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You're invited to an America 250 themed naturalization ceremony at the Bush Library & Museum pavilion
Jun 24, 2026
10m 29s
Brazos County commission discussion before a 4-1 vote to sell 286 road signs to Burleson County for $100
Jun 24, 2026
4m 02s
College Station mayor John Nichols visits The Infomaniacs June 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
10m 44s
College Station ISD school board members switch employee health insurance providers
Jun 24, 2026
13m 51s
The director of Texas A&M's veterinary emergency team visits The Infomaniacs to talk about the New World Screwworm
Jun 24, 2026
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| 6/24/26 | ![]() You're invited to an America 250 themed naturalization ceremony at the Bush Library & Museum pavilion | This podcast is a visit with Brazos County 85th district court judge Kyle Hawthorne and WTAW's Bill Oliver.On the eve of the United States 250th anniversary, 75 people will gather at the Bush Library and Museum Thursday morning (June 25) to become naturalization citizens. Brazos County district judge Kyle Hawthorne will administer the oath of allegiance as he had done more than 40 times in 12 years.Hawthorne told WTAW News that naturalization ceremonies and adoptions are the two things where 50 percent of the people are not mad at him.The judge says the ceremony in the museum pavilion, where a Marine One helicopter and train engine are located, sends a tingle up his spine.Hawthorne encourages everyone to attend the ceremony, which starts Thursday morning at 10, where "these people (those who are becoming citizens) really get excited about it."And the judge is impressed with the four to five year effort that is made to become eligible to become American citizens. | 10m 29s | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | ![]() Brazos County commission discussion before a 4-1 vote to sell 286 road signs to Burleson County for $100 | This podcast contains comments from the June 23, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.Brazos County commissioners vote four to one to sell to Burleson County, 286 road signs for $100 that are no longer used by the road and bridge department.Commissioner Fred Brown, who voted no, asked why Brazos County wasn't using the signs.County engineer Prathana Banerji said the signs have been in storage for more than ten years because they are out of compliance with state regulations.When Brown asked Banerji why Burleson County wanted the signs if Brazos County could not use them, Banerji told Brown that was a question to ask Burleson County officials.Click HERE to read and download the interlocal agreement approved at the June 23, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. | 4m 02s | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | ![]() College Station mayor John Nichols visits The Infomaniacs June 24, 2026 | College Station mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Tucker Young and Will Welch on The Infomaniacs June 24, 2026. Topics includes a review of the first public meeting of the city's future plans along and near Harvey Road between Texas and the freeway and a preview of the upcoming city council continuing discussion of the future development of the Northgate District. | 10m 44s | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | ![]() College Station ISD school board members switch employee health insurance providers | This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting.Around 1,500 College Station ISD employees are dealing with a new provider of health insurance.Price was the driving factor in the CSISD school board decision's at their June 16th meeting.Changing to Baylor Scott & White (BSW) starting September 1 was going to save between $87 and $455 dollars a month, depending on the plan, compared with staying with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas for the 2026-2027 school year.CSISD board members were told Blue Cross was raising their rates 28 percent because the dollar amount of claims they paid last year was nine percent above the revenue they received from CSISD employees.More money paid in claims over revenue from premiums was also the reason CSISD received four proposals out of soliciting 17 health insurance carriers.Board members were told as many as one-fourth of CSISD employees will have to switch providers from the St. Joseph to the BSW network.Much of the CSISD board discussion was about the short amount of time that members and employees were given to review the proposals.Click HERE to read and download a memo about CSISD health insurance that was part of the agenda of the June 16, 2026 CSISD board meeting.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials at the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. | 13m 51s | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | ![]() The director of Texas A&M's veterinary emergency team visits The Infomaniacs to talk about the New World Screwworm | The director of Texas A&M's veterinary emergency team, Dr. Deb Zoran, visits with WTAW's Will Welch and Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 24, 2026 to talk about the New World Screwworm. | 13m 40s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() Bryan ISD school board approves a new method of buying mechanical equipment | This podcast contains comments from the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting.Bryan ISD school board members agree to go through a different process to replace mechanical equipment. Deputy superintendent Brian Merrell's recommendation was unanimously approved at the last board meeting (June 15) to pay for replacing air conditioning chillers at six elementary schools with bond money from 2020 instead of 2025. Merrell also said to meet the deadline to spend bond money from 2020, the purchase will be done through a cooperative that takes less time instead of going through competitive bids.The budget was not announced to replace chillers at Bonham, Crockett, Houston, Johnson, and Navarro elementary schools.There were no presentation materials associated with this agenda item. | 1m 08s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() The city of College