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⚾️ “Rusty, during the rain delay at the Texas A&M and Texas Baseball game, Mike Elko signing the “wiener” for a fan in the student section LOL. Madison and Camden Hendrix <3”

👑 The Texas Renaissance Festival is excited to announce that tickets for the upcoming 2026 season will go on sale April 15 at 9 a.m. via the TRF website. Campground reservations will also be available starting April 15 via the TRF website. To celebrate the coming event, TRF is offering a 20% discount from April 15-30 so guests can grab passes for their favorite weekend, ensuring they won't miss out on the excitement. Now entering its 52nd year, the nation’s largest Renaissance-themed festival continues its tradition of blending history and fantasy through 70 acres of interactive entertainment, artisan markets and an array of culinary delights across eight uniquely themed weekends from Oct. 10 through Nov. 29, including the Friday after Thanksgiving. 📸: Texas Renaissance Festival

👍🏼 GOOD NEWS: Check out what one of our local business owners did to help a community having issues with illegal dumping. After seeing it online, Load,haul & all drove to Caldwell County to help Caldwell County Constable's Office - Pct. 4 clean up their community by hauling away large items dumped in neighborhoods. “Let that sink in. He doesn't even live in our county but he still chose to show up and take care of it because the environment matters to him. Let that sink in,” said Constable Villarreal. “We are helping the state of Texas protect our lands and rivers from trash. We are dedicated to helping the environment and the people that need to properly dispose of items that are no more valuable or not worth keeping,” said Bernardo Deluna, owner of Load Haul & All.

🔴 GUNFIRE REPORT: Capps Drive in College Station. Early Friday morning police and medics responded to a home after a resident had a medical emergency while handling a gun. CSPD says the firearm was discharged, and the resident was grazed. The resident received medical treatment and no arrests were made.

⚠️ CRASH REPORT: Beck Street in Bryan. A witness on scene says people in the car took off from the area. 📸: Adrian U.

SAW

⚠️ This was a crash on Friday at Briarcrest and Highway 6. Hoping everyone was okay! 📸: Joe Carpio, Hector Romero, Ingrid Rodriguez

⚠️ Holleman near Anderson Park in College Station 📸: Chris Lara

My bad. This is from the City of College Station, not TXDOT

TxDOT has jokes #Schlossnagle

🔫 PEW PEW ARREST: A Houston man was arrested by College Station Police Friday night for repeatedly firing a gun in the parking lot of a hotel on University Drive. The arrest report says he was just hanging out in the parking lot with other guys drinking beers and fired off several rounds, which prompted the police response.

📸: An image of a medical tent share by CHI St. Joseph Health EMS shows the mud everyone was dealing with on the Chilifest grounds. Earlier today, organizers and authorities announced Day 2 is canceled for safety reasons. From St Joseph EMS: “The reality on the ground is that conditions have become unsafe. The venue is saturated in mud, vehicles are becoming stuck, it is no longer possible for responders to operate safely or provide clean hygienic medical care (the pics are from INSIDE the tent). That is not something any of us are willing to compromise on. Your safety - and the safety of the volunteers, staff and responders- has to come first, every single time.  We fully support, Chilifest, TNT, BadgeHire, and Burleson County in making this difficult decision. These decisions are never easy, but they are made with the safety of everyone in mind. We know this is not the decision that anyone wanted. We are going to regroup and make sure we come back stronger next year. See you at chilifest 2027.”

📍NAVASOTA swing by today and help support 🏀🏀🏀

🔴 EXTREME MUDDY CONDITIONS AND SAFETY CONCERNS LEAD TO CANCELING SATURDAY’S CHILIFEST EVENTS “Burleson County Sheriff’s Office wants to let everyone know that, unfortunately, we’ve had to cancel today’s event out here at Chilifest. We’re truly sorry about this, but the safety of our citizens and all the visitors is our top priority. We simply cannot risk anyone getting hurt out here. We’ll have to wait until next year for Chilifest, and we look forward to seeing everyone then. Thank you for understanding. Sheriff Bill Rios” ***Statement from Chilifest Music Festival Organizers*** In coordination with Burleson County Sheriff’s Office, the Burleson County Judge, Chilifest traffic and safety personnel, and local first responders, we are deeply saddened to announce that the Saturday, April 11, 2026 portion of Chilifest has been cancelled. Chilifest, Inc., along with the support and recommendation of the Burleson County Sheriff’s Office, the Burleson County Judge, local first responders, and Chilifest’s coordinator of traffic and safety, have determined that the extreme mud conditions from Friday’s weather and rain event have made it impossible for EMS, fire departments, and emergency services to access the venue safely. Additionally, the unprecedented mud conditions have made it impossible to access the parking areas, ride share location and to provide ingress and egress of the event. Chilifest has no choice but to cancel the remainder of the festival. The heavy mud tracked onto FM 60, requiring the temporary closure of the highway for public safety. After direct consultation with authorities, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to prioritize the safety of our attendees, artists, staff, volunteers, and the broader community above all else. We are grateful that Friday’s events were able to proceed successfully thanks to the hard work of our security team, first responders, law enforcement partners, staff, and volunteers. Chilifest has always been about community, music, and supporting local charities and non-profits in the Brazos Valley, and we thank everyone who joined us for what was a memorable day. Chilifest is working on all event contingencies regarding ticket holders, artists, vendors and others committed to the event.

📌 Bryan man indicted for the murders of his mother and stepfather 🔗 kbtx.com/2026/04/10/bry…

The Burleson County Sheriff’s Office shared an update late Friday night on law enforcement activity at Chilifest. 🌶️ 🤠 Now it’s time for Day 2 🎶

📌 People will be allowed to buy smokeable hemp THC products, such as flower buds and rolled joints, from Texas businesses until at least April 23 texastribune.org/2026/04/08/tex…

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