WTAW - Interviews

This podcast is a visit with the executive director of RED-C Apostolate, Dennis Macha, and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Friday (May 9) right before noon, an 18 foot box trailer that was double locked was stolen from the parking lot at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in College Station.  The trailer belongs to RED-C Apostolate, where executive director Dennis Macha said they were preparing to play soccer games wh...

This podcast is a visit with L.R. Heffernan of the city of Bryan's parks and recreation department and WTAW's Bill Oliver. For the eighth time, College Station, Bryan, and Texas A&M is hosting the Texas Amateur Athletic Foundation's (TAAF) summer games. From July 31st through August 3rd, an estimated 20,000 visitors will watch as many as 8,000 athletes. L.R. Heffernan with the city of Bryan's...

Taitelyn Morris-Wise, Neighborhood and Community Services Coordinator, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about her role, education citizens on the role of local government, citizen programs, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Trey Wharton of Huntsville (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the home stretch of the legislative sessions, bills he is working on, voting yes to legislation that will allow some election workers to carry concealed guns, public school funding, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs. 

This podcast contains comments from the May 8, 2025 public hearing of the Texas House land and resource management committee. Members of a Texas House committee heard Thursday (May 8) from opposing members of the College Station city council about proposed legislation to put a moratorium on new impact fees. That is what cities charge developers for a portion of the cost of new streets and other in...

Hunter Van Etten, Recreation Coordinator, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about Camp HERO, Neal Recreation Center Summer Camp, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Paul Dyson of Bryan (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the remainder of the legislative session, hearing the nuclear verdict bill, his bill about impact fees, public school funding, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the May 5, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members continue discussing inaction by state lawmakers regarding public school funding. Monday's discussion (May 5) about state funding as part of attempting to develop a budget for the 2025-26 school year came two days after the governor signed legislation giving state money to private scho...

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about his visit to Army Futures Command in Austin, water rights, the William Joel Bryan Parkway project delay, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Brazos County State Senator Charles Schwertner visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the final stretch of the session, work the House still has to accomplish, the budget conference committee, property taxes, school funding, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the April 24, 2025 meeting of the state prison board (officially known as the Texas board of criminal justice). The April meeting of the Texas prison board included a presentation on what staff is doing to reduce the amount of contraband getting to inmates. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the April 24, 2025 state prison board meeting....

On this week's United Way of the Brazos Valley update, Peggi Ondrasek is joined by Rhonda Watson and Madison Little of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Brazos Valley. 

Kohl Vega, Athletics Supervisor, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about youth summer camps, adult leagues, renting fields, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Trey Wharton of Huntsville (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about passing Operation Safe Shield, using AI in political advertising, public school funding, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with Lina Adams of the Destination Bryan tourism office and WTAW's Bill Oliver about the May First Friday activities in downtown Bryan and the May 16th pre-party for the Troubadour Festival at the Palace Theater in downtown Bryan.

This podcast comments from the April 24, 2025 College Station city council meeting and the April 30, 2025 visit with mayor John Nichols and WTAW's Chelsea Reber on The Infomaniacs. The College Station city council agrees with staff recommendations to form committees to assist with two capital projects. One of the eight member groups will assist with the design of three new ballfields at Veterans P...

Mitchell Isbell, Director of Business Development, Events & Marketing for Legends Event Center, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about summer programming, sports camps, basketball tournaments, the Texas A&M Coaches Night, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Paul Dyson of Bryan (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about questioning Brian Harrison's legislation in a committee hearing, using AI in political advertising, a nuclear verdict bill, public school funding, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about possible options for neighborhood parking, two new committees, the Citizens University Program, National Bike Month, a citizens survey, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Brazos County State Senator Charles Schwertner visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about his bill addressing insurance rate hikes, the creation of a Texas DOGE, increasing the homestead exemption for disabled and older Texans, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with Adam Drake of the Brazos Valley Live Music Association and WTAW's Bill Oliver. The Brazos Valley Live Music Association (BVLMA) is a new nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting live music in Bryan, College Station, and surrounding communities. The association says it aims to foster a vibrant, sustainable live music scene in the heart of Texas throu...

This podcast contains comments from U.S. agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins and secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on April 29, 2025 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Phenotyping Greenhouse. The secretaries also visited Texas A&M's Beef Center. The photo with this podcast shows the secretaries in one of the greenhouses with a faculty member of Texas A&M's department...

Comments from College Station Mayor John Nichols and College Station Fire Department Chief Richard Mann. 

Dr. Susan Ballabina, Chief of Staff for Texas A&M University's President, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the legal status of several international students, a quick-look assessment for the Corps of Cadets, Texas A&M 2040, Disaster Day, the Citizenship and Service Initiative, filling leadership role vacancies, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting. The Bryan ISD education foundation has launched scholarship opportunities for some BISD educators to become certified teachers.  Foundation director Sarah Braden told school board members at its last meeting (April 21) about the opportunity for paraprofessionals and district of innovation teachers to have their...