Station is in the public comment period for the annual community development plan | This podcast contains comments from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting.The city of College Station is in the middle of the public comment period about how more than $3.5 million dollars in federal community development grant money will be spent next year.Raney Whitwell of the city's community development office told the city council at their last meeting (June 11) that the most common recipients are those meeting income guidelines.Recipients can also qualify by what Whitwell describes as being part of a limited clientele.A third option is to live in a neighborhood that qualifies having enough low and moderate income residents.The public comment period continues through July 13.The College Station city council is scheduled to take final action on the 206 page draft plan on July 23rd.Click HERE to read and download the more than 200 page draft community development plan.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting. | 1m 18s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() Brazos County's county judge explains the reason for a more than 50 member committee | This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.A committee appointed at the last Brazos County commission meeting (June 9) has more than 50 people. After county judge Duane Peters spent more than five minutes reading the names, the initial reaction from commissioner Fred Brown was that this committee, to consider salary appeals by elected officials, was "going to be a train wreck" because there are so many members.County judge Duane Peters explained this committee is composed of members of the Brazos County grand jury. Only nine members gather for an individual appeal.Peters says state law controls the committee's action, saying if all nine members support the appeal it is automatically approved. If eight members support the appeal, commissioners make the final decision. If seven or fewer members support the appeal, the appeal is denied.After the explanation, the list of committee members was unanimously approved. | 2m 51s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() College Station ISD school board approves the budget for the 2026-27 school year | This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting.College Station ISD school board members adopt a budget for the 2026-27 school year which requires taking more than $6 six million dollars out of savings and decreases the property tax rate by almost one cent.CSISD chief financial officer Healther Wilson told board members the budget reflects adding $4.5 million for pay raises and adding employees at the expanded career and technical education center.Wilson is estimating fewer students in CSISD next year will result in a loss of $2 million in state funding.Wilson also said 60 percent of CSISD's net taxable value was in the appeal process. As of the June 17th board meeting, Wilson said successful appeals lowered CSISD's total valuation by $588 million dollars. That lowered Wilson's estimation of valuation growth from seven to 3.9 percent.Not impacted by property taxes is a separate fund controls CSISD's food service operations. The board approved Wilson's recommendation to increase student school lunch prices for the first time since 2019. Wilson said the 25 cent increase was due to the end of temporary federal grant money.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials shown at the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. | 1m 42s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | ![]() A Bryan city council shoutout to the first event from the city's youth sports association | This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Bryan city council meeting.The first activity hosted by the new Bryan Youth Sports Association received rave reviews at the June meeting of the Bryan city council meeting. Councilwoman Marca Ewers-Shurtleff said a tackle football camp drew the maximum registration of 125 fourth through sixth grade students in Bryan ISD.Shurtleff said "And even if you don't have a heart and you're not interested in molding children and getting them on the right path, from an economic standpoint it is a huge cost saver if we can save one of these kids from going down the wrong path and ending up in the system, we certainly have tripled our investment on them."Councilman Paul Torres added "We're really excited about it because it is for every kid. It's not just for elite kids, it's just for every kid where they can go out there and they can really learn the game in the beginning so that way when they get to the high school level they've already learned the game."Funded by the city of Bryan, the organization is led by retired Texas A&M head football coach and athletic director Jackie Sherrill. | 1m 10s | ||||||
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| 6/22/26 | ![]() Bryan ISD school board members address two school bus proposals | This podcast contains comments from the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting.Bryan ISD school board members approve the purchase of online monitoring of buses and express no opposition to the administration's plan to schedule the replacement of buses.The cost of a pilot program to track buses, more than $261,000 dollars, will be paid from surplus money in BISD's 2020 bond issue. BISD's transportation director Brian Washington says this will benefit students, their parents, and bus drivers who will no longer have to read paper bus routes while they are driving.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials about the online bus monitoring pilot program that were shown at the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting.Washington's proposed bus replacement program is to ensure BISD buses are driven for no more than 15 years.Washington's proposed use of new buses from year one to year five will be for out of district trips. Year six through ten, the bus will move to in-district routes. And after ten years buses will be used on a substitute basis.Washington also said BISD currently has 40 buses that do not have seat belts, which is a state requirement that starts in 2019.