Updated: 5:54 PM Gwen Elder was named the new principal at A&M Consolidated High School today by College Station ISD Superintendent Dr. Eddie Coulson.

Updated: 6:33 PM The City of College Station’s Public Works and Water Services departments have become only the fourth municipal agency in Texas and the 77th in the nation to receive a prestigious accreditation award from the American Public Works Association.

Updated: 8:58 PM Texas A&M University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Karan Watson is featured in the March issue of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine as one of the nation's top 25 extraordinary women leaders who are “making a difference” in higher education and beyond.

Updated: 8:20 PM Sam Houston State University forensic chemistry senior Brittany Winner, from Kingsville, is not only a “winner” in name, but also in deed as the recipient of the 2012 Society of Toxicology Pfizer Undergraduate Student Travel Award.

Updated: 6:43 PM Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk recently attended the Western States Sheriffs' Association (WSSA) Annual Conference.

Posted: 1:37 PM It's rodeo time in Houston and many area residents head there each year to enjoy the fun, but also to compete in different events.

Posted: 5:12 PM Three Bryan-area educators have been named finalists for a 2012 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award, spotlighting them as some of the best educators in Texas.

Updated: 5:45 PM Award-winning science fiction writer Gene Wolfe, who attended Texas A&M University, will be recognized by the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame with the first Henry Blake Fuller Award.

Updated: 6:35 PM Ali Fratessa, a freshman from Franklin High School, placed Reserve Champion Overall at the San Antonio Livestock Show Horse Judging Contest.

Updated: 6:31 PM Congratulations to the Bryan Cobras 10-U Girls' Softball Team!

Updated: 6:36 PM Congratulations to Denise Bermudez for being named Habitat for Humanity's Volunteer of the Month for February.

Updated: 4:52 PM Texas A&M University’s Big Event, the nation’s largest annual student-led community service project, has been named a finalist in the White House’s Campus Champions for Change Challenge.

Updated: 6:34 PM U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has appointed R. Bowen Loftin, president of Texas A&M University, to the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC).

Updated: 10:50 PM Snook's Lady Jay Basketball team is heading to Austin for the Class A State Semifinals.

Updated: 6:33 PM Congratulations to all the award recipients on a job well done.

Updated: 6:32 PM There was slipping and sliding and fortunately, lots of money-making.

Updated: 6:11 PM As we reported earlier this is Severe Weather Awareness Week.

Updated: 6:33 PM The Equestrian 4-H Club of Brazos County's Senior team traveled to the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Horse Judging Contest at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo on Saturday, February 4th.

Updated: 10:49 PM On Tuesday, February 21, the Blinn College Board of Trustees presented the first-ever Strategic Partner Award to the City of Bryan.

Updated: 5:45 PM The College Station ISD Education Foundation’s fifth-annual 50 Men Who Can Cook event raised more than $90,000 to support teacher grants, student scholarships and special projects.

Posted: 9:13 PM The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named Texas A&M Oceanography researcher and professor Dr. John Kessler as a recipient of a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship.

Posted: 4:47 PM The Sam Houston State University College of Education has bestowed upon five individuals the highest honor it can give to its alumni for their expertise and outstanding service in the classroom, school, district and community, as well as their contributions to the field and society, for the 2012 Distinguished Educator of the Year award.

Posted: 8:15 PM Students at Johnson Elementary in Bryan got a visit from 40 soldiers of the 1st battalion -158th Aviation Regiment today. The servicemen paired up with 4th graders during the school day to write compositions on the importance of teamwork.

Updated: 6:34 PM Recently, at the 2012 Texas Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau (TACVB) Mid-Winter Conference, the Bryan-College Station Convention & Visitors Bureau (BCSCVB), was presented with the Judge’s Choice Award for Best Local Awareness Campaign in the annual TACVB Idea Fair.

Updated: 6:38 PM In the spirit of Valentine's day, we wanted to share pictures from a tradition involving little ones at Bryan ISD and veterans.