At Thursday's meeting of Commissioners Court, Grimes County Engineer, Jon Steiber, gave his Road & Bridge Report.     For more information about road & bridge projects or the international housing code, go to … [Read more...]

Grimes County Facilities Director, Rodney Floyd, is staying busy to kickoff 2025. He spoke with Willy 98.7 about some current projects.     Floyd also noted that they have made preparations for the upcoming freezing … [Read more...]

Inmates at a state prison in Huntsville produce ten million license plates each year. That was part of a presentation at this month's prison board meeting. In addition to inmates making plates from 850 designs, prison director Bryan Collier brought … [Read more...]

U.S. senator John Cornyn announces he will be serving on four committees when Congress returns. One is a new assignment, as he joins the foreign relations and budget committee. Cornyn will remain a member of the judiciary, finance, and select … [Read more...]

The end of year report by the director of the state prison system included making headway in filling vacant positions.     Bryan Collier's remarks at this month's state prison board meeting also had an update of the agency's … [Read more...]

The congressman representing Grimes County decides not to continue chairing the House foreign affairs committee. Michael McCaul told the Washington Examiner that with a second Trump administration coming into office, not chairing the committee will … [Read more...]

On Christmas Eve, the Brazos County based economic development organization Greater Brazos Partnership announced establishing a relationship with a fourth neighboring county. A post on the agency's Facebook page welcomes Burleson County as … [Read more...]

There is a new district judge serving Leon, Madison, and Walker counties. The governor has appointed Tracy Sorensen of Huntsville in the 278th district, starting New Year's Day and continuing until either the end of 2026 or until her successor is … [Read more...]

The Bryan/College Station Salvation Army's mayor's red kettle ring-off the Saturday before last receives national recognition. National commanding officer Ken Hodde announced in a Salvation Army video that the almost 84 thousand dollars that was … [Read more...]

A foundation from suburban Cincinnati Ohio has given the largest gift received by the Texas 4-H Foundation. A news release from the 4-H foundation says the 700 thousand dollars will be spent to keep up with the Texas 4-H program and … [Read more...]

Texas A&M president Mark Welsh provides an update on his website to current and future searches to fill vacancies in leadership positions. Last week was the first round of interviews for the Corps of Cadets commandant. Welsh says three or four … [Read more...]

A Texas congressman wants to change the immigration rules, to do away with birthright citizenship.     Chip Roy of Austin believes the rules that are laid out in the 14th amendment can be changed by an executive order after … [Read more...]

A contributing factor in last week's successful hostage rescue by College Station police was a feature on your cell phone. CSPD officer David Simmons explained during his visit on WTAW's The Infomaniacs the ability to text … [Read more...]

There are mixed opinions among members of Texas A&M's faculty senate to adding a code of conduct. Quoting the draft that was discussed at this month's senate meeting, the code "is meant to promote and create an academic environment rich with a … [Read more...]

The board in charge of the state prison system received an update this month on what will be a record 360 million dollars of construction projects during the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years. In the Brazos Valley, facilities director Ron Hudson brought … [Read more...]