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials about the proposed bus replacement schedule that was presented at the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. | 2m 15s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | ![]() College Station city council is not interested in requiring landlords to tell their tenants about city ordinances | This podcast contains comments from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting.The College Station city council agrees with the city manager to not require owners of student rental housing and short term rentals to notify renters about city ordinances. City manager Bryan Woods promoted at the last council meeting (June 11), the city doing more to inspire owners to voluntarily tell their tenants about complying with city codes. College Station's education efforts includes collaborating with Texas A&M to tell students about how to avoid common violations.Additional ideas during the council discussion included using the city of College Station's "see-click-fix" app and placing a large Q-R code on city structures to direct people to city information.Click HERE to be directed to the city of College Station's "see-click-fix" webpage.No presentation materials were shown during the council discussion. | 1m 33s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | ![]() Brazos County commissioners take the next step towards developing a first ever master plan | This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.Last year, Brazos County commissioners approved $1 million dollars in this year's budget to hire an outside consultant to develop a 20 to 25 year master plan. At the commission's June 9th meeting, approval was given to recommendations to start accepting proposals and form the committee that will review the proposals.The county's project manager, Trevor Lansdown, responded to a public speakers question about the timing because there will be a new county judge and one or two new commissioners taking office January 1st. Lansdown said the timing wasn't great, but authority to spend the money didn't happen until last October and staff has been working since then to get to this point.The purpose of the Brazos County master plan, quoting a county document, "will serve as a twenty to twenty-five (20–25) year roadmap guiding growth, service delivery, infrastructure, and operational efficiency. The plan will align the County’s people, facilities, technology, and policies with projected demographic and economic trends to ensure effective, data-driven governance and resource stewardship. This comprehensive plan will provide both a long-term vision and short-term actionable strategies for elected officials, department heads, and staff." | 1m 49s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | ![]() College Station city councilman Bob Yancy visits The Infomaniacs June 19, 2026 | College Station city councilman Bob Yancy visits with WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 19, 2026. Topics includes a preview of a upcoming council discussion on the Northgate District area plan, data centers, the impact in College Station of the proposed SpaceX project in Grimes County, public participation in council meetings, and Yancy's possible candidacy for mayor. | 12m 40s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | ![]() College Station city council discussion about reducing crashes involving scooters and associated vehicles | This podcast contains comments from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting.The College Station city council discussed, but took no additional action at its June 11th meeting, on how to reduce the number of crashes involving electric scooters, bicycles, and related vehicles.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting.On College Station streets between 2021 and 2025 there have been 214 crashes involving bicycles and 71 involving scooters and related electric vehicles.Councilman and bicycle enthusiast Scott Shafer, who is also a Texas A&M administrator, brought up educating each incoming class of Aggie freshmen about city ordinances and enforcement efforts.Councilman Mark Smith wants to make sure whatever changes are made by the city are similar to regulations on the Texas A&M campus.Staff suggestions included establishing "bicycle boxes" on streets with traffic signals were those riders would wait until they had the green light.Other suggestions included prohibiting vehicles on sidewalks, prohibiting operators from using smartphones, additional signs, and modifying city streets. | 2m 00s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | ![]() College Station ISD school board talks again about corrective action following a security inspection | This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting.For the second time in three months, College Station ISD school board members and administrators discuss in private, safety and security issues. The only thing that was said at the June 16th meeting, came from board president Kim Ege.She quoted the agenda, which said "The Board will meet in executive session to discuss safety and security updates. The session will be held pursuant to the "Discussion Regarding Intruder Detection Audit and Corrective Action Plan" exception in the Open Meetings Act as set forth in Section 551.076 of Texas Government Code."After returning to open session, Ege adjourned the meeting.There was no explanation if what was discussed Tuesday was a new security issue or if it was the continuation of a closed door discussion that began during the board's April 21st meeting. | 0m 57s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Bryan city council supports removing metal benches at Bryan and Oakwood city cemeteries | This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Bryan city council meeting.The Bryan city council supports removing metal benches at the Bryan and Oakwood city cemeteries.Parks and recreation director Mike Riggens told councilmembers that staff brought issues to the city's cemetery advisory board. The board at its April 22nd meeting recommended to amend the ordinance to immediately not allow benches to be installed beginning in Block 27 and beyond unless the benches are constructed of natural stone.