Brazos County News

COLLEGE STATION POLICE DEPARTMENT 05/24/2012 - Retirements: Officer Phil Brown - Officer Tracy Sheets On Friday, May 25, 2012, Officer Phil Brown and Officer Tracy Sheets will retire from the College Station Police Department.

The body of the 35-year-old man who had been missing since Sunday was discovered late Wednesday afternoon during a second sweep by authorities of the pond at the D.A. Anderson Arboretum in College Station's Bee Creek Park.

Brazos County Health Department says they are not testing for the West Nile Virus even though they claim the county is under a severe threat.

Three men remained in the Brazos County Jail late Monday after a person told police he saw them steal copper in Bryan, authorities said.

Texas A&M University is providing parking for event viewing in TAMU Parking Lot 50.

Just three more days to vote early for the May 29 Texas primaries. In Brazos County, voter turnout in one primary is way up, and way down in the other.

News: Welfare Concern #12-006533 The College Station Police Department is asking for your assistance in locating a missing and possibly endangered person.

Those attempting to get through the entrance of 1755 Navasota Ridge must conquer one thing first: security.

The sixth annual, national Take 25 child safety campaign will take place during the month of May in hundreds of communities across the country.

Two years after the tea party movement touting limited government and fair taxation unleashed an electoral tsunami transforming the American political landscape, some pundits wonder if the movement has peaked.

Brazos County Deputies are investigating a shooting in southern part of the county.

Brazos County saw a drop in the number of first-week early voters for the 2012 primary elections compared to the turnout for the 2008 primaries during the last presidential election year.

The Texas A&M student who garnered national attention by campaigning to become her school's first female yell leader faces misdemeanor theft charges after police accused her of stealing two bicycles on campus this week.

Richard Danes always wanted to be firefighter. It wasn't until later in life -- his 60s -- that he actually got to live that dream.

"We've had several that have been on tour, but they've all made it back home," said Wilson family friend, Kalynn Grimes.

Funeral arrangements were pending Friday for Brazos County Pct. 3 firefighter William Richard "Dick" Danes, 69, who died while training Thursday evening at the Texas Engineering Extension Service's Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.

Central Texas gardeners face challenges to establish and maintain beautiful landscapes.

Brazos County sheriff's deputies charged a 43-year-old Anderson man with possession of methamphetamine that they reported finding when they searched the man's car.

Almost four years after Hank Johnson was brutally beaten in a Hearne motel room, an incident that led to his death 11 days later, his family and attorney were told that the investigation has been deemed inactive pending further evidence.

Clay McGee of the Brazos County Sheriff's Department and other members of law enforcement salute Wednesday during the 25th Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service at Veterans Park in College Station.