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  • Longtime Brazos Valley Healthcare Leader Retires
    Last Updated: 4:54 PM 05/11/12 - Sister Gretchen Kunz has been in the Brazos Valley for more than 30 years and has impacted healthcare across the region and Friday was her last day with St. Joseph Hospital.
  • Huntsville Police Officers Association Hosting Roping Event to Benefit Youth in the Community
    Last Updated: 11:56 AM 09/22/11 - Come out to the Cowboy Country Outdoor Arena October 15th for Team Roping. The Huntsville Police Officers Association is hosting their 1st Annual Team Roping event benefiting the youth in the community and purchases at the Freezer Sale during the Walker County Fair.
  • Aggieland Credit Union Awards College Scholarship to Local Bryan Student
    Last Updated: 1:04 PM 08/26/10 - Aggieland Credit Union, on August 25, 2010, presented Brenda Guillen with a $1000 scholarship check to attend Texas A&M University for the upcoming fall 2010 semester. Brenda Guillen is a recent Bryan High School graduate and her scholarship will go towards her college tuition and furthering her education. She was chosen as the scholarship winner by a panel of judges and credit union representatives.
  • Consol Media Tech Students Place at Nationals
    Last Updated: 8:56 AM 07/06/10 - Three 2010 A&M Consolidated graduates recently placed in the Skills USA National Championship in Kansas City, Mo.
  • Local Volunteer Group Puts Smiles on Kids' Faces
    Last Updated: 5:53 PM 06/16/10 - Sunshine Auxiliary donates $10,000 towards Hospital Pediatric Wing Renovation
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  • Feather Crest Farms Makes An Egg-Strordinary Donation Of 43,200 Eggs To The Brazos Valley Food Bank
    Last Updated: 12:40 PM 03/30/10 - Brazos Valley Food Bank is ‘egg-static’ over a generous donation of more than 43,000 eggs from local egg farmer Feather Crest Farms to help feed Texans in need. Stretched out shell to shell (each egg is approximately two and a half inches long), the 43,200 donated eggs equals 1.7 miles.
  • Schumann Focus Festival
    Last Updated: 8:52 AM 03/11/10 - Sixty-seven students from seventeen studios participated in the Schumann Focus Festival auditions which took place on March 6 and 7 in Bryan Library. The audition judges Ed Kane and Lesley Chapman listened to seventy-two pieces of music written by Robert (and Clara) Schumann. Solo piano music greatly prevailed although there were several pieces performed by ensembles (piano duet; piano and oboe; violin, cello, and piano). Music from Album for the Young alternated with pieces from Scenes from Childhood and more advanced and very well known Schumann’s masterpieces. Auditioning students’ ages varied from young elementary school kids to high school students.
  • Free Buttermilk Pancakes on February 23rd at IHOP: National Pancake Day Celebration To Benefit Shriners Hospitals For Children
    Last Updated: 1:19 PM 02/09/10 - In celebration of National Pancake Day, IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer each guest a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Shriners Hospitals for Children and other local charities.
  • Project Conant Benefit Concert
    Last Updated: 8:34 AM 02/08/10 - Project Conant is a group of students and professionals and we are holding a benefit concert on Thursday April 1st at Wolf Pen Creek featuring Granger Smith. All proceeds benefit the Dr. Jeffrey S. Conant Memorial Scholarship Fund.
  • Cub Scout Pack 60 Collects Crutches for Haiti
    Last Updated: 1:21 PM 01/26/10 - Arrowmoon scout units are answering a call by a hospital nurse in Haiti for crutches.
  • 2010 Texas Independence Day Celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site
    Last Updated: 12:38 PM 01/25/10 - Washington, Texas – The 174th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence will be commemorated during a free two-day festival, February 27-28, 2010 at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. This celebration brings to life the Republic of Texas era. The festival will be held from 10am until 5pm. each day.
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  • Voices for Children Announces College Coaches for Children Event
    Last Updated: 1:54 PM 01/22/10 - College Coaches for Children will feature TAMU Head Baseball Coach Rob Childress and TAMU Head Softball Coach Jo Evans discussing their expectations for the 2010 season as well as promoting awareness about the need for more Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for abused and neglected children in the Brazos Valley.
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  • Arts Council Celebrating Black History Month
    Last Updated: 1:25 PM 01/21/10 - February 3 through February 27, the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley will host an exhibit celebrating Black History Month.
