New centennial campaign launched at George H.W. Bush Presidential Library

New centennial campaign launched at George H.W. Bush Presidential Library

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) -A new centennial campaign is underway at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum. It’s called “41@100: A Celebration of George H.W. Bush” and it runs until December 2024. It honors the 100th anniversary of George H.W. Bush’s birth. During the campaign, the Bush Foundation will host special programming to…

City shares vision for beautifying, expanding housing at Texas Ave and University Drive

City shares vision for beautifying, expanding housing at Texas Ave and University Drive

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The City of College Station is reimagining what the northeast entrance to the city and Texas A&M University will look like. A redevelopment plan is being presented by College Station city staff this month to share how the city could develop the area around Univerisity Drive and Texas Avenue over…

BUILD kicks off construction for 10th year with annual groundbreaking

BUILD kicks off construction for 10th year with annual groundbreaking

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – BUILD hosted its 10-year anniversary celebration on Monday. The organization converts 40-foot shipping containers into fully functional and portable clinics that are shipped to communities in need. This year, they are constructing four medical clinics and one veterinary clinic. “This would make 47 clinics that we have constructed and we…

New arrest in drug investigation linked to officer-involved shooting, searches

New arrest in drug investigation linked to officer-involved shooting, searches

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) -A new arrest has been made in connection with a drug investigation that shook several College Station neighborhoods earlier this year. This operation, which involved the execution of search warrants at multiple locations, ended with a deadly officer-involved shooting at one of the homes searched. According to court documents, 26-year-old Michael…

Tyler man gets 40 years for severely burning child in bathtub

Tyler man gets 40 years for severely burning child in bathtub

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – A Tyler man has been sentenced to prison for severely burning his stepchild in a bathtub. Joshua Tranair Meekings, 27, was charged with first-degree injury to a child after his step son suffered third-degree burns in a bathtub in 2022. Meekings was arrested May 30, 2022, and has since been held…

Deputies kill suspect who shot Woodville officer in face

Deputies kill suspect who shot Woodville officer in face

WOODVILLE, Texas (KTRE) – A Hemphill man is dead and a Woodville police officer is injured following a pair of shootings on Sunday morning. According to a release from Woodville Police Chief Michael McCulley, a call for service was made around 7:15 a.m. Sunday to the 200 block of Shivers Drive reporting a suspicious man…

Donald Trump claims credit for saving Ken Paxton

Donald Trump claims credit for saving Ken Paxton

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is claiming credit for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s acquittal. Posting on his Truth Social platform Monday, Trump claimed that his sporadic defenses on social media for his long-time ally helped sway the course of Paxton’s impeachment trial. “Yes, it is true that my intervention through TRUTH SOCIAL saved Texas…

Texas woman arrested for embezzeling nearly $800K

Texas woman arrested for embezzeling nearly $800K

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) – A Texas woman has been accused of embezzling nearly $800,000 from her employer in Montgomery County for years. Kelly Kolleen Horton, 60, has been arrested for theft of greater than $300,000, a first-degree felony, after a lengthy investigation from authorities. According to authorities, the investigation found that over four years…

Bryan High’s Viking Theatre to present ‘The Glass Menagerie’

Bryan High’s Viking Theatre to present ‘The Glass Menagerie’

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – It’s almost showtime for Bryan High’s Viking Theatre. The Company will kick off its fall season with Tennessee William’s “The Glass Menagerie” Thursday. The show is set in the 1930s and shares the experiences of a family facing difficult situations. Directors Braedon Lawless and Forrest Gamble wanted to start the season…