WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council agrees to pursue the second year of grant money to renew the contract with the provider of license plate reading cameras at various locations around the city. Click HERE to read and download background information about the grant application that was approved at the April 2...

This podcast contains comments from College Station ISD facilities director Paul Buckner at the April 21, 2026 CSISD board meeting. There are still unfinished projects in College Station ISD funded by voter approved bond issues in 2021 and 2023. At the April CSISD board meeting, approval was given to rankings recommended by facilities director Paul Buckner that will eventually lead to replacing me...

This podcast contains comments from Bryan city councilman Jared Salvato during his April 16, 2026 visit on WTAW's The Infomaniacs. Bryan residents are invited to participate in the development of the city's next comprehensive, or long range plan. An open house is taking place Tuesday, April 28th, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. at Phillips Events Center. According to the city of Bryan's website , the co...

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County's elections administrator reviews the March primary election at the last county commission meeting (April 21). Click HERE to read and download statistics from the March 2026 primary election that were given at the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Among other things, Trudy Hancock...

This podcast contains comments from the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council plans to discuss a request made by a local political action committee in an attempt to improve conditions in residential neighborhoods. Charles Barr of the College Station Association of Neighborhoods (CSAN) said during the public comment period of the last city council mee...

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County commissioners reluctantly approve tripling the payment for transporting the deceased to medical examiners offices in Austin and San Antonio, from $500 to $1,500 for reach round trip. The county's purchasing agent, Charles Wendt, says the local funeral home that has had the contract was the only o...

The NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Brazos Valley chapter serves Brazos, Robertson, Burleson, Grimes, Washington, Madison, and Leon counties. NAMI-BV board president Lakshmi Mahadevan visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver about services provided by the agency, a preview of an April 30th gala fundraiser titled “Faces of Hope: Unmasking the Stigma”, and volunteer opportunities. Click HERE to be...

This podcast contains comments from the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council joins the planning and zoning commission (P&Z) in unanimously approving rezoning land for a large housing development that drew vocal opposition from neighboring subdivisions. Click HERE to read and download background information about the zoning change that was approv...

City of College Station Solid Waste Division Manager Caroline Ask visits with WTAW’s Will Welch on The Infomaniacs on Friday, April 24, 2026, to talk about recycling day collection changes for some, and more. 

OPAS Executive Director Anne Black visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Friday, April 24, 2026, to talk about upcoming shows, special events, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. As construction starts on the new Brazos County courthouse annex complex, commissioners are considering moving the district attorney's office out of the courthouse. That led to a four to one vote at Tuesday's meeting (April 21) to spend just over $120,000 dollars to study what it would take for the DA's office...

City of Bryan parks and recreation supervisor Emberly Smith visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, April 23, 2026, to discuss the Family Campout before the city again cancelled the event due to recent rainfall. Other topics included summer hiring and other upcoming events.

This podcast contains comments from the April 20, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Three retired division one head football coaches...all with a connection to Texas A&M...attended this week's (April 20) Bryan ISD school board meeting. Jackie Sherill, Darrell Dickey, and Phil Bennett were on hand to promote a tackle football camp for third through sixth graders that will take place next mon...

This podcast is a visit with the executive director of the OPAS performing arts series at Texas A&M Anne Black and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Season 54 of the OPAS performing arts series at Texas A&M has the theme of "True Colors". The season opens September 13th with a production honoring the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks titled "Behind The Lines: A 9/11 Story". That is followed...

This podcast is a visit with Brooke Arellano of Keep Brazos Beautiful and WTAW's Bill Oliver. National Arbor Day is Saturday.  It is being celebrated by the local non-profit Keep Brazos Beautiful (KBB) with a family event in Bryan at Sue Haswell Park Saturday morning (April 25) starting at nine a.m. KBB director Brooke Arellano says this is the first time in years KBB is observing the national eve...

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. While rain cancelled Tuesday's (April 21) groundbreaking of the new Brazos County courthouse annex project, during the county commission meeting public comment period that would have followed the ceremony, district judge David Hilburn thanked those involved in the project. Hilburn said "this building is the ne...

This podcast contains comments from the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The Bryan city council selects an architect for the city's future animal center. The council unanimously chose a Houston firm recommended by special projects director Frank Clark and animal center supervisor Ashley Bishop. Click HERE to read and download background information about the architect that was provided b...

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. April's meeting of the College Station ISD school board included two presentations related to developing the budget for the 2026-2027 school year. The first presentation was from CSISD's budget committee. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from CSISD's budget committee. The second p...

This podcast contains comments from the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The Bryan city council unanimously appoints the presiding judge of municipal court to a second term.  Five of the six council members attending the April 14th meeting thanked Tiffany Thomas for the job she is doing. Thomas served as city prosecutor for eight years before becoming presiding judge in 2024.

This podcast includes comments from the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The Bryan city council approves several street projects at its April 14th meeting that includes more changes are coming to streets in and around Bryan's Midtown Park. Unanimous votes included changing the name of Bomber Drive to Midtown Park Boulevard, which will result in one street name for the route connecting We...

United Way of the Brazos Valley president Lizett Hawkins and two representatives of UWBV partner agency St. Vincent De Paul Society of Bryan/College Station, board president Bob Chronister and treasurer Pat Schoenemann, visit with WTAW's Bill Oliver on April 20, 2026. 

Kathy Sanderson of the Bryan/College Station Salvation Army visits with Will Welch on WTAW's The Infomaniacs about the organization's first Family Fun Event Saturday, April 25, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at their headquarters in Bryan at 2506 Cavitt Avenue.

This podcast is a visit with Chris Lamb of the Bryan fire department and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The Bryan fire department officially adds two new fire engines to the department. BFD's Chris Lamb said following a ceremonial push-in event that the custom built engines provide more protection for firefighters. Lamb also said the engines were built ahead of a nationwide delay that not only extends the ti...

This podcast contains comments from the April 14, 2029 Bryan city council meeting. More than $1.5 million dollars in federal money will be spent to build a shared use path along East 29th Street between Carter Creek Parkway and Autumn Circle. The Bryan city council was told at this week's meeting (April 14) from public works director Jayson Barfknecht said the local metropolitan planning organizat...

This podcast is a visit with Bryan police officer Stacey Dowling and WTAW's Bill Oliver. A Bryan police officer who was recognized by the 100 Club of Houston for lifesaving efforts is again holding an ice hockey tournament to benefit the organization that provides financial assistance for families of fallen first responders. Officer Stacey Dowling says team registration and sponsorship opportuniti...