The Katy City Council Monday passed an ordinance to set standards for city residences being used as short-term rental properties. more

Katy ISD academic decathlon students take home several wins after two rigorous state competitions in San Antonio and Frisco, Texas. more

Commissioners from three counties said they wanted to work together, both across their respective counties, but with state and federal agencies, to improve flood mitigation and roads. more

The Katy Times events calendar for April 2023. more

Community briefs for March 30, 2023. more

Register for the Harris County ESD 48’s first annual Camp Blaze June 13-15. Camp Blaze is open to 25 male students that are between 14-18 years of age and is completely free of charge to participants thanks to the sponsors. Camp Blaze will provide a unique insight into life as a firefighter and/or EMS professional to encourage young men to consider fire and EMS service as a career. more

The official portrait of the late civil rights activist and businesswoman Arizona Fleming, co-founder of the Fort Bend Civic Club, was unveiled March 23 at the Historic Fort Bend County Courthouse. more

Katy ISD will take you down memory lane during the 37th Annual Folk Life Festival, set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Kenneth D. Welch Outdoor Learning Center, just west of the Education Support Complex at 6301 S. Stadium Lane. more

Education briefs for March 30, 2023. more

Katy ISD Superintendent Ken Gregorski announced Tanya Carrejo as the new principal at Stockdick Junior High. Carrejo joins the Stockdick Sabercats following her most recent role as assistant principal at Katy ISD’s Taylor High School. more

A Katy ISD official told school trustees Monday that the district will be receiving more money from various sources. more

The Texas Select Event, set for April 1-2 at the Austin County Fairgrounds in Bellville, will recognize knifemakers who are donating their skills and time through the “Battleship Texas Artisans” program. The program creates new artwork, knives and swords using materials reclaimed from the iconic battleship. These items will be sold and the proceeds will benefit the repair efforts being made on the ship. more

Education briefs for March 23, 2023. more

Fort Bend County Judge KP George held a March 8 news conference to announce the launch of the public challenge initiative to encourage Fort Bend County residents to participate in the Federal Communications Commission’s national broadband map. more

Community briefs for March 23, 2023. more

Katy Taste Fest, the premier family friendly food festival for Katy foodies, celebrates its fifth anniversary from 12-3 p.m. April 22 at Typhoon Texas, 555 Katy Fort Bend Road. The event enables Katy-area foodies to come together and sample delicious bites while supporting local non-profit organizations focusing on the environment, food security and vulnerable children. more

Fort Bend County judge KP George hosted the first in a series of quarterly community conversations March 16 at the Fort Bend University Branch Library, 14010 University Blvd., in Sugar Land. more

The pandemic caused plenty of anguish for teachers and students, but one former Seven Lakes High student used it to benefit orphanages and low literacy areas in her native India. more

As Bill Fanning, Katy Crossing Icehouse owner, tells it, the goal was to create a classy, upscale date night kind of place in Downtown Katy. A place, he said, where people would feel comfortable in bringing their family. more

At its Jan. 10 meeting at City Hall, the Katy City Council voted to increase the groundwater reduction fees charged by the West Harris County Regional Water Authority to $2.19 per 1,000 gallons of water, effective Jan. 15. The vote was unanimous but there was no joy at the council table that night