Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Brazos Valley report from HERE College Station.
SportsCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M guard PJ Haggerty, who will play his first home games in College Station next month, picked up another preseason honor Thursday when the SEC office announced he made the coaches preseason All-SEC third team. It is the second all-league…
SportsCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Four Aggie men's swimmers at Texas A&M in College Station no longer appear on the program's online roster after the university wrapped up a review of student conduct violations, and the Aggies have opened their dual-meet season without them. The university…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Coach Mike White enters…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
From the HERE City National DeskBOSTON, Mass. — Roughly three of every four retired NFL players who died from 2008 through 2023 had the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a population-wide estimate released Wednesday by a Boston University-led research team. The researchers put the figure at 74.5%. CTE,…
Education
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M University researchers in College Station will get $5.4 million in federal Energy Department money to test whether spent nuclear fuel, long treated as a waste problem, can be turned back into reactor fuel. Deputy Energy Secretary James P. Danly came to campus Thursday to…
Education
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M University will darken its campus in College Station on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, for Silver Taps, the solemn monthly tribute to students who die while enrolled. This month the ceremony remembers one student. The student came from Angleton and was enrolled in the university…
Politics
BRYAN, Texas — With the Nov. 3 election days away, the Brazos County Republican Party has formally rebuked one of its own: Bryan Mayor Pro Tem James Edge, who holds Place 3 on the Bryan City Council and is backing Democrat James Talarico for the U.S. Senate. The party released…
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