College Station City Council will decide Sept. 10 whether to grant up to $33 million for a wastewater filtration infrastructure improvement project for Carter's Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The overview: Part of the Wastewater Capital Improvement Projects fund, the project's goal is to install a new cloth system, UV disinfection systems and new pumps for enhanced water filtration, according to agenda material for the upcoming city council meeting.

The project is part of the 2016 Wastewater Master Plan to replace unreliable and underperforming infrastructure in the city's water treatment facilities for long-term dependability and reliability. Carter’s Creek–along with the Lick Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant–are the two facilities in College Station, both regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The $33 million project will be awarded to CSA Construction, Inc. if the council votes to go forward with the proposal.

Get involved: College Station City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 10 at City Hall, 1101 Texas Ave.

Bryan-College Station will see closures of all types throughout both cities for the Hwy. 6 road project during the week of Sept. 8-11.

What you need to know:

• Sept. 9: Various single-lane closures from Briarcrest to University drives, 7:30 p.m.-6:30 a.m.
  • The northbound and southbound mainlanes will be closed for dirt work, and the southbound frontage road will be closed for existing guardrail removal and bridge demolition.
• Sept. 10: Daytime turnaround closure of William D. Fitch Parkway, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Both the northbound and southbound turnarounds will be closed during the daytime for utility work.
• Sept. 11: Single-lane closure of the northbound and southbound lanes from University to Briarcrest drives, 7:30 p.m.-noon.

What’s next: TxDOT will be maintaining two open main lanes in each direction during construction. A majority of the work will be on the main lanes, along with the construction of temporary pavement and retaining walls.

College Station is now home to Liberty Hearing Center, offering care for pediatric to senior patients, along with implant services and screenings.

About Liberty Hearing Center: Founded by Chris Duhon and Carly Hall, the duo said the main goal of the center is to provide hearing services to the people of the Brazos Valley.

Duhon, a veteran, said his experience in the military has guided him to help others prevent hearing loss and conduct mass screenings.

Hall's specialized services include pediatric hearing services. Liberty Hearing Center says she is the only audiologist in the Brazos Valley to offer infant and pediatric screenings. She also offers Cochlear implants for those suffering from severe hearing loss.

What else: Located in the PNC Bank office building, the practice is centrally located for residents of College Station and Bryan. Duhon said the practice was just approved to take Medicare and is actively working to accept other forms of insurance and referrals.

• Grand opening Sept. 8
• 2405 Texas Ave. S., Ste. 307, College Station

For more than 800 teachers in Aggieland and beyond, a trip to Teacher Closet means one less classroom expense to worry about. The nonprofit in Bryan stocks shelves with donated school supplies ranging from decorations to grading necessities and other classroom essentials. It lets school employees shop free of charge.

The history: Teacher Closet Initiative Director Monica Martinez said the idea began after she visited a similar program in Dallas.

Martinez said she understood the financial pressure educators can face when trying to provide supplies for their classrooms as a teacher herself.

“I know as a teacher, if I was struggling, there were others struggling,” said Martinez.

In 2021, the team began operating out of two storage units. Operations eventually expanded with a partnership with Bryan ISD to move into its current location, giving the organization more space to serve educators.

Get involved: The same community support that helped Teacher Closet grow is what keeps it operating.

Teacher Closet accepts new and gently used items year-round. 

The next open shopping day will be Sept. 12.

The Texas comptroller's office is requesting that lawmakers provide more than $2 billion for the state's education savings account program, which subsidizes private education and homeschooling for participating families.

How we got here: The legislature created the program in 2025, allocating $1 billion for the 2026-27 school year. Nearly 110,000 students have received state dollars from the program so far, and officials said funding should be doubled to ensure more students can enroll in the next two years.

Zooming in: According to the comptroller's legislative appropriations request for the 2028-29 biennium, it would cost:

• $916 million per year to continue funding the roughly 110,000 students currently enrolled

• $82 million annually would be needed to fund siblings of participating children who will soon qualify for the program

• $980 million per year to provide funding for more than 106,000 students on the program's waitlist

Something to note: The comptroller's $2 billion base budget request would not fully cover the waitlist and interest list, which would cost nearly $4 billion for the 2027-28 and 2028-29 school years.