WTAW - Interviews

College Station City Manager Bryan Woods visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about government efficiency and effectiveness, results of the annual audit, the Northgate area plan, what he's watching for in Austin, the possibility of a convention center, the recent report from the fire department, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Trey Wharton of Huntsville (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the corrections committee, crime and prison legislation, filing and reviewing bills, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Makenzie Kubacak, Youth Services Librarian at the Bryan + College Station Public Library System, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the Brazos Valley Children's Literacy Festival and other upcoming events during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Brazos County State Senator Charles Schwertner visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about Glenn Hegar being named sole finalist for the next chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, the Make Texas Healthy bill, the session's progress, the budget, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Paul Dyson of Bryan (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about his recent hearings, issues with squatters, business legislation, meeting with Governor Abbott, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with Lauren Brown, who is assisting with the fundraising effort to assist the family of a Bryan police detective whose wife is hospitalized and whose younger son was killed in a March 3rd head on crash. A fundraising effort is underway to assist a Bryan police detective whose wife is hospitalized and whose younger son was killed in a head on crash.  Family friend Lauren Bro...

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about his recent travels, energy, the CHIPS Act, the Northgate district, Glenn Hegar being named sole finalist for the next Texas A&M University System chancellor, construction of William J. Bryan Parkway, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the March 11, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners approve a burn ban at Tuesday's meeting (March 11). The 30 day ban can be cancelled early if it rains. County judge Duane Peters noted "a lot of times that happens, if we pass one (burn ban) we get the rain in the next day or two, so it would be a good thing." The commission's unani...

This podcast contains comments from the March 4, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County residents who have requested copies of 100,000 pages of records from the November 2024 election will not have to spend as much money to get that information. That’s because county commissioners agree to buy software to remove names of 92,000 voters. Commissioners were told the price for the public...

This podcast contains interviews with College Station fire department captain Stuart Marrs and the chef at Harvey Washbangers restaurant and laundromat Michael Lair. A 25 year business in College Station is gone following a fire.  College Station firefighters responded around 5:30 Monday morning (March 10) to Harvey Washbangers, a combination restaurant and laundromat off Texas between Harvey and...

WTAW's Chelsea Reber visits with Kat Gammon from United Way of the Brazos Valley and Rebekah Nobles from Easter Seals of Greater Houston.

This podcast contains comments from the March 4, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners are asked to consider a policy calling for the live removal of honeybee colonies. Chris Barnes, who with his wife have 60 honeybee colonies around Brazos County, was among public speakers at this week's commission meeting (March 4). Barnes, who referred to the insects as "livestock",...

This podcast is with the chairman of the Brazos County Historical Commission, Henry Mayo, and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The grounds of what is now the federal women's prison in Bryan was established in 1899 as Allen Academy.  Tomorrow (Saturday, March 8), the Brazos County historical commission will dedicate a marker that replaces one that was installed in 1978 but disappeared in 2014.  Commission chair...

Jennifer Nations, Water Resource Coordinator, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about water tasting, fixing leaks, making coffee, rebates, landscaping, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Trey Wharton of Huntsville (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about his week in Austin, the Texas insurance industry, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with Caden Jones of the Destination Bryan tourism office and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The conversation includes a preview of the March 2025 First Friday in downtown Bryan, the return of the Big Barn Dance festival March 27-29, and a look ahead to April's downtown Bryan street and art festival on April 5.

Jeanelle Johnson, City of Bryan Emergency Management Coordinator, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about her background, her role, the next SKYWARN training, the STEAR program, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Paul Dyson of Bryan (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about committee hearings, orphan wells, judicial pay, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the February 27, 2025 College Station city council meeting. College Station city council members get a consultant's report that says there is enough business for a convention center with a connected hotel of 275 to 400 rooms. The hotel would be part of a complex that is recommended to have an exhibit hall, an event floor, two ballrooms, and meeting rooms. Click...

This podcast contains comments from a March 4, 2025 Brazos County commission public hearing. Brazos County commissioners hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would declare county owned land near Millican as the only place where a landfill could be located.  County judge Duane Peters repeated that the intent of the ordinance is to prevent a private landfill to be built anywhere else w...

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about keeping chickens in your backyard, a future recreation center and convention center, staff research, the Amazon drones, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the February 27, 2025 College Station city council meeting. For the first time since Texas A&M turned over fire protection services to the city of College Station, the university will pay the city a share of those costs. That's after the city council approved a five year agreement at their last meeting. Fire chief Richard Mann was congratulated for leading t...

This podcast contains comments from Brazos County emergency management coordinator Jason Ware during the March 4, 2025 county commission meeting. Brazos County's emergency management director told county commissioners that Tuesday morning rainfall (March 4) was not enough to reduce the risk of wildfires. Jason Ware is also asking landowners outside of city limits to not conduct outdoor burning. Th...

WTAW's Chelsea Reber visits with Peggi Ondrasek, United Way of the Brazos Valley President/CEO, and Jonathan Mitchell from Adult & Teen Challenge Brazos Valley.

This podcast contains comments from the February 27, 2025 College Station city council meeting. Another generation of College Station city council members are educated about the decades old problem of more than four unrelated residents living under the same roof. Takeaways from a two and a half hour discussion at Thursday's council meeting (February 27) included staff being directed to increase en...