Posted: 9:23 PM An elderly Bryan man is dead after a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning on OSR near Castenson Lane. Authorities say George Hall Rice Jr., 82, had just finished checking a mailbox when he tried to turn into a private driveway.
Posted: 9:20 PM A pair of construction projects could cause some traffic delays starting Monday. The first is at the intersection of Texas Avenue and F.M. 2818, the Harvey Mitchell Parkway, in College Station. The other construction site is downtown Bryan as work crews take Bryan Avenue traffic to one-way between William Joel Bryan Parkway and 23rd Street.
Posted: 7:14 PM Motorists passing the intersection of Briarcrest and HWY 6 can't help but be reminded of the immigration controversy. It's where a billboard reading Stop the Invasion Secure our borders stands.
Posted: 10:42 PM Leon County residents on the Flo Community Water System are coming together for a community meeting. The company says a leak in a water line is to blame for resident being without water for close to a week.
Posted: 10:39 PM A Fort Worth man is in Milam County Jail, charged with drug possession.
Authorities stopped Brian Gray, 35, on a traffic stop in Cameron. A search of his vehicle turned up two bags of amphetamine tablets, and six vials of steroids.
Updated: 9:32 PM Close to a thousand people came out Saturday for the opening of the Brazos Valley African American Museum. The event featured music and a host of notable speakers as part of the program. There was also a surprise visit from the museum founder.
Posted: 10:15 PM The jury only took a few hours to sentence a Bryan man accused of murder to 75 years behind bars. Michael Lopez was convicted of a June 2005 murder.
Posted: 8:43 PM The power is back on for around 1100 BTU customers near 2818 and Villa Maria. An electrical component at a substation failed around 5:30pm Friday evening.
Posted: 6:42 PM Finalists for the open spot at the top of College Station's school district could be named Tuesday. The school board has called a special meeting on that night to considering the candidates for superintendent job.
Posted: 6:26 PM There's a new twist on the West Nile outbreak in Brazos County. With a pair of new locations in the Twin Cities testing positive, there's also a new carrier.
Posted: 6:22 PM A jailhouse brawl has landed a Brazos County inmate in more hot water. Donald Howard is accused of stabbing another prisoner several times. According to witnesses, Howard became angry when the other inmate repeatedly asked for a sheet of paper.
Updated: 10:24 PM For the second time in three weeks, a hotel on University Drive has been robbed at gunpoint. Authorities say a black male wearing a clown mask entered the Homewood Suites hotel just after 3:30am Friday morning.
Posted: 6:08 PM After years of planning and hard work, the new African American Museum is just about ready for its big debut. The grand opening and dedication ceremony is Saturday.
Posted: 5:57 PM The Texas Engineering Extension Service or TEEX extended a helping hand. The agency donated over 10,000 toiletry items to Phoebe's Home, a local domestic violence shelter.
Updated: 6:13 PM A fatal one car accident occurred on Highway 6 and Old San Antonio Road on Friday. It happened around 10 a.m. at the Brazos and Robertson County line.
Updated: 7:15 AM A big shark turned into a huge feast for some folks along the Texas coast. The "silky" shark was caught in the Gulf of Mexico, about 30 miles off Port Aransas.
Updated: 7:13 AM Ten people have now been accused in an alleged conspiracy to steal tickets from Southwest Airlines. A federal grand jury has indicted a woman and two more men -- including two Bexar County law officers.
Updated: 7:10 AM Police say two 12-year-old boys were killed when the truck one of them was driving hit a tree. Police believe the driver of the truck, Justin Dieckman, sneaked out of his parents' house in Spring and picked up four friends for a ride.
Updated: 7:07 AM By Navy vessel, helicopter, even a Saudi-owned ship, the US is picking up the pace of evacuating Americans from Lebanon. US officials hope to take out nearly five-thousand Americans today, ten days into the Israeli air bombardment.
Posted: 3:47 AM College Station's city council deliberated into the early morning hours, and in a 4-3 vote, decided against rezoning 50 acres at Rock Prairie and Highway 6, land that would have likely included a Super Wal-Mart.
Posted: 9:41 PM The U.S. military continues to work on getting American citizens out of the worn torn region in the Middle East. A local Rabbi who recalls the times Americans were flocking to Lebanon to vacation and sight see.
Posted: 9:33 PM A local man is recovering after he drove his truck into an overpass retaining wall. Police say Patrick Dorman was driving north on Highway 6, when he lost control of his pickup, went off the freeway and landed on Harvey Road.
Updated: 10:05 PM The CBS Early Show is coming to the Brazos Valley.
The show will broadcast live from downtown Waco Friday morning as part of "Great American Vacation" tour.
Meteorologist Dave Price will be there to give a deserving viewer a summer vacation.
Posted: 6:22 PM A Brazos County jury took less than two hours to find a Bryan man guilty of murder. Michael Anthony Lopez, 20, was convicted on charges of murder and two counts of burglary of a habitation.
Updated: 4:16 PM The weather is heating up, and when temperatures increase so does the risk of heat related illnesses. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are two of the leading injuries during summer months and both can have detrimental effects.
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