The Daily Pledge for Wednesday, October 4th comes from Mrs. Richardson’s class at Greens Prairie Elementary.

BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) – The Brazos County Health Department makes available to all media each week the results of inspections at local businesses. A “No Score” (N/S) can be given at restaurant openings, field or complaint investigations, and follow-up inspections. P/S or permit suspension happens after a restaurant scores lower than 70 or if…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The Arts Council of the Brazos Valley has named Leslie Bowlin as Chief Executive Officer. Bowlin will join the ACBV after serving the past 10 years as the executive director of the Houston Maritime Center & Museum. “Her extensive background includes public relations, investing, and business operations, as well as…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The Texas A&M Board of Regents will meet Tuesday to appoint Gen. Mark Welsh to full President of Texas A&M University and negotiate an agreement for his employment. This meeting will begin telephonically at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12. This is just over three weeks since the regents named…

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) – The Public Utilities Commission of Texas met for the first time Thursday following the Sept. 7 energy emergency declared by ERCOT. One of the central focuses of the meeting was the reliability of the power grid after high temperatures and high demand led to days of conservation requests. The level two…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – A private screening of Apollo 13 at the Queen Theatre included a Q&A session with a longtime NASA engineer. News 3’s Rusty Surrette moderated the session and those in attendance could ask questions of Harry Kolkhorst, a College Station resident who was with NASA for more than four decades. Thursday night’s…

LEE COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) – There is now a new sheriff in Lee County. Garrett Durrenberger was sworn in Tuesday. His grandfather, Judge John Durrenberger, had the honor of swearing him into office, according to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post. Following the ceremony, Sheriff Durrenberger swore in new deputies that will be serving…