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This podcast contains comments from the September 26, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

The city of College Station has a new housing action plan.A 13 member committee drafted the 180 page document following four public meeting, two meetings with groups of homebuilders and developers, and more than 2,500 survey responses.

Councilman Bob Yancy confirmed with David Brower of the city's community development office that the document, "is not meant to be a know all, be all, end all road map" to address housing issues.

The unanimous vote included an addition from councilman Dennis Maloney, that the plan reflects the city's current ordinance requiring a homeowner to be living on properties where there is a second building that is used for rental housing.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Cunha spent several minutes bringing up "wish list" items for future consideration that included finding parking locations for commuters who come to College Station to work and providing utility assistance to low income residents.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials at the September 26, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

Click HERE to read and download the housing action plan (before the addition made by councilman Dennis Maloney) that was adopted at the September 26, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

Ed Spillane, College Station's Municipal Court Judge, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the upcoming warrant amnesty roundup, helping students clear their record, MIP statistics, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is a visit with Caden Jones of the Destination Bryan tourism office and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

Topics includes the lineup for October First Friday in downtown Bryan, Halloween and Christmas holiday activities in downtown Bryan, and a reminder of the free downtown Bryan shuttle to and from Kyle Field.

Meagan Brown, BTU’s Public Information Officer, visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about payment kiosks, BTU's relationship with College Station, future power plants, building more generation, peak hours, new projects, Lake Bryan, Public Power Week, the launch of a new website, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Pink Alliance held its 21st Surviving and Thriving luncheon on Wednesday. WTAW's Chelsea Reber visits with the keynote speaker, Kim Becking.

This podcast is a visit with local Red Cross director Jennifer Young and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

The local director of the Red Cross is preparing to make her third trip in four months to a hurricane zone.

Jennifer Young says she is expecting to be deployed to Charlotte, North Carolina, which is the hub of Red Cross operations in that region following Hurricane Helene.

Young previously went to Baton Rouge in September following Hurricane Francine and the Houston area following Hurricane Beryl in July.

The Red Cross is seeing hurricane assistance in three ways.

One is financial donations. Visit redcross.org or text the word HELENE to 90999.

Young says the Red Cross is seeking more than 300 volunteers to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. More information about volunteering is online at redcross.org/volunteer.

And Young says blood donors are needed to fill more than 1,500 donations that will not be collected as the result of blood drives that were canceled following Hurricane Helene. Go online to RedCrossBlood.org to make an appointment.

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about the Public Utility Commission's order to refund $27 million, the city's housing action plan, the Jones-Butler extension project, the Wellborn and George Bush intersection improvement project, the future of a natural gas power plant, new restaurants, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast is with the director of Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley Chuck Fleeger and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

For the first time, Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley is holding a public awareness event to assist in finding people who have been missing from one year to as far back as 1979.

AANBV director Chuck Fleeger says volunteers in the "Honk For The Missing" event will be at Texas and Walton Wednesday morning (October 2) between 11 and noon at Texas and Walton...near the main entrance to Texas A&M.

When traffic is stopped, volunteers will raise posters that includes a Q-R code for motorists to get more information from AANBV's website.

This podcast is a recording from sister station The Zone's Chip Howard Sports Talk program that aired live September 30, 2024.

This was the day after the death of longtime Bryan High School head football coach and Bryan ISD school board member Merrill Green,

This podcast has two of the longest serving local sports reporters, The Zone's Chip Howard and the executive sports editor of The Eagle, Robert Cessna, share their memories.

Original story, September 29, 2024:

The namesake of the Bryan school district's football stadium has died.

The announcement of Merrill Green's passing was shared on the X/Twitter account of Bryan High School principal Lane Buban.Green coached the Bryan High football team between 1972 and 1992.

He was also a member of the Bryan ISD school board for more than 12 years, retiring from that position in 2012.

A biography published by the Chickasha, Oklahoma school district says Green graduated high school there as senior class president.

The biography also points out Green graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of the 1950 national championship football team and the 1951 national championship baseball team.

Green moved to Bryan after spending seven years at Abilene Cooper High School.

Before beginning his high school coaching career, Green coached on the collegiate level at Wichita State, the University of Missouri, the University of Arkansas and at Texas Tech.Funeral arrangements have not been announced. 

Merrill Green was 94 years old.

WTAW's Chelsea Reber visits with Kat Gammon from United Way of the Brazos Valley and Amy Faulkner from Voices for Children.