WTAW - Interviews

Jeanelle Johnson, Emergency Management Coordinator, and Bryan Firefighter Chris Lamb visit with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about hurricane season preparedness, creating an evacuation plan, preparing for sheltering in place during an emergency, and more during their appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Jan Porter, A&M Garden Club President, visits with WTAW's Chelsea Reber about National Garden Week, their local displays, upcoming events, and more.

This podcast contains comments during the May 20, 2025 College Station ISD school board meeting from assistant superintendent Josh Symank.

On the Tuesday before Memorial Day (May 20), the College Station ISD school board received an update on construction projects around the district.

This web story does not include construction at high school stadiums in CSISD, which was the subject of a prior story.

Comments from assistant superintendent Josh Symank included wanting to be aggressive as possible to complete new construction and repairs faster than scheduled. One obstacle has been stormy weather, which Symank said he hopes for no rain for the rest of the district's construction schedule.

Symank also brought up two unexpected delays. Renovating the baseball field at Consolidated High School has included the discovery and removal of buried light poles. And swarms of bees had to be removed from College Station High School's baseball and softball fields.

As construction starts on the second phase of CSISD's career and technology center, Symank has been approached by coaches and athletic administrators about adding a cross country course in a bid to host a district competition.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the May 20, 2025 CSISD board meeting.

Anne Black, Executive Director of OPAS, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about OPAS Season 53.

This podcast contains comments from the May 29, 2025 Texas A&M system board of regents business meeting from chairman Bob Albritton.

In March 1996, the Texas A&M and the University of Texas systems created an investment corporation that goes by the acronym UTIMCO. 

For the first time, the A&M system will be getting its full share of revenue from The University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company. 

That's according to A&M system board of regents chairman Bob Albritton from comments he made at their May 29, 2025 business meeting.

Albritton says that means an additional $200 million dollars for the A&M system.

The revenue comes from the UTIMCO permanent university fund, which is based on oil and gas production on system land in west Texas.

Albritton said the regents finance committee will discuss what to do with the additional money.

WTAW's Chelsea Reber visits with Sheree Boegner, Interim President/CEO, and Kat Gammon, Vice President Community Impact, about this year's Community Impact Grants. 

News release from United Way of the Brazos Valley:

United Way of the Brazos Valley is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 – 2027 Community Impact Grant. All 18 nonprofit recipients serve Brazos Valley residents in the areas of health, education and financial stability in the Brazos Valley. 

“We’re proud to fund programs that provide vital support for our community,” said Max Crawford, United Way of the Brazos Valley Board Chair. “Our impact partners embody our values and help us ensure that our community’s needs are met. We’re confident the resources we provide our partners will stay within the Brazos Valley to help better our communities.” 

The Community Impact Grant application is a competitive process that occurs every two years. 

Over 35 organizations began the application process in January, and of those 18 recipients were chosen. Each application was reviewed by a team of community volunteers, who scored the applications and attended site visits to see programs in action before making a final recommendation to the United Way of the Brazos Valley Board of Directors. United Way of the Brazos Valley is thankful to the 27 volunteer grant reviewers that participated in this year’s process. 

“These grants allow us to help relieve some of the fundraising burden from these nonprofits so they can focus on helping the Brazos Valley residents who need it most,” said Kat Gammon, United Way of the Brazos Valley Vice President Community Impact. “In addition to funding, each of these nonprofits join a cohort of executive directors working to support each other and create lasting change in the Brazos Valley.” 

2025–2027 Community Impact Grant Recipients: 

• Adult & Teen Challenge of Texas – Brenham Campus 
• Boys & Girls Club of the Brazos Valley 
• Brazos Valley Center for Independent Living 
• Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse 
• Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center 
• Catholic Charities of Central Texas 
• Faith Mission & Help Center 
• Family Promise of Bryan-College Station 
• Grimes Health Resource Center 
• Health for All 
• OnRamp 
• The Prenatal Clinic 
• Scotty’s House Child Advocacy Center 
• The Society of St. Vincent de Paul 
• Son Shine Outreach Center 
• S.O.S. Ministries 
• Twin City Mission 
• Unbound Now BCS 

These grants are funded through annual workplace campaigns, community campaigns, and other fundraising efforts throughout the year. To donate to United Way of the Brazos Valley’s community impact initiatives visit uwbv.org/donate. 

Learn more about United Way of the Brazos Valley and Community Impact Grants at uwbv.org. 

Theresa Mangapora, BVFB Executive Director, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the fight against Summer Hunger, how you can help, visiting the Food Bank, and so much more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

This podcast contains comments from the May 29, 2025 Texas A&M system board of regents business meeting.

The May 29, 2025 business meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents was the first since the governor reappointed two members, named one new member, and reorganized board leadership.

For the first time in at least 15 years, board members publicly expressed their goals and expectations for the next two years.

About 30 minutes was taken by the board's new chairman, Bob Albritton of Fort Worth, the board's new vice chair, Jay Graham of Houston, newly appointed regent Kelley Sullivan Georgiades of Galveston, and the chairs of the regents five committees.


The committee chairs who shared their priorities were committee on student and academic affairs Sam Torn of Houston, building committee chair Randy Brooks of San Angelo, finance committee chairman David Baggett of Houston, audit committee chairman Mike Hernandez of Fort Worth, and the chairman of the new committee on research John Bellinger of San Antonio.

Jeremiah Cook, Assistant Director of Tourism, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about tourism statistics, summer sports events, a need for volunteers, a new brand book, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.

State Representative Trey Wharton of Huntsville (R-TX) visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about the most important legislation he is monitoring, Operation Safe Shield, the end of the session, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.