Updated: 9:13 PM Tim Boriskie and his wife Betty have dedicated their lives to helping others. Tim, born and raised in Bryan, is a member of the Coast Guard and Betty is a nurse in Slidell Louisiana.

Updated: 10:27 PM A number of area organizations are planning food drives in the coming days. Twof the biggest are happening in the next three days in Bryan, College Station, and on the Texas A&M campus.

Updated: 10:21 PM Bryan PD thinks they know the man who fired shots at Dee's Club. Now, they just have to find him.

Updated: 9:10 PM While current students prepare to help, university president Robert Gates has opened A&M's doors to others. There may be a few more kids on campus in the coming days.

Updated: 5:36 PM Violence continues to escalate in the New Orleans area. Texas Task Force One temporarily halted rescues because of the civil unrest, but Thursday night they were able to execute two rescue missions.

Updated: 6:16 PM Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is alerting Texas consumers to be wary of door-to-door scam artists and others posing as representatives of charities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Updated: 3:59 PM The Lincoln Center is getting packed, but not just with victims of Katrina. Volunteers have flooded shelters to aid the flooded Gulf Coast residents.

Updated: 8:52 PM Seven counties are offering their computers to Katrina victims in need. The Brazos Valley Council of Governments and Workforce Solutions announced all counties in their region are allowing people from affected areas to log on with them to e-mail loved ones.

Updated: 4:00 PM If you would like to help out by donating items to the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina, a Bryan building is the place to go.

Updated: 2:35 PM Officials are expecting evacuee numbers in the hundreds. Now the community is stepping in, looking for any way to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Cars loaded with necessities like clothes and diapers were filing in Central Baptist Church.

Updated: 2:14 PM As Hurricane Katrina enters the history books, the clean up is just beginning. The Brazos Valley is doing its part to help out victims of this terrible storm. Now is the time to show your support.

Updated: 4:50 PM 2.5 million dollars in improvements to Bryan's Muncipal Golf Course needed only a stamp of approval from the city's Business Council. But, Monday night the business council took no action. Now, the plans are back in the hands of the city council.

Updated: 10:17 PM The tables were turned Tuesday night as residents got to grill the cops. It was a town hall meeting hosted by the College Station police department, and no question or comment was off limits.

Updated: 10:12 PM Texas Task Force One's task of helping Gulf Coast residents is paying off. Working in the most harshly affected areas, the rescue team has helped nearly a dozen people.

Updated: 11:17 AM Evacuees from the areas affected by Katrina have begun to run out of money for food and lodging. Local agencies have banded together for our neighbors to the east.

Updated: 8:51 PM Several Brazos County residents spoke out at a public hearing Tuesday in favor of a possible tax increase, but only if the extra money would go towards one thing.

Updated: 9:10 PM College life means living on your own in one of two places, on campus or off campus. On campus residents enjoy a close proximity to classes and few of the parking problems. Off campus students usually get nicer accommodations and more privacy. But students at Sam Houston State can now have the best of both worlds.

Updated: 10:21 PM There will be no referendum on the College Station hotel-convention center project. That's the decision by the city council Monday as they decided against a public vote.

Updated: 10:41 AM One of the most influential community leaders in the Twin Cities has resigned. P. David Romei has stepped down from the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley.

Updated: 5:33 PM Session is over for the Texas Legislature, but the new laws it passed begin this week. As of September 1, 700 new laws go into effect covering everything from teacher retirement to online solicitation of a minor.

Updated: 1:27 PM More members of a local rescue unit are about to head towards the storm-drenched areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. To help victims, call American Red Cross, 1-800-435-7669

Updated: 1:26 PM Along the Texas border, many Gulf Coast residents are seeking shelter, escaping from Hurricane Katrina. Some of those residents are making their temporary home here in the Brazos Valley.

Updated: 7:38 AM The constant rise of gas prices is causing wallets everywhere to ache. But for pizza delivery drivers, the high price of gas is not only affecting their wallet, it is also affecting their job.

Updated: 10:41 PM Monstrous Hurricane Katrina barreled toward the Big Easy on Sunday with 165-mph wind and a threat of a 28-foot storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation, a last-ditch Superdome shelter and prayers for those left to face the doomsday scenario this below-sea-level city has long dreaded.

Updated: 7:49 AM Two people are dead following an accident in Walker County Friday night.