Community briefs for Oct. 27, 2022. more

The Katy Library, 5414 Franz Road, on May 10 celebrated its 20th anniversary at that location. It was a special celebration featuring the Paetow High pom-pom squad, a story time and the requisite cake and punch. Harris County Pct. 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones sent well wishes and a proclamation. Mayor Dusty Thiele issued a proclamation from the City of Katy. more

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension will present a mid-summer conference on “Cultivating School Gardens” for educators to prepare youth for healthy learning. more

Home sales in Royal ISD have more than tripled in the last five years, and those sales will likely exceed 800 homes per year in the next 2-3 years, a demographer said Thursday. more

Selected dates take on special meanings for those who live through them. For example, most people remember where they were, and what they were doing, on Sept. 11, 2001. But personal dates also get stored in one’s memory. For long-time Katy resident Sandra Ross, July 22, 2017, is such a date. more

Zachary Hodges, Ed.D., president of Houston Community College (HCC) Northwest College has been named a finalist for chief executive officer of the year award from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the college announced in a February 15th press release. more

Brookshire Mayor Darrell Branch said efforts are underway to find a new police chief following the June 8 firing of Chief Brandal Jackson. more

For women over the age of 40, a yearly mammogram is important because it helps doctors detect breast cancer at its earliest stage, a local oncology surgeon said. more

Community briefs for May 4, 2023. more

Mayde Creek High School’s (MCHS) Career and Technical Education (CTE) welding program has achieved remarkable success under the guidance of their teacher, Ronald Mushinski, said Katy ISD officials in a February 12th press release. more

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. more

For the first time, Harris County Precinct 4 has launched a call for infrastructure partnership projects. Precinct 4 is committed to serving Precinct 4 by leveraging its infrastructure dollars in collaboration with local community organizations. Through these partnerships on projects such as urban planning, drainage and mobility improvements, Precinct 4 will deliver sustainable and resilient infrastructure needed in the fastest growing precinct in Harris County. more

Katy ISD officials said Cardiff Junior High School will be on a regular schedule tomorrow following the evacuation of the campus earlier this afternoon in response to the discovery of a suspicious package in the school cafeteria. more

Gregg Peterson has a confession to make: he used to enjoy fireworks shows before he became what he calls “the bad guy.” more

Incumbent Justin Beckendorff, a Republican, is facing challenger Ethel Wilmore, a Democrat, for Waller County Pct. 4 commissioner. The precinct, which comprises the southern portion of the county, includes the eastern side of Katy along with the cities of Brookshire and Pattison. more

Seven of eight candidates for the Katy ISD Board of Trustees filed their campaign finance reports April 28, with the reports showing that four candidates received either political action committee funds or in-kind services. more

Royal ISD announced February 15th that three Royal High School students were recognized at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Student Art Contest Auction Awards Ceremony, along with their teacher, RHS art instructor Steven Crawley. more

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. more

Community briefs for Oxct. 6, 2022. more

Katy ISD school trustees Monday approved attendance boundary modifications for several elementary schools. more