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  • Boston's Restaurant Teaming Up with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
    Last Updated: 11:14 AM 01/22/10 - Boston's is supporting JDRF with annual Valentine's Day fundraiser.
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  • Partnerships for the Future Helps Transitioning Special Needs Students
    Last Updated: 11:47 AM 01/21/10 - Transitioning students with special needs from the world of school to post-secondary life will be the focus of Partnerships for the Future from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan 29 at the Brazos Center.
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  • Salvation Army Establishes Supply Line to Haiti
    Last Updated: 11:44 AM 01/18/10 - Medical Teams, Relief Workers and Materials Support 700 Local Salvation Army Officer and Staff
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  • College Station forester honored for work in Galveston after Hurricane Ike
    Last Updated: 1:37 PM 01/14/10 - Longtime Texas Forest Service forester Pete Smith was honored this week with a Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for his extensive work on trees issues in Galveston following Hurricane Ike. Smith is the agency’s urban forestry partnership coordinator. He has worked for Texas Forest Service for more than two decades. He received the Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence-Forester on Monday during the annual Texas AgriLife Conference. “It’s a great honor but bittersweet because it’s the result of an ecological disaster — and a human one. Some people lost all their possessions and were out of their homes for a year,” Smith said, referring to the many Galveston Island residents who were devastated by the massive storm.
  • Officer Darrel Fikes joins Reserve Unit
    Last Updated: 1:34 PM 01/14/10 - On January 14, 2010 at 6:30pm, the Bryan Police Department swore in Darrel Fikes as a Reserve Officer. Fikes is no stranger to law enforcement. Fikes spent over 6 years as a Deputy Constable in Nueces County and hired on with the Bryan Police Department in 1997. Fikes was most recently one of the major crimes Detectives in the Criminal Investigation Division. Fikes left the Police Department to pursue interests outside law enforcement in December 2009. Law enforcement is in Fikes’ blood and he was unable to leave law enforcement altogether. Officer Fikes will continue to serve the City of Bryan as a Reserve Officer within the Bryan Police Department’s Reserve Unit.
  • Sgt. John Campbell Retirement
    Last Updated: 1:22 PM 01/14/10 - On Friday, January 15, 2010, a reception will be held to honor Sgt. John Campbell who retired from the College Station Police Department following 31 years of distinguished service. A reception honoring Sgt. Campbell will be held at the College Station City Council Chambers on Texas Avenue from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sgt. Campbell’s service touched many people in this community and all are invited to come out to honor his service. In August, 1978 John Campbell started working for the City of College Station as a Firefighter. In April of 1979 Campbell moved to the Police Department as one of the first Jailers for CSPD. In January of 1980 Campbell began his duties as a Police Officer. Campbell was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in June of 1984 and served as a Patrol Sergeant until June of 2003 when he was transferred to the Special Services Division where he supervised the department’s School Resource Officers, D.A.R.E Officers and Crime Prevention Officers. In January 2006 Sgt. Campbell returned to the Patrol Division until his retirement in January 2010.
  • Kuppersmith Officially Recognized as Robotic Thyroid Surgeon
    Last Updated: 10:50 AM 01/13/10 - Ronald B. Kuppersmith, MD, FACS of The Texas Institute for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, today successfully performed his 20th robotic thyroid surgery at the College Station Medical Center in College Station, Texas. Crossing this significant threshold distinguishes him as the first surgeon in North America to be recognized by Intuitive Surgical (http://www.davincisurgery.com) for listing as a “Robotic Surgeon” in the area of thyroid surgery. He is believed at this time to have performed the highest volume of robotic thyroid procedures outside of the Republic of Korea. Because of his recognized expertise in thyroid surgery, patients have traveled from around the United States and internationally to consult with him and undergo surgery.
  • MLK Marrow Drive
    Last Updated: 7:09 AM 01/13/10 - Brazos Valley residents join nationwide effort on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service to increase African American marrow donors on Be The Match Registry® Brooklyn, N.Y., mother of two with leukemia searching for marrow donor showcases challenges for African American patients in need of transplant. This Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, friends and family of Jennifer Jones Austin will host donor registry drives across the United States, including one in Bryan/College Station. The donor registry drives are an effort to raise awareness about the need for more African American marrow donors, and to perhaps find a matching donor for 41-year-old Austin and many other patients like her.
