After being asked by public officials to practice social distancing as much as possible for an unknown amount of time, it’s understandable if we get a bit frustrated about not being able to …
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R. HANS MILLER | TIMES SENIOR REPORTER
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3/15/20
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Get this: New parents are giving newborns outlandish names - so they’ll stand out on social media.
That’s according to a new survey of British parents by ChannelMum, which found 72% of …
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Tom Purcell | SPECIAL TO THE KATY TIMES
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3/10/20
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Katy Times,I really enjoyed the recent article about Chris Harris.
He has done an excellent job on the city council. I was happy to read that he didn't have an opponent in the city council …
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PATRICIA MCALISTER | KATY RESIDENT
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2/25/20
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Howdy friends and neighbors. I hope everyone has had a great start to 2020. With the new year in full swing, I wanted to bring everyone's attention to a few restaurants that opened in 2019. …
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ANDREW LEEPER | SPECIAL TO THE KATY TIMES
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2/21/20
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I get asked sometimes how I got my start at Katy Times. I’m told that it seems that I just materialized into the Katy scene out of nowhere and started interviewing people while wearing absurdly …
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9/30/19
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I hate flying.
I think it’s some combination of my fear of heights, claustrophobia and vertigo. Shove me in a giant Pringles can with wings, and I find myself enclosed in a tight space 30,000 …
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By CLAIRE GOODMAN, Managing Editor
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9/10/19
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One of my favorite things about the Katy Times’ new owners, Fenice Community Media, is how they share my commitment to being active members of the community.
I don’t want just to write about …
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By CLAIRE GOODMAN, Managing Editor
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9/10/19
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Facebook memories are such a grab bag of emotions. One day Facebook reminds you of your weekend getaway with your girlfriends, and the next it reminds you that your 15-year-old-dog died two years …
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By Claire Goodman, MANAGING EDITOR
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9/9/19
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The other day I was having dinner with a good friend of mine, and she was telling me about the problems she was dealing with in her life. They were legitimate problems. She was having massive amounts …
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By Claire Goodman, Managing Editor
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9/6/19
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My baby turned five on Monday. In another week, he starts kindergarten. I am an emotional wreck.
Just kidding. I’m not at all.
The older my sons get, the more I’m starting to realize that I …
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By Claire Goodman, Managing Editor
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9/6/19
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My Speech and Debate teacher in high school was weird.
And I don’t mean the quirky kind of weird, like he collected snow globes from all his vacations and kept them in a curio cabinet.
I …
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By Claire Goodman, Managing Editor
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9/5/19
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You did it. You saved the Katy Times.
Katy’s oldest news source will continue to tell Katy’s stories with integrity and passion just like it has for over 100 years.
Fenice Community Media …
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By Claire Goodman, Managing Editor
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9/5/19
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Sometimes you can have too many of one thing — like presidential primary candidates, for instance.
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By Curtis Honeycutt
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8/20/19
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Man! Have I got a fish story for you! In fact, several!
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By John Jefferson
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8/20/19
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It was recently announced the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox will play a game in Dyersville, Iowa, next to the original “Field of Dreams” where the movie was filmed in 1989.
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By Cole McNanna
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8/15/19
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Here we go again. The recent shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, are deplorable, horrific acts of violence and terror. It’s sickening to see such tragic and unnecessary loss of life. Things like that should never happen, but they do, and all too frequently.
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By Joe Southern
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8/15/19
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She wore it for one day in 1919 and it looked as if it was sewn with this in mind.
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By Carrie Classon
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8/15/19
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Following the Aug. 3 shooting that claimed the lives of 22 people and injured 24 others at a popular El Paso shopping venue, Gov. Greg Abbott and a group of officials met in the border city to discuss ways to address violence.
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By Ed Sterling
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8/15/19
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It’s time for the Allens Creek Reservoir to finally be built.
I cheered when the Texas Legislature passed, and the governor signed, House Bill 2846 which requires Houston to sell its lion’s …
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By Joe Southern
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8/14/19
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I think I’ve said the phrase, “I’m officially an adult now,” after completing some task at least a hundred times since moving out on my own.
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By Cole McNanna
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8/9/19
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