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 9, 2026 Bryan city council meeting.The recommendation also sought amending the city ordinance to establish a “sunset” date on all existing benches not constructed of natural stone to be removed, effective six months after the council approved the ordinance change.Formal council action was not taken at the June 9th meeting, but no councilmembers opposed the recommendations.Riggens told councilmembers that the metal benches requires more time to mow and do other landscape maintenance, there are safety concerns caused by the wind blowing lightweight benches into neighboring gravestones and those visiting neighboring gravesites, and there have been benches that have been placed on or near adjacent gravesites.Riggens also said benches that are removed will be placed in a storage building.Riggens also said the changes do not apply at Grandview cemetery, which is not operated by the city.Councilman Ray Arrington said this will affect his family because there has been a metal bench at his mother's gravesite since 1951. Arrington added "we'll do whatever the council says to do (and) we'll definitely follow the ordinance." | 10m 13s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Brazos County's new veteran services officer updates county commissioners | This podcast contains comments from Brazos County veteran services officer Kale Murray at the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.Brazos County's new veteran services officer updates county commissioners on activities.Kale Murray, who was promoted in March 2026, was hired in 2024 to run the Brazos County VSO branch office at Texas A&M to work with 4,000 Aggie veterans.Since his promotion, Murray hired an assistant VSO, Diana Mills.And at the commission meeting, Murray presented longtime administrative assistant Ben Holmes with an award from the Texas Veterans Commission.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. | 14m 15s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Brazos County Veteran Services Officer Kale Murray visits The Infomaniacs June 18, 2026 | This podcast is a visit with Brazos County veterans services officer Kale Murray and WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 18, 2026. | 10m 33s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Bryan fire department summer heat reminders on The Infomaniacs June 18, 2026 | This podcast is a visit with Chris Lamb of the Bryan fire department and WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 18, 2026 about summer heat reminders. | 4m 53s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Texas A&M track and field head coach Pat Henry's retirement news conference June 17, 2026 | This podcast is the June 17, 2026 news conference after Texas A&M track and field head coach Pat Henry announced his retirement after 22 years with the Aggies as part of a 54 year career. Henry is introduced by Texas A&M athletic director Trev Alberts. | 22m 09s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | ![]() Spring enrollment at Blinn College is the highest since the pandemic while declining numbers continue on the Bryan campus | This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 Blinn College board of trustees meeting.Blinn College's official enrollment for the 2026 spring semester was the highest spring headcount since the pandemic.But most of the conversation at Tuesday's (June 16) board of trustees meeting was about the continued decline on the Bryan campus. This spring's headcount of 3,764 compares with more than 12,000 ten years ago.Trustee Randy Wells asked administrators more than once if there should be a change in the focus of Blinn's Bryan campus. Wells also asked to have a workshop about the future of the Bryan campus.A second Blinn location in Brazos County, the RELLIS campus, also had fewer this spring compared with a year ago.The decreases in Bryan and RELLIS were more than offset by increases in three other areas.The number of dual credit high school students jumped 22 percent or by almost 600 compared with last spring. There were also more students on Blinn's main campus in Brenham and those taking online classes.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 16, 2026 Blinn College board of trustees meeting. | 4m 42s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | ![]() Bryan ISD school board adopts a balanced budget for the 2026-2027 school year | Bryan ISD school board members on Monday night (June 15) unanimously approve a balanced budget for the next fiscal year that does not change their property tax rate and does not require spending money from reserves.Board member David Stasny brought up the budget taking into account, their decision two weeks ago to sell land and a building for $375,000 dollars. That's an action Stasny considers to be important if the board decides to ask voters for a local property tax increase. A state law called a voter approved tax rate election (VATRE) allows school districts to ask BISD voters to increase the property tax rate by up to two cents without returning some of the money to the state.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting that were shown during the budget public hearing, where there were no public speakers.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting during the adoption of the budget for the 2026-27 school year. | 9m 14s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | ![]() U.S. Ag Department undersecretary Scott Hutchins visits The Infomaniacs about the New World Screwworm | U.S. Agriculture Department undersecretary Scott Hutchins, who is in Bryan/College Station speaking at a conference, visits with WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 17, 2026 about the New World Screwworm. | 7m 35s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | ![]() Bryan city councilman Jared Salvato on The Infomaniacs June 17, 2026 | Bryan city councilman Jared Salvato visits with WTAW’s Tucker Young to discuss updates on resuming construction at the Midtown Park entertainment venue and other features at the park, BTU’s new general manager, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. | 8m 13s | ||||||
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