  • Flu Clinic Update
    Last Updated: 6:48 AM 12/14/09 - Scott & White College Station has limited supplies of H1N1 vaccine for current Scott & White patients ages 6 months and up. Flu clinics will be hosted on the following dates: Flu Clinic Dates: Tuesday, December 15 from 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Check in at Desk S Wednesday, December 16 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Check in at Entrance 14 Thursday, December 17 from 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Check in at Desk S
  • Marrow Donor Program Honors Heroes
    Last Updated: 12:14 PM 11/30/09 - Volunteer donors and partners of the Be the Match Registry in the Central Texas area will be honored by the Scott &White Marrow Donor Program at the Be the Match Hero Bash on Tuesday December 1st at the College Station Hilton at 6:00 p.m.
  • Coins For Cooper
    Last Updated: 11:34 AM 11/25/09 - On Thanksgiving Day, prior to, and following the Texas A&M vs University of Texas football game at Kyle Field, The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets will be holding an incredible fundraiser called “COINS FOR COOPER” to help raise money for three year old Cooper Knight who is waiting for a Modified Multivisceral Transplant to replace his colon and small bowel. Members of the Corps will be collecting money for three hours before the game and for one hour following the game. At half-time, a video of Cooper will be shown on the Jumbo-Tron with a brief story about him. Colonel Byron Stebbins and Cadet Kyle Whalen have worked with me to put this event together.
  • Marrow Donor Program Honors Heroes
    Last Updated: 2:24 PM 11/23/09 - Volunteer donors and partners of the Be the Match Registry in the Central Texas area will be honored by the S&W Marrow Donor Program at the Be the Match Hero Bash on Tuesday December 1st at the College Station Hilton by 6 pm.
  • Local Boot Camp Squats to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
    Last Updated: 2:09 PM 11/10/09 - Cliff Latham, who leads the College Station Adventure Boot Camp, the #5 ranked Boot Camp in America, decided to donate money for their 'Squat for Cancer Fundraiser' to the American Cancer Society in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
  • Blinn to Send Care Packages to Troops in Iraq
    Last Updated: 12:46 PM 11/10/09 - For the second year, the Blinn College Dental Hygiene program is sending care packages to troops serving in Iraq.
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  • Boys & Girls Club Hosts Fall Festival
    Last Updated: 9:32 AM 10/26/09 - The Central Unit of Boys & Girls Clubs of Brazos Valley will be hosting the Annual Fall Festival from 4:30 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday, October 28th. The event will be held at the Boys & Girls Club building located at 900 W. William J. Bryan Pkwy in Bryan.
  • Beverly Turek Of Turek's Computer DR Named As Finalist In 6th Annual Stevie Awards For Women In Business
    Last Updated: 5:26 PM 10/25/09 - Turek’s Computer DR was named a Finalist in the Mentor of the Year category in the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run – worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards.
  • Junior League of B/CS: Commencement of the 2009-2010 League Year and Newly-Inducted Executive Officers and Board of Directors
    Last Updated: 11:49 AM 10/22/09 - The Junior League of the Bryan-College Station is pleased to announce the beginning of the 2009 – 2010 League Year and the installation of its 2009-2010 Executive Officers and Board of Directors. The Junior League of Bryan-College Station is an organization of women committed to promoting community voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through effective action and leadership of the League’s trained volunteers. The League’s vision is to strengthen the well-being and future of Bryan-College Station’s children and youth. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. Under the new leadership of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, the Junior League will be giving time and money to at least six different community projects, which include: The Brazos Valley Food Bank Backpack Program, The Boys & Girls Club of the Brazos Valley Fun Times at the Club, The George Bush Presidential Library Education Docent Program, The Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley, Kids in the Kitchen, and community activism projects awarded through the League’s Opportunity Knocks program in addition to the League’s signature project, Stuff the Bus.
  • Five CSISD students named National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars
    Last Updated: 11:41 AM 10/22/09 - Five A&M Consolidated High School seniors were recently named 2009-2010 National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) Scholars. Julio Bernal, Luis Miranda, Andrew Morris, Adrian Ortega and Eunice Quiroga were recognized along with nearly 5,000 other students from a pool of more than 200,000 high school juniors who took the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test and identified themselves as being Hispanic/Latino.
  • More CSISD students honored by the National Merit Scholarship Program
    Last Updated: 11:39 AM 10/22/09 - Twelve College Station Independent School District students were recognized by receiving a Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program. A&M Consolidated seniors Zachary Bennett, Joseph Cho, Carl Fitz, Christopher Haynes, Seungkwon Jung, John Lestina, Kelsey Mills, Andrew Morris, David Pratt, Aaron Salin, Quinton Sweitzer and Chen Yao are among 34,000 students received the commendation, nationwide.
