Animal control investigation concludes, but questions remain as improvements underway
Katy area welcomes Howdy Homemade Ice Cream with excitement
A hot day, with hundreds of people standing outside in the Texas sun—it couldn’t have been a better day to open an ice cream store in the Katy area. And sure enough, such a store …
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Katy PD arrests vehicle burglary suspects
The Katy Police Department announced Thursday morning that Ronald Pierre and Mister Mackey, Jr. along …
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West Memorial Jr. High gets new principal
The West Memorial Junior High Jaguar Family will be welcoming Todd Knobbe as their new principal this …
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Katy City Council cancels July 26 session in speedy special meeting
Katy City Council members met in what may have been the fastest meeting in the governing body’s history …
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Royal ISD trustees accept Campos’ resignation, approve city agreement
During the Royal ISD Board of Trustees July 19 meeting, the board unanimously accepted the resignation of …
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U.S. Rice Growers Assn. names new CEO
The Board of Directors of the U.S. Rice Producers Association has named Marcela Garcia as the new …
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Volume at Port Houston rising as pandemic continues decline
Port Houston saw record growth in June of this year in comparison with June 2020. There is a 13% …
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Local teen heads to U.S. Jr. Championship chess tournament
Justin Wang said he started playing chess at the age of seven with his brother. Now, Wang has …
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Katy nonprofits to hold Midsummer Festival Katy to help meet growing community needs
Executive Director of Christ Clinic Katy said she and her peers at five additional nonprofits …
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Kayaking for couples, a tragicomedy
In recent years, kayaking has become a true craze, ranking right up there with TikTok dances, government stimulus checks, and those glorified …
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Redefine rural
How do you know if you live in the city or the country? For some, any place without a Whole Foods is rural. For others, a stoplight is a …
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Science: Our best shot for COVID-19 recovery
This past year was nothing short of difficult. With a contagious and deadly virus spreading rapidly across our country, many Texans lived in …
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Broadband is critical to Texas’ future and makes economic sense
Governor Abbott left no uncertainty about the importance of broadband access during this year’s State of the State address. “From medicine …
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Analysis: Just when you think campaign season is over, Texas pulls you back in
Beto O’Rourke is thinking about challenging Gov. Greg Abbott in the 2022 election. Abbott is already responding, the way candidates …
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Analysis: At a time like this, who needs another emergency?
The Texas Legislature is not short of emergencies that need attention, but Gov. Greg Abbott, who is giving his biennial State of the State …
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Although some men long to have a son to carry on their family name (and their male-pattern baldness), I’ve always felt lucky to have three daughters. Having girls is more interesting for me …
Parents: the front line against cyberbullying
Remembering an ace pitcher and war hero
Janet (Meredith) Fyke
Tuesday, July 20
Janet passed away on July 14, 2021 and per her wishes, she is being cremated and no public service is being held. She was born on July 16, 1944 in Odin, Illinois where she lived in the area until …
Jack Robert Jungers
Thursday, July 15
Jack Robert Jungers passed away on Monday, July 12, 2021, in Katy, Texas, at the age of 90. He was born in Centralia, Illinois, on December 10, 1930, to Gus and Lucille Jungers. He is …
Luther “Fred” Paben
Friday, July 9
Luther “Fred” Paben was born January 16, 1935, in Pattison, Texas. The son of Arnold Richard and Inez Morgan Paben, he grew up in Pattison and attended the Royal and Katy schools. After …
Jeffery Scott McGowan
Wednesday, July 7
Jeffery Scott McGowan was born July 27, 1949, in Houston, Texas to Bobbie and Milton McGowan and passed away June 29, 2021. Scott graduated from Katy High School in May 1967. He attended Sam …
Tal Shan Martin, Sr.
Tuesday, June 22
Tal Shan “Papaw" Martin, Sr., of Katy, Texas, passed away Saturday, June 19th at home after a long medical battle, comforted by his wife. Tal was born on October 24th, 1954 in Ironton, Ohio. …
Mary Jo Dewees Elkins
Monday, June 21
Mary Jo Dewees Elkins was born to Joe B. and Mary Crowhurst Dewees on October 29, 1924, in Hempstead, Texas, and passed away at her home in Katy, Texas on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at the age of 96 …
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Henry Lee Wine
Monday, June 14
Henry L Wine, formerly of Hilltop Lakes, TX, passed away at home on May 28, 2021. Visitation was from 12:00 to 1:00 pm with services following at Callaway-Jones Funeral Home in Bryan, TX on …
Betty Jane Deady
Thursday, June 10
Betty Jane Deady was born on February 17, 1922, in Gary, Indiana to Herbert Carl and Isabelle Emily Schmidt Anderson. On March 15, 1941, she married Eugene Francis “Gene” Deady in …
George Wayne Barker
Monday, June 7
George Wayne Barker died peacefully on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Methodist West Hospital, at the age of 48 following an illness. George was born on July 13, 1972, in Houston, Texas. He …
Orville Virden Hess
Monday, June 7
Born in 1930 on a cold snowy January day in Foster Township, Illinois, Orville Hess grew up in nearby Fosterburg, Illinois. He was the second of four children that Walter and Hilda raised on a …