Police Investigate Sonic Robbery
Posted: 9:12 PM Bryan Police are investigating an overnight robbery at the Sonic Drive-In on Briarcrest. It happened about 12:30 a.m., Saturday, as store employees were closing.
Posted: 9:12 PM Bryan Police are investigating an overnight robbery at the Sonic Drive-In on Briarcrest. It happened about 12:30 a.m., Saturday, as store employees were closing.
Posted: 9:08 PM The executive director of Madisonville's economic development corporation is switching jobs and coming to Brazos County. Tom Quarles took the Madisonville EDC job in January, but soon found himself being courted by Brazos County to be the new director of exposition facilities
Posted: 8:57 PM You might notice some "mini-houses" around town the next few weeks. Voices for Children is holding their Casa's For CASA fundraiser. The organization is selling tickets for a drawing where three custom-built playhouses will be given away.
Posted: 5:36 PM Many of us don't consider air conditioning a luxury, but for those local residents living without it, it is. With the recent high temperatures living without A/C can be very dangerous, especially for seniors. But a group of nursing students from A&M worked Saturday to keep Brazos cool, literally.
Posted: 6:30 PM Fans of Spanish radio now have a second option for hearing their favorite tunes. Beginning Friday, Radio Alegria 1240 AM, can also be found on 101.9 FM.
Updated: 7:32 PM One street that has unfortunately developed a bad reputation for crime has seen some good news two decades in the making. For the last three months, construction crews have been busy with the extension of Beck Street, one that will take the road all the way out to 2818.
Posted: 4:58 PM Bryan Police also took down a pair of alleged burglars shortly after a theft attempt. Martin Vitela, 21, and Wilfredo Sanchez, 25, are charged with burglary of a habitation and evading arrest.
Posted: 4:31 PM The number of West Nile cases is well above where it was this time last year. So far nine mosquito tests have turned up positive, plus one bird. The Brazos County Health Department says positive cases are usually discovered in late July. The first case this year was discovered in June.
Updated: 5:20 PM A Bryan man police have come to recognize is back in custody. Among other things, Erric Portis faces a felony charge of manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance.
Posted: 3:42 PM A College Station baseball team is getting a hero's sendoff Friday. The College Station Stallions, a tournament team of all 12-year-old boys, are headed to the Triple-A World Series.
Posted: 1:32 PM A rare exhibit is making a stop in the Brazos Valley for the summer. Starting Saturday and until October, The Burgess Shale exhibit on loan from the Smithsonian will be on display at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History.
Updated: 2:27 PM Tools believed to have been stolen by a Leon County deputy have been identified by their owner. Casey Moreland was arrested Tuesday night and charged with burglary.
Posted: 1:26 PM The Attorney General's office has nabbed another alleged promoter of child pornography. Michael Ray Peterson-Lisembee of Magnolia was arrested Tuesday on two counts of promotion and 12 counts of possession of child pornography.
Updated: 7:54 AM The University of Texas at Austin may soon open a nanotechnology institute. Backers say the South West Academy for Nanoelectronics could make the Lone Star State a major player in the emerging scientific field.
Updated: 7:50 AM Crews today worked to contain a wildfire near Abilene that's scorched at least 500 acres. Officials say the blaze -- which started yesterday afternoon -- is a threat to about 50 large wind turbines.
Updated: 7:46 AM Authorities say a patient on oxygen at a Dallas hospital suffered serious burns in a fire that started when he apparently tried to light a cigarette. Officials say more than 110 patients at Methodist Dallas Medical Center briefly had to be moved away from the area -- as a precaution.
Updated: 7:33 PM The wake-up tune for the shuttle Discovery astronauts today was the Aggie War Hymn -- a tune familiar to crewmember Mike Fossum. Fossum is the first Texas A&M graduate in space.
Updated: 7:42 AM Hurricane recovery is on the agenda of this weekend's Southern Governors Association meeting in a place that took a big hit -- New Orleans. The event is hosted by the association chairwoman -- Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco.
Updated: 9:22 PM Plans for a new College Station city cemetery moved forward at a Thursday night city council meeting. The cemetery will include a section called the Aggie Field of Honor.
Posted: 8:20 PM The Milam County Courthouse is quite the spectacular structure. And to get it looking immaculate, it took a lot of work and a lot of money. But ask the people practicing here, and they'll tell you it was worth it.
Posted: 8:14 PM There were once around 300 hatcheries in the country. Today, there are around 10. And Cameron has been home to the biggest and the best for more than six decades.
Updated: 9:43 PM A Bryan man accused of robbing two local convenience stores has been found guilty of aggravated robbery. A jury sentenced him late Thursday afternoon to 68-years in jail.
Posted: 6:25 PM More West Nile has been found in the Twin Cities, including the year’s first case in a bird. Brazos County Health Officials have tested several traps over the past two weeks.
Updated: 10:44 PM After weeks of speculation, the executive director of the Brazos Animal Shelter resigned Thursday. Shelter board member and County Judge Randy Sims says Kelley Durham announced her resignation Thursday morning.
Posted: 5:48 PM A juvenile is locked up after police say he broke into a Bryan church and tried to set it on fire. The-16-year-old male was arrested and charged with arson, burglary, and evading arrest.