Bryan single member district five councilwoman-elect Marca Ewers-Shurtleff visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on election night, November 5, 2024.

College Station city councilwoman elect Melissa McIlhaney visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on election night, November 5, 2024.

Bryan city councilman-elect for single member district four James Edge visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on election night, November 5, 2024.

College Station place three city councilman-elect David White visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on election night, November 5, 2024.

Brazos County precinct three commissioner-elect Fred Brown visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on election night, November 5, 2024.

Bryan single member district three councilman-elect Jared Salvato visits with WTAW's Bill Oliver on election night, November 5, 2024

This podcast is with Brazos County district attorney Jarvis Parsons and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

A Brazos County district court jury takes seven minutes to find a Bryan man guilty of shooting and wounding a Bryan policeman in December 2022.

Then the jury takes less than one hour to reach punishment of life in prison.

46 year old Joshua Herrin was convicted of aggravated assault against a public servant, when he fired at the officer while running away from a traffic stop in the area of Wayside Drive and Avondale Avenue.

The officer did not return fire.

Herrin drove away in the officer's patrol vehicle then abandoned it.

The following day, Herrin shot and wounded a Brazos County sheriff's deputy in the Benchley area. 

Herrin, who was captured following a standoff, faces a trial in Robertson County related to that incident. That trial will be prosecuted by the Brazos County district attorney's office.

Herrin remains in the Brazos County jail as of November 5th in lieu of bonds totaling $5.7 million dollars.

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

Early voting in Brazos County draws 54% of registered voters.

Elections administrator Trudy Hancock said as of Monday (November 4), there were 71,761 ballots out of 133,382 registered voters.

The busiest of five voting centers was the College Station Utilities training facility with around 22,000.

There are 28 voting centers in Brazos County on election day. Hancock suggests driving a few extra minutes to a lesser used center to get in a line with a shorter waiting time.

On election day, Hancock says those who are in line at 7 p.m. will be able to vote.

Listen to local election night returns and interviews on WTAW.

This podcast contains comments from the October 24, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

The College Station city council at its last meeting (October 24) received an update from Texas A&M's office of off-campus student services.

Assistant director Jaclyn Upshaw-Brown's report included starting the new "Good Neighbor Network", allowing property managers to promote their housing by following a list of requirements. That drew the attention of councilmembers William Wright and Bob Yancy and mayor John Nichols.

Brown also responded to questions about how the office is enforcing the city's housing occupancy regulations and using city resources to assist students who have issues with their landlords.

Brown will be part of a group who will make a similar presentation will be made by A&M representatives later this week to the board of regents.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from Texas A&M's office of off-campus student services during the October 24, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

WTAW's Chelsea Reber visits with Peggi Ondrasek, President of United Way of the Brazos Valley, and Tanner Williams from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas.