The city of Bryan has ordered Canyon Village Apartments residents to vacate due to health and safety risks, though recent social media updates indicate the complex is now working toward compliance.

A new discount retailer is preparing to move into a Bryan retail space.

What's happening: dd's DISCOUNT is coming to the Tejas Center near HEB at 725 E. Villa Maria Road, taking over the former JOANN Fabrics and Crafts location, which closed roughly a year ago.

Hiring signage has already been posted at the site.

What they offer: dd's DISCOUNT, which is part of the Ross Stores family of brands, offers discounted clothing, shoes, home decor, toys and accessories. The first location opened in 2004.

Before you go: Additional details, including an official opening date, have not yet been announced.

• 725 E. Villa Maria Road, Bryan

As part of the Texas Department of Transportation's ongoing "Big 6" construction project, Bryan-College Station drivers should expect multiple overnight lane and ramp closures along Hwy. 6 during the week of May 11.

What you need to know: Drivers should plan for overnight closures, affecting northbound main lanes, entrance ramps and frontage roads through May 18.

• May 11-13: full northbound closures, 8:30 p.m.-6:30 a.m.
  • Northbound Hwy. 6 main lanes between Southwest Parkway/Raintree Drive and Briarcrest Drive
• May 12: ramp closure, 7:30 p.m.-6:30 a.m.
  • Northbound Texas Avenue ramp
• May 14: multiple single-lane closures, 7:30 p.m.-6:30 a.m.
  • Northbound frontage road between Barron and Rock Prairie roads
  • Southbound frontage road between Ponderosa Drive and Rock Prairie Road
  • Southbound right lane at Harvey Road
  • Northbound frontage road between Southwest Parkway/Raintree Drive and Horse Haven Lane
• May 15-18: weekend frontage road closure, 7:30 p.m.-6:30 a.m.
  • Full closure, weather permitting
  • Northbound Hwy. 6 frontage road south of Rock Prairie Road

More than 53,000 students will be invited to join Texas’ education savings account program this week, the state comptroller’s office said May 4.

The details: Families will be notified by email between May 4-6 if they were awarded funds in the second round of the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, per a news release from the comptroller’s office.

To date, nearly 96,000 students have been selected to participate, with these students set to receive about $820 million of the $1 billion state lawmakers allocated for the program, an agency spokesperson said. Of the 53,000 second-round awardees, over 51,000 are from low-income families. The other 2,000 students accepted this week were found to qualify for disability-related funding, the agency said.

The background: Families accepted to the TEFA program will receive state funds to send their children to private schools or homeschool them for the 2026-27 school year.

Proponents of the new program have said it will expand educational opportunities, while critics have expressed concerns that the program will unfairly benefit students already enrolled in private schools.