Updated: 1:55 PM Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin has been granted the authority to negotiate the terms of an employment agreement with Athletic Director Bill Byrne.

Updated: 10:00 AM Worried your child's car seat may not be installed properly? You should make it out to the Kiwanis Child Safety Seat Checkup Event going on this weekend.

Updated: 6:48 PM **Update** Both east and westbound lanes of State Highway 21 near the Navasota River at the Brazos-Madison County Line are open to traffic.

Updated: 10:00 AM An undercover investigation by Walker County law enforcement resulted in the arrests of two suspects for allegedly running an illegal gambling operation in New Waverly.

Updated: 10:59 PM An oil boom in our own back yard is showing promise for local business owners. In recent months, drilling has picked up in parts of the Brazos Valley, and with that local sales tax revenue is on the rise.

Updated: 10:43 PM Last September, Texas State Climatologist Dr. John Nielson-Gammon said that Texas as a whole could be in store for a 10 to 15 year drought. After soaking Winter rains, is that forecast still valid?

Updated: 6:50 PM When college students graduate many face a mountain of debt. Recent reports indicate that student debt is approaching one-trillion dollars.

Updated: 7:05 PM Some area service repairmen are responding to seven to ten calls each per day as people prepare their units for summer.

Updated: 3:30 PM The Texas Department of Public Safety today announced the implementation of new proof of residency requirements to obtain Texas driver licenses or identification cards effective May 7, 2012.

Posted: 3:07 PM The Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University will hold Final Review Saturday (May 5). Step off from the Quad will be at 9:30 a.m. and the cadets will march to Kyle Field where the review will begin about 10 a.m. Kyle Field will open at 8:30 a.m. with open seating for those who wish to see the event.

Posted: 10:20 AM The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) is pleased to partner with the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI); Safe Kids USA; USAonWatch; National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC); and the National Association of State Fire Marshals to announce the theme for the 2012 Arson Awareness Week: "Prevent Youth Firesetting."

Updated: 4:47 PM The 25-year-old employee who shot and killed an armed shoplifter at the College Station Walmart last month says he had no choice if he wanted to live.

Updated: 1:51 PM A Giddings man is charged with plotting to hire a hit man to kill his wife and the man he claimed was having an affair with his wife. But he didn't know that the man he allegedly tried to hire was an undercover agent with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Updated: 11:04 PM If you take the time to look up, you'll see dead and dying trees across the Brazos Valley and all over Texas. While some of the after effects of last years drought are just now showing up, it is not too late to save stressed landscape.

Updated: 10:45 PM College Station city officials say all power has been restored Wednesday after outages that started early in the evening.

Updated: 6:42 PM Kean Register spoke with News 3 after returning to city hall and showed us the crash he caught with his own camera.

Updated: 6:46 PM Mary's El Alamo Mexican Restaurant pulls in the people, near and far.

Posted: 2:57 PM The Brazos County Small Claims Court has dismissed the lawsuit that was filed by several Springbrook homeowners last month.

Updated: 2:07 PM You can now see through several of the floors of the 17-story highrise in preparation for an implosion on Thursday, May 24th.

Updated: 12:13 AM The free program was created after 9/11 and assists first responders, service members, veterans, and even teachers and clergy with buying or refinancing a home.

Updated: 12:27 PM When the regents of the state’s two largest university systems assemble this week — the University of Texas System on Wednesday and Thursday and Texas A&M University System on Thursday and Friday — the most anticipated agenda item for both will be setting tuition.

Posted: 11:33 PM Who makes the best-tasting lemonade in Bryan-College Station?

Updated: 1:27 AM The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says it isn't expecting any power outages this summer partly because of more available power for the state's electric grid.

Updated: 8:04 AM A home on the out-skirts of College Station goes up in flames.

Updated: 3:40 AM Coming off the drought of 2011, and with the uncertainty that there could be drought conditions once again this summer, water conservation is highly important -- and important now.