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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Unbound Now is searching for volunteers for a community outreach event taking place Jan. 27. The event, called Not In My City, helps to spread the organization’s message and mission – helping survivors of human trafficking and providing community education on human trafficking. After a brief training, volunteers will go to…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – College Station wants to know what residents think about adding a recreation center. Community meetings, surveys, and a public open house will take place next week. Jennifer Cain, the city’s Director of Capital Projects and Facility Management, says the city’s goal behind the open-house meeting is for the public to…

MILAM COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) – A Milam County man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for multiple charges of child sexual assault. Jamarr Zamora was arrested and charged in 2020 with three counts of sexual assault of a child. His trial was put on hold due to the pandemic, but became a high…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – A College Station man is behind bars for allegedly threatening to kill workers at Motel 6. According to arrest reports, just after 7 a.m. Thursday, January 18, Travis Coler, 35, attempted to check into his reserved room at an earlier time than originally scheduled. When staff refused, Coler reportedly became irate…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Another arctic front blew through the Brazos Valley overnight, and we will spend the rest of the weekend trying to recover some gulf moisture to set up next week’s rain chance. From now until then, pack the chapstick and hand lotion! Drought Update Multiple disturbances move over the Brazos Valley next…

MADISONVILLE, Texas (KBTX) – After a Madisonville veteran lost his home to a fire Tuesday morning, local veterans banded together to help. Jacob McWhorter lost his home which was located along Highway 21. McWhorter says he’s still standing because his service dog, Mattie Mae, alerted him of the fire just in time. “It started up…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – College Station High School’s fine arts department is presenting ‘Rock of Ages: Teen Edition’ with four shows later this month. The show features popular 1980′s hits, which all came out before the cast was born. “My parents grew up, they were like teens, early 20s during the 80′s and they…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Senators on Capitol Hill passed a short-term funding extension to attempt to avoid a government shutdown just hours ago. Then, the House, moments before First News at Four began, passed the resolution, keeping the government funded. The bill is only a short-term solution, and likely, in a few months, the government…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – You may have seen salt trucks out on the road during the most recent freeze. Brining and salting the roads might make your drive safer, but it can cause damage to your car. Most of the damage caused by road salt is cosmetic. If not properly treated, those chemicals can cause…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative ban on public universities across Texas took effect on Jan. 1. Now, students are back in town from the break and are noticing some of those changes. The Queer Empowerment Council is one group taking on some ambitious projects to make sure resources are…