A 25-year-old construction quirk is currently being fixed.

Windows mounted flush with the outer brick walls of Rock Prarie elementary are being taken out and the brick removed.

John Hall, Facilities Director for College Station ISD, says it was impossible to only repair the windows.

Renovations are scheduled to be complete before school starts in the fall.

Hall says about 95 percent of the exterior will be replaced with brick similar to the original.

Click below for comments from John Hall, visiting with WTAW’s Patrick Zeinert.

A rash of burglaries over the weekend have College Station police urging residents to remain vigilant.

Lt. Chuck Fleeger says one of the four reported vehicle burglaries on Saturday involved a broken window, which may not have been a burglary. The others were easy marks.

Fleeger says additionally five homes in an area predominantly occupied by student renters were burglarized some time between Friday and Saturday.

All five burglaries occurred in the 1100 block of Oney Hervey.

Click below for comments from Chuck Fleeger, visiting with WTAW’s Patrick Zeinert.

Background information was provided by the city of College Station council meeting blog.

The College Station city council voted 6-1 to revise the city’s rental registration ordinance.

It will include a citation provision and a requirement that the lease be presented upon request to the administrator for review.

The revisions take effect in 45 days.

Councilman James Benham voted against the motion.

24 people spoke during the public hearing. 12 were opposed, 11 were in favor, and one was neutral. In addition, written comments were submitted by 18 people.

Before the final vote, an amendment offered by Benham to request relevant contact information for tenants, and not the lease, was defeated by a 4-3 vote. Julie Schultz and Steve Aldrich joined Benham in voting for the motion.

Proposed revisions presented on June 12 included a requirement that a notarized affidavit be provided as part of the registration, but that item was removed in favor of a strongly-worded acknowledgement on the rental registration form.

The citation provision gives the city the option of assessing a civil fine ranging from $180 for the first offense up to a maximum of $500 for three or more offenses. However, each day the violation continues is deemed a separate offense. An individual who receives a citation is entitled to due process, including an administrative hearing and the right to judicial appeal.

The city retains the authority to criminally prosecute offenders, but administrative penalties for code violations may now be imposed in addition to criminal prosecution. The amendment allows the city the additional option of civil enforcement to provide as much flexibility as possible.

Effective enforcement will require additional resources and additional code enforcement personnel will be requested in the FY15 budget process.

Residents in South College Station who receive water from the Wellborn Special Utility District may be overpaying for sewer services from College Station.

City director of water services Dave Coleman says the 2007 agreement with developers based sewage rates on water consumption, but getting those numbers in a timely manner is not feasible.

Coleman says residents who bring in a few months of water bills can have their rate adjusted and account credited for up to 6 months.

Click below for comments from Dave Coleman, visiting with WTAW’s Patrick Zeinert.

Two local businesses were temporarily closed after a fire which started around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Six College Station Fire Department units and one from Bryan responded to the 100 block of Nagle and had the fire under control in less than an hour.

Officials said there was no fire damage to either Lippman Music or Jins Asian Cafe, and both water and smoke damage were minimal.

The College Station Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the exact cause, but it is believed to be accidental. No injuries were reported.

A woman whose car was blocked in by a minivan called police when she realized the driver was masturbating. The incident occurred around 7 Wednesday morning northeast of the Boonville Cemetery on Western Street. The suspect immediately drove away, but about an hour later a female jogger reported that she was being followed by someone who exposed himself to her. Police released a suspect description.

Just before eight that evening a homeowner on north of Austins Colony told police they saw the suspect sitting in their back yard. The homeowner asked him a few questions but the suspect walked off into the woods. A short time later and a block away, the suspect knocked on the back door of a University Police officer asking for help with his car. The officer recognized the suspect from the description, and directed him to the front door, while he called police.

Calvin Coffer, a 23-year-old College Station, man was arrested for trespass, and subsequently charged with one count each of indecent exposure and driving with an invalid license. Officer Kelley McKethan says the information from the jogger was insufficient to secure a second indecent exposure charge.

The 2014 Special Olympics U.S. Games are underway in Newark, New Jersey, and a local team secured a silver medal.

On-air personality Katy Dempsey from sister station Candy 95 is a player on local flag football team, the Goose Bombers.

She says the preparation for nationals was intense, as the team practiced twice a week and were the team to beat going into the final medal round.

Dempsey is currently traveling back to Texas and says well-wishes can be offered to the team on Candy 95’s Facebook page.

Click below for Katy Dempsey’s visit with WTAW’s Patrick Zeinert.

A Bryan man is out of jail on bond after he turned himself in for manslaughter charges stemming from a fatal traffic accident at the end of May.

Police say tests at St. Joseph Hospital show 21-year-old Erick Sanchez-Zepeda had almost three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood an hour after he crashed a truck through a pipe fence.

One passenger, 23-year-old German Rodarte, was killed, while the other, 22-year-old Ana Zuniga, was sitting between Sanchez-Zepeda’s legs and turning the sterring wheel as he operated the pedals.

The pair told police that after the men left a night club around 2:30 a-m, they picked up Zuniga, wanting to teach her how to drive. The crash took place about 6:15 on Hilton Road near Sandy Point.

Both Sanchez-Zepeda and Zuniga bonded out on $100,000 dollars each after turning themselves in this week.

A Bryan man has been found guilty of two local bank robberies in the last four years. 62 year old James Kyle Graham pointed what looked like a long barreled pistol and threatened to detonate what looked like a bomb at the former First Victoria branch on East 29th. Less than 15 minutes after leaving, Graham was caught and all the money was recovered. A First Victoria employee recognized Graham as the man who held her up at gunpoint at the former Guaranty Bank on south Texas five years ago. The jury convicted Graham of both robberies and took 30 minutes to decide on punishment of 70 years in prison.

Earlier this week, the district attorney’s office announced another Bryan man pleaded guilty to a pair of aggravated assaults involving three people. 21 year old Joshua Harris admitted to sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl twice, and in a separate incident cut his mother with a large kitchen knife and held the knife against the throat of his mother’s boyfriend. Both incidents took place nearly two years ago. The plea agreement calls for Harris to serve eight years in prison.