A Katy city official said Tuesday that the city is ready to move forward on expanding the Clay Road-Katy Hockley Cutoff Road intersection, which is becoming a traffic bottleneck as new development moves into that area.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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7/7/22
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The Texas Education Agency and Texas School Safety Center have ordered all Texas school districts to complete safety audits by Sept. 1.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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7/7/22
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Vienna, Austria, is over 5,600 miles from Katy. But a man with Katy ties, now living in Austria, is playing an important role in helping Ukrainian refugees.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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7/7/22
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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will be initiating two traffic safety campaigns during the holiday weekend looking for people violating traffic laws from Friday-Monday.
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Contributed Report
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7/1/22
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Fort Bend County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a drowning in a Cinco Ranch neighborhood in which a local woman has died.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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7/1/22
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Some Tompkins High School students have begun an adolescent mental health support group.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/30/22
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Education briefs for June 30, 2022.
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Contributed Reports
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6/30/22
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Fort Bend County Libraries’ Adult Services staff at the Cinco Ranch Branch Library will present a free, introductory computer class, “MS Word Survival Basics,” for version 2016.
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Contributed Report
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6/30/22
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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension will present a mid-summer conference on “Cultivating School Gardens” for educators to prepare youth for healthy learning.
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Contributed Report
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6/30/22
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Brookshire Mayor Darrell Branch said efforts are underway to find a new police chief following the June 8 firing of Chief Brandal Jackson.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/30/22
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The Katy City Council Monday authorized $251,254 for emergency water well rehabilitation at its water plant at 6850 Franz Road. The plant is near the Cane Island subdivision.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/30/22
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Gregg Peterson has a confession to make: he used to enjoy fireworks shows before he became what he calls “the bad guy.”
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/30/22
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Flowers are known to freshen things up a bit. So perhaps it is not surprising that a former floral shop owner turned local volunteer has been honored as Katy’s Senior Citizen of the Year.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/30/22
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Harris County Commissioners Court Tuesday enacted a burn ban due to an increased threat of wildfires across unincorporated Harris County.
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Contributed Report
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6/29/22
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The Katy Masonic Lodge has awarded its Community Builder Award to Glenn Beckendorff.
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Contributed Report
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6/23/22
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Education briefs for June 23, 2022.
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Contributed Reports
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6/23/22
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Community briefs for June 23, 2022.
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Contributed and Staff Reports
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6/23/22
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The Brookshire City Council fired Police Chief Brandal Jackson for cause in a June 8 special meeting, but what the “for cause” means, however, was not immediately clear.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/23/22
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The Katy Independent School District is exceeding federally mandated requirements for pandemic-related funding it has received from the federal government, a district official said Monday.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/23/22
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METRO President and CEO Tom Lambert said his agency has worked on several things to improve transportation in the Katy area, but admitted some things still needed to be worked on, in a Tuesday address at the Katy Area Economic Development Council.
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By George Slaughter, News Editor
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6/23/22
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