WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the May 21, 2026 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents committee on academics and student affairs. The Texas A&M system board of regents wants more money put into student mental health services. Three regents made statements to that affect during a meeting of their committee on academics and student affairs (CASA) Thursday (May 21) in Kingsvil...

This podcast contains comments from the May 20, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. Wednesday's (May 20) regular meeting of the Grimes County commission included another executive session that continued discussing economic incentives for the proposed SpaceX complex at Gibbons Creek lake. After returning to open session, county judge Joe Fauth said they directed their outside lawyer to resume ta...

Bryan city councilman Paul Torres visits with WTAW’s The Infomaniacs on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Topics include Midtown Park, the season opener for the new Bryan Yard Dogs collegiate baseball team playing at Travis Field Stadium, and economic development efforts.

Brazos County commissioner Wanda Watson visits with WTAW’s The Infomaniacs on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Topics included participating in a commissioner court leadership academy trip to Washington, D.C.

This podcast contains comments from the May 19, 2026 College Station ISD board meeting. The May meeting of the College Station ISD school board included an update on construction projects around the district funded by bond issues passed by voters in 2023 and 2024. The report from CSISD assistant superintendent Josh Symank included responding to complaints about the mismatched color of brick at mul...

This podcast contains comments from the May 18, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Construction could start before the end of this year on improvements at College Station's Thomas Park that were approved by voters in a November 2022 bond issue. That's after the College Station city council on Monday (May 18) selected a company to assist with pre construction services. Capital projects dire...

Bryan Deputy City Manager Joey Dunn visits with WTAW’s The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, to discuss department changes, A.I. collaboration and security, comprehensive plans, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from the president of the Greater Brazos Partnership, Tom Johnson, at the May 18, 2026 meeting of the Brazos County intergovernmental committee. The Bryan based regional economic development agency that includes Grimes County has talked with officials at SpaceX for two months about the proposed semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility a...

This podcast contains comments from the May 18, 2026 College Station city council meeting. A city of College Station recreation center has been before the city council since 2023. Monday night (May 18) at the end of one hour of discussion, there was a consensus to hold a bond election in 2027 to gauge voter interest. Councilwoman Melissa McIlhaney initiated the idea after saying she did not want t...

This podcast contains comments from the May 18, 2026 College Station city council meeting. Two items affecting College Station ISD were unanimously approved at Monday night's (May 18) College Station city council meeting. The council is spending up to $316,000 dollars to build three raised crosswalks on Welsh Avenue near Consolidated High School.  Design engineer Veronica Morgan, representing CSIS...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. More asphalt paving is coming in Bryan. That's after the city council approved two additions following a discussion at this month's (May 5) workshop meeting. Public works director Jayson Barfknecht says 29th Street in front of St. Joseph's hospital need to be repaved. And a gravel road at Coulter Field airport...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 joint meeting of the Bryan city council and Bryan Business Council. This is the fourth year that the Bryan Business Council (BBC) and the city council has been discussing a trolley service between downtown Bryan and the Northgate district. Whitney Wright, who chairs the BBC's tourism subcommittee, included the project during this month's (May 5)...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

This podcast is a recording of the ceremonial groundbreaking program at the site of the city of Bryan's Midtown Legacy Park on May 18, 2026. The ceremonial groundbreaking has taken place inside Bryan's Midtown Park for what will be known at Midtown Legacy Park. What was described as an "epic and destination" playground will have 119 play components. Click HERE to read and download renderings of th...

City of Bryan Travis Field General Manager Brady Bell and Marketing Intern Travis Triola visits with WTAW’s The Infomaniacs on Monday, May 18, 2026, to talk about the Yard Dogs, Travis Field, Travis Major Field, upcoming events, and more. 

This podcast is a visit with the president of the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce Glen Brewer and WTAW's Bill Oliver. For decades, a group of Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce members and local government leaders spend the better part of a week lobbying federal lawmakers in Washington D.C.  More than 30 people made this week's trip to present the chamber's legislative action plan...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners are questioned about nearly doubling the budget to maintain the downtown Bryan parking garage. The county took over control from the Brazos Transit District in April of 2025. Before commissioners approved a budget amendment at its May 5th meeting, public speaker Cathie Viens questioned...

College Station city councilman Scott Shafer visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Friday, May 15, 2026. Topics include bicycling, parking issues south of the Texas A&M campus where Shafer lives, the selection of new A&M president Susan Ballabina (where Shafer works at A&M's executive director of campus and community enrichment), the city's involvement with a private d...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Since January of 2025, Brazos County commissioners have regularly talked about and on occasion made changes to the county's credit card policy. At the commission's May 5th business meeting, approval was given to several changes requested by the purchasing office. Click HERE to read and download the amended credit...

Bryan police department officer Seth Waller visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia and Bill Oliver on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, May 14, 2026. Topics include recruiting for BPD's Junior Citizen Police Academy, discussing body cameras and other technologies, and BPD's interaction with residents.

This podcast contains comments from the May 13, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. For the second consecutive week, Grimes County commissioners receive public comments about possible economic incentives related to the proposed Space X project at Gibbons Creek lake. Some of the 20 speakers at a special meeting Wednesday morning (May 13) included supporters of what could be a $174 billion dollar...

This podcast is a visit with the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce's community liaison Royce Hickman and WTAW's Will Welch on The Infomaniacs May 12, 2026. More than 30 local businesspeople and government officials are in Washington D.C. as part of annual trip organized by the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce. The decades long tradition includes making contact with all members of...

This podcast is the May 13, 2026 announcement that Bryan Broadcasting vice president and general manager Ben Downs will be the sixth recipient of the Texas Association of Broadcasters lifetime achievement award. The sixth recipient of the Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) lifetime achievement award in the 73 year history of the organization is Bryan Broadcasting vice president and general ma...

This podcast is a recording of the dedication program of a law enforcement memorial outside the Bryan police department on May 12, 2026. National Police Week was the setting Tuesday morning (May 12) in front of the Bryan police department for the unveiling of a new memorial. Police chief Dean Swartzlander thanked Eagle Scout candidate Roman Smith for his project that includes a statue remembering...

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. May's workshop meeting of the Bryan city council included discussing the city's ordinance on non-consent tows. That's when the Bryan police department calls on a towing company to move a vehicle in violation of a parking or another traffic regulation. Councilman James Edge asked police chief Dean Swartzlander...