Plans for a new Bryan Collegiate High School are taking shape, with Bryan ISD expecting to bid the $63 million project in 2027 and open in time for the 2029-30 school year.

Bryan ISD trustees were given the comprehensive update July 20 on the plans and timeline for the construction of the new building and facilities.

The timeline: As previously reported by Community Impact, the 2025 Bryan ISD bonds allocated $63.17 million to completely rebuild Bryan Collegiate and update its technology inside the new building. According to Deputy Superintendent Brian Merrell, the school needs a new building because the original was built in the 1950s and is now long outdated.

While currently in the schematic design phase, construction is expected to begin next spring.

Also on the agenda: The board also heard progress on the new Merrill Green fieldhouse and scoreboard, along with various modular fieldhouses during the same presentation. All projects are still in the conceptual stage.

College Station voters will have the opportunity to elect a mayor and two City Council members this November.

Up for election: The candidate filing period for College Station's November general election is underway and ends at 5 p.m. Aug. 17.

Three candidates have filed for three positions on the ballot, according to the city.

All positions are four-year terms, which will end in November 2030.

• Mayor:
  • No candidates filed as of July 20
• City Council Place 1:
  • Mark Smith, incumbent
  • Howard Mayne
• City Council Place 2:
  • Chandler Arden

Shipley Do-Nuts has expanded its Aggieland presence in Bryan, opening a third location between Chic-fil-A and Popeyes.

The gist: Construction of the third Bryan Shipley Do-Nuts location started in 2025 and cost $1.7 million, according to the state filings. A spokesperson from Shipley Donuts told Community Impact in April that the company was “looking forward to opening a newest location in Bryan on West Villa Maria Road by the end of the summer.”

The fifth-overall location in the Bryan-College Station area, Shipley sells a variety of pastries, including donuts, kolaches and sweet rolls, as well as coffee. According to Shipley Bryan-College Station’s Facebook page, the team assembled put “countless hours, hard work, and a whole lot of heart into bringing this new location to our community.”

The impact: The new location is on West Villa Maria and opened to the public last week.

• Opened July 13
• 1526 West Villa Maria Road, Bryan

Sandy Creek resident Georgia Bishop was out of town when 22 inches of rain fell on parts of northwest Travis County over the July 4, 2025, weekend. When Bishop returned home days later, her community was significantly changed.

What happened: Residents of the hard-hit Sandy Creek neighborhood described a “wall of water” that tore through their community last July, washing away homes, cars and roads. Nine people died in the flooding, including Bishop’s best friend, 16-year-old Felicity Jarmon.

The context: One year later, residents of the unincorporated Travis County community are still working to rebuild from last July’s catastrophic flooding. Central Texas has seen two straight years of intense, deadly flooding in July, leaving some residents on edge as they recover from last year’s disaster and mourn lost loved ones.

Community Impact spoke with Bishop and Kylie Nidever, whose neighborhood in Hunt flooded last year, on July 13, days before heavy rainfall hit large swaths of the state once again. Officials confirmed two deaths due to this year's floods, while 137 people died last July.