  • Tom Wilkinson, Jr. named Better Business Bureau’s 2009 Boss of the Year
    Last Updated: 10:38 AM 10/20/09 - The Brazos Valley Council of Government Executive Director Tom Wilkinson, Jr. was named “2009 Boss of the Year” by the Better Business Bureau at the BBB Annual Open House. Wilkinson, who has been Executive Director of the BVCOG for the past seventeen years, was one of 19 nominees considered for the award. The Boss of the Year is an annual event, held in conjunction with the Better Business Bureau Open House. Nominations are submitted by employees, and then are voted on by those attending the event.
  • SWAT Competition
    Last Updated: 11:26 AM 10/13/09 - On October 5, 2009 through October 8, 2009, the Bryan Police Department’s Tactical Response Team (TRT) participated in the Texas Tactical Police Officer Association (TTPOA) SWAT Competition. The Bryan Police Department’s Tactical Response Team (TRT) is a volunteer/part-time Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit made up of Bryan PD officers who serve in regular, full-time positions in every division of the department. These officers dedicate many additional hours of training and active service to the TRT outside of their regular duties so that they, the Bryan Police Department and the City of Bryan are well prepared whenever a situation arises requiring their high level of tactical expertise.
  • Benden Named CSISD Education Foundation Director
    Last Updated: 11:13 AM 10/13/09 - Teresa Benden has been named the Director of the College Station Independent School District Education Foundation, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eddie Coulson announced today. “Teresa is a great addition to CSISD and its Education Foundation,” Coulson said. “She has a tremendous commitment to the school district and this community, and I look forward to her leadership.”
  • College Station Earns National Financial Reporting Award
    Last Updated: 9:26 AM 10/13/09 - Today, the City of College Station Fiscal Services Department announced it has received national recognition for its financial reporting practices. This is the 27th year the department has earned this prestigious award. The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting was awarded to City of College Station by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.
  • Local Junior Named HP Scholastic Junior All-American
    Last Updated: 1:50 PM 10/08/09 - College Station native Casey Grice has been named an HP Scholastic Junior All-American, the American Junior Golf Association and HP announced Wednesday. Sponsored for the 15th consecutive year by HP, the 2009 team consists of 12 young men and 12 young women who demonstrate the ability to excel both on the golf course and in the classroom.
  • The Brazos Valley African American Museum
    Last Updated: 11:28 AM 10/01/09 - The Brazos Valley African American Museum will celebrate the opening of an exhibit on Sunday, October 11, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a reception. The exhibit will feature "Black Owned Businesses" of old downtown Bryan. Pictures, documents and some artifacts will be on display.
  • Texas A&M Press Book Wins National Award From The Wildlife Society
    Last Updated: 2:19 PM 09/30/09 - “A Primer on Natural Resource Science,” a Texas A&M Press book in which author Fred S. Guthery advocates putting learning about the nature of science into university curricula, received the 2009 Outstanding Publication Award sponsored by The Wildlife Society.
  • Bryan Fire Department recognizes Fire Prevention Week
    Last Updated: 11:57 AM 09/29/09 - The Bryan Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4-10, to urge residents to “Stay Fire Smart! Don’t Get Burned.” The Bryan Fire Department has many tours set up for the month of October. Local groups, schools and citizens are invited to request a tour, public safety talk or to visit the stations during this month. A special open house is set for Sunday, Oct. 4, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., to kick off Fire Prevention Week. The community is invited to attend and enjoy refreshments at each of the local fire stations. Questions can be directed to (979) 209-5960.
  • Director Named for Blood Center of Brazos Valley: Chris Baker Will Lead Blood Center Operations for Brazos Valley Region
    Last Updated: 11:53 AM 09/29/09 - The Blood Center of Brazos Valley is pleased to announce the promotion of Chris Baker as its new director. In this position, Baker will oversee all blood center operations in the Brazos Valley service area, including product management and mobile and facility collections for the region.
  • Rodney Harris Announces His Departure From KBTX
    Last Updated: 12:16 PM 02/23/12 - After more than three years on the air at KBTX, weather anchor Rodney Harris is leaving the Brazos Valley to take on a new challenge in the southeast.
