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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – After President Joe Biden announced he would drop out from the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, just a few months before voters cast their ballot, KBTX spoke to the Democratic and Republican Party chairs to get their thoughts. Thomas Cavaness, Chairman of the Brazos County Democratic Party, said he knew there…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Most of the weekend was rain-free, but Sunday afternoon’s showers and storms are just the tip of a soggy iceberg for the week ahead. A western ridge that has been set up for much of the past couple weeks looks to stay put, with additional ridging along the East Coast. In…

CROCKETT, Texas (KBTX) – The Crockett Police Department needs help identifying four people who burglarized a convenience store Saturday morning. Police say it happened around 4:45 a.m. in the 800 block of North 4th Street. The four people had forced their way into the store and then left before the police got there. The four…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The West Nile Virus has reached the Brazos Valley. Several counties in the area have had mosquitoes test positive for the virus in recent weeks. According to the Brazos County Health District, recent rainfall has brought out mosquitos. The health district has been trapping the insects which are then submitted for…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – KBTX weather partner Bob Pack brought his storm tracking experience to the movie set of “Twisters,” where actors Daisy Edgar Jones and Glenn Powell play competing storm chasers. The film opened Friday across the United States. “One of the things that I did feel like I was helping them out with…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The CrowdStrike IT outage forced Texas A&M University to cancel classes Friday as IT professionals manually fixed thousands of impacted devices. The outage was caused by a faulty update sent out by U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which manages security for nearly 30,000 companies worldwide. It was a routine software update…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The candidate filing period for those hoping to join College Station’s City Council begins Saturday. Places 3, 4, 5, and 6 are up for election on November 5. Potential candidates can pick up an application packet at the City Secretary’s Office at College Station City Hall – 1101 Texas Avenue….

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – More than halfway through the summer break, families with students across the Bryan-College Station area are getting ready to drop some cash on back-to-school supplies. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), families will be spending more money on school supplies for the 2024-2025 term than ever before. The NRF reported…

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Texas music group, Jeff Jacobs Band has towed the line between many different genres, and their album, “Out of the Keg” has racked up more than 250,000 streams since its release in January 2020, and has two charting singles. Their lead singer, Jeff Jacobs was on First News at Four for…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Seven Brazos County Sheriff’s deputies recently graduated from a school-based Law Enforcement Masters Training Program. The deputies serve College Station ISD on a daily basis to ensure students’ safety and security. The certification demonstrates a four-year commitment to reach the Master’s level. The seven deputies are among approximately 160 officers…