moves a new baseball complex to a third location. At the council's last meeting (November 13), unanimous approval was given to end design and construction contracts for a stadium and three fields at Veterans Park and to proceed with a stadium and eight fields...

This week's United Way of the Brazos Valley update features partner agency The Prenatal Clinic.

This podcast contains comments from the October 23, 2025 College Station city council meeting. Two city of College Station road projects now involve eminent domain proceedings. That follows the city council voting 4-2 during its October 23rd on both projects. One project involves building a roundabout at Victoria and Creek Meadows Boulevard which also involves relocating a water line and adding a...

This podcast contains comments from the November 13, 2025 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council votes five to two against a zoning change to build nearly 900 homes on land surrounded by three existing subdivisions. The land south of Greens Prairie Road near fire station #7 that is under construction is bordered by the Greens Prairie Reserve, Sweetwater, and Woodlak...

This podcast is a recording of the Bryan/College Station Salvation Army Christmas holiday kickoff program that took place November 14, 2025. The Bryan/College Station Salvation Army’s annual holiday campaign is underway. Friday’s Christmas kickoff program (November 14) at Blue Baker restaurant on University begins the adoption of children who will receive gifts through the Angel Tree program and t...

This podcast contains comments from the November 13, 2025 Texas A&M system board of regents meeting. The Texas A&M system board of regents unanimously amend policies affecting faculty members. One policy change says no academic course within the system may teach race or gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity, unless the course and its materials are appro...

Michael Ostrowski, Chief Development Officer, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about council's decision to deny rezoning land near the new fire station, new baseball fields in Midtown, citizen input, Veterans Park, the former Macy's store, prospecting, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the November 11, 2025 Bryan city council workshop meeting.  No one on the Bryan city council expressed opposition to spending as much as $700,000 dollars on deferred maintenance at the Travis Field baseball stadium. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the November 11, 2025 Bryan city council meeting. This comes as the city resumes control...

This podcast contains comments from the November 11, 2025 Bryan city council workshop and business meetings. Conflicting observations of the operations at the Bryan fire department were shared during November's regular meeting of the city council. During a Tuesday afternoon workshop (November 11), fire chief Richard Guisti provided an update over the four years he has led the department. Click HER...