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  • A&M Board of Regents approves Dr. Blakely as new dean for Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health
    Last Updated: 12:17 PM 09/25/09 - The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Friday approved Craig H. Blakely, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate dean for academic affairs and research at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, as the new dean of the school. The HSC-School of Rural Public Health is the first school in the nation to not only train public health professionals about issues pertaining to the urban environment but also to focus on the health of rural, underserved and at-risk populations statewide, nationally and internationally. “We are excited about the foundation already in place at the Texas A&M Health Science Center as one of the Top 25 accredited schools of public health in the country,” Dr. Blakely said. “It is a personal pleasure to follow in the footsteps of the founding dean, Dr. Ciro Sumaya. I look forward to our continued success and expanding role in meeting the population health needs of our fellow Texans and the global community.”
  • National Seat Check Saturday record breaker!
    Last Updated: 11:45 AM 09/15/09 - National Seat Check Saturday held in Bryan on Sept. 12th turned out to be a record-breaking event. Last year we did 84 inspections, this year the total was 135! Again, this proved to be a great partnership between the Texas AgriLife Extension Service Passenger Safety Project, Daniel & Stark Law Firm and the College Station Medical Center. In spite of the constant rain showers, the event ran smoothly thanks to our excellent technicians and volunteers. We certainly proved that when the going gets tough, the tough get going (and get pretty wet, too)! Here are the statistics from the event: 135 child safety seats inspected 2 children arrived correctly restrained (includes one child that had been to a previous checkup) 107 new child safety seats were distributed 28 old/unsafe seats were collected 46 children arrived totally unrestrained or inappropriately in safety belts
  • Officer Spillars to be promoted to Sergeant
    Last Updated: 10:29 AM 09/14/09 - On September 14, 2009 at 3:30pm, The Bryan Police Department will promote Officer Steven Spillars to the rank of Sergeant in a ceremony with family and friends. The ceremony will take place in the Secondary Courtroom of the Bryan Justice Center. The public is welcome to join us in this celebration.
  • College Station Purchasing Division Wins Excellence Award for 2009
    Last Updated: 9:53 AM 09/10/09 - The City of College Station’s Purchasing Division has earned the 14th Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award for 2009. College Station is one of only 59 cities in the US and one of 28 government agencies in Texas receiving the award. The City has been the recipient for 13 out of the 14 years it has been presented.
  • Navasota ISD Administrator Named TEPSA District 6 President
    Last Updated: 9:46 AM 12/22/09 - Denise Morgan, Navasota ISD Director of Human Resources, was named District 6 President-Elect for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). Morgan and her fellow officers from the 20 TEPSA districts across the state were installed at the association’s July Leadership Conference.
  • Scott & White Memorial Hospital Receives Level I Trauma CenterRe-Designation
    Last Updated: 12:36 PM 09/01/09 - Scott & White Hospital received re-designation as a Level I trauma center by the Texas Department of State Health Services for the next three years. Scott & White was first designated as a Level I trauma center in 2003. In May of this year, Scott & White Hospital was re-verified as a Level I trauma center by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACSCOT), the first step in receiving its official re-designation. “This re-designation shows we meet the highest national standards and can provide a ready team of specialists to respond to the most critical situations,” said Michael Craun, M.D., Trauma Medical Director at Scott & White.
  • Medical Economics Magazine names Huntsville Memorial Hospital a Great Place to Practice Medicine
    Last Updated: 12:23 PM 09/01/09 - Huntsville Memorial Hospital has been recognized as a great place to practice medicine by Medical Economics magazine, which also lists Texas as the best state for doctors. In a recent cover story titled "America's best places to practice," the magazine also points out that in No. 1 Texas, the "Best town you never heard of" is Huntsville, "surrounded by the Sam Houston National Forest and includes Huntsville Memorial Hospital and Sam Houston State University."
  • Cochlear Implants here in BCS
    Last Updated: 9:45 AM 08/24/09 - On August 14, 2009, Andrew L. de Jong, M.D. of Texas ENT and Allergy successfully performed two Cochlear Implant surgeries at the College Station Medical Center in College Station, Texas. A cochlear implant is an electronic device that restores partial hearing to the deaf. It is surgically implanted in the inner ear and activated by a device worn outside the ear. Unlike a hearing aid, it does not make sound louder or clearer. Instead, the device bypasses damaged parts of the auditory system and directly stimulates the nerve of hearing, allowing individuals who are profoundly hearing impaired to receive sound.