Brazos County Commissioners Court, at its March 10 meeting, will consider a request from Forensic Services to approve three position salaries totaling about $295,000 per year.

In the past, Brazos County has relied on outside resources for medical examiner services. The proposed personnel changes would add two full-time medicolegal death investigator positions at $40.87 per hour and one forensic operations manager at $60.10 per hour.

What readers need to know: Other items commissioners are considering include:

• A request from the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office to apply for a U.S. Department of Justice grant to help the county better combat human trafficking. The deadline to apply is March 11. A request to apply was submitted Feb. 27.

The Post Oak Mall in College Station will soon be home to restaurant, bar and arcade Dave & Buster’s.

Work was scheduled to begin Feb. 23, according to filings from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

What you need to know: Grow College Station reported in January it will be located in the former Conn’s building, which closed its doors in summer 2024. The build out will total more than 31,000 square feet.

What they offer: With the tagline, “Eat, Drink, Play,” the popular franchise brings a restaurant, full bar, and video game arcade to the Post Oak Mall. The business has locations across the country.

Before you go: Construction is slated to last through Oct. 23.

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Over 2.3 million Democrats and nearly 2.2 million Republicans voted in the March 3 election, according to unofficial election results from the secretary of state. Totaling nearly 4.5 million voters, this is “the highest voter turnout for a primary in Texas history,” the secretary of state’s office said.

By the numbers: Nearly one-fourth of Texas’ 18.7 million registered voters participated in the primaries, shattering turnout rates from recent years. Less than one-fifth of registered voters cast ballots in the 2024 presidential and 2022 midterm primaries, state election records show.

Texas’ previous primary turnout record was set in 2008, when 4.2 million voters cast ballots in high-profile presidential primaries.

Zooming in: Election data shows the most people cast votes in the high-profile U.S. Senate races that topped the ticket, with the total numbers of votes steadily decreasing down the ballot in both primaries.

There is “some certainty” that voter enthusiasm will extend to the November midterm election, Republican data analyst Ross Hunt told Community Impact during early voting.