College Station church to celebrate National Day of the Cowboy

College Station church to celebrate National Day of the Cowboy

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – National Day of the Cowboy is the fourth Saturday in July and recognizes the contribution of the Cowboy and Cowgirl to America’s culture and heritage. Cowboy Fellowship of Aggieland will be holding a come and go event that will give folks a small taste of cowboy culture. There will be…

Brazos Valley African American Museum to celebrate 17th anniversary

Brazos Valley African American Museum to celebrate 17th anniversary

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The Brazos Valley African American Museum is coming up on a major milestone. The museum will turn another year older on Saturday, and the BVAAM board is hosting a 17th Anniversary Celebration to commemorate it with the community. It’s happening at the museum Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. There will…

Drought continues its slow eastward expansion into the Brazos Valley

Drought continues its slow eastward expansion into the Brazos Valley

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Coming as no real surprise, Thursday’s drought monitor shows Abnormally Dry conditions returning to just about the entire area. While drought is considered worse to our west, Moderate Drought is beginning to creep back into our western counties, especially Milam, and will likely continue to expand eastward over the next couple…

College Station Utilities says its prioritizing customer safety

College Station Utilities says its prioritizing customer safety

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – College Station Utilities says its main goal is to provide safe and reliable electrical service to the residents of College Station. In the case of unplanned outages, they take “Critical Care Residents” and “Critical Load Customers’” safety into consideration. Customers that depend on electricity for medical care can fill out…

Teachers connected with supplies and mentors from community pages

Teachers connected with supplies and mentors from community pages

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Teacher wishlists are flying around social media and people are stepping up to help, especially in the Brazos Valley. Adopt A Teacher Bryan College Station ISD has 1,600 members compiled of people from the community, current teachers and retired teachers. Courtney Eeds teaches 5th grade science in Bryan. When she joined…

“It’s embarrasing”: Texas A&M President speaks to faculty senate about Kathleen McElroy fallout

“It’s embarrasing”: Texas A&M President speaks to faculty senate about Kathleen McElroy fallout

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – For nearly two hours on Wednesday, Texas A&M University President Dr. Katherine Banks met with members of the Faculty Senate to discuss the controversy surrounding the hiring of a veteran journalist who was slated to lead the university’s new journalism program. Last month, Texas A&M University announced alum and veteran…

Focus at Four: FTC investigating creator of ChatGPT

Focus at Four: FTC investigating creator of ChatGPT

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot. The agency sent OpenAI a 20-page letter requesting detailed information on its AI technology, products, customers, privacy safeguards…