BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Following severe storms on Thursday, Burton ISD in Washington County has canceled classes for Friday.
Superintendent Rob Barnwell tells KBTX that trees are down on several bus routes and some areas of campus are flooded.
A tornado-warned storm pushed through the area Thursday evening and then continued southeast to Brenham and the rest of the county before moving into the greater Houston area.
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – A jury in Bryan sentenced Lonnie Fields, Jr. to 40 years in prison after finding him guilty of Family Violence Assault with a Previous Conviction. The sentence was handed down on July 13, 2023. Prosecutors were able to prove Fields had assaulted his girlfriend in November of 2020. The victim had…
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Firefighters are being praised for their life-saving efforts on Saturday following a serious one-vehicle crash on FM 974 near Wheelock Road that left the driver pinned inside his crumbled pickup truck. According to Brazos County District 2 VFD, around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the driver of a 1-ton pickup hauling a large…
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – This week’s first responders salute goes to Texas A&M Forest Service employee Paul Hannemann. He recently earned the Current Achievement Award for Fire Protection. The award was presented to Hannemann on September 20 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hanneman is a retired Texas A&M Forest Service Chief of Fire Operations and Incident…
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – On June 16, Maria Vasquez received a call from her brother voicing he was experiencing severe stomach pain and needed to see a doctor. 33-year-old Joel Vasquez was rushed to the hospital where doctors said his platelet and blood counts were low and he needed a blood transfusion. “As soon as…
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance made his first solo campaign appearance a day after the White House race was thrown into upheaval when President Joe Biden dropped out. The Ohio senator held a rally Monday at his former high school in Middleton, his hometown, where he played up his local…
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The Brazos Valley Coalition for the Homeless is about to start counting the unhoused population across the area, and they will need some help. It is all for a country-wide yearly survey called the Point in Time Count or PIT. Here locally that means figuring out how many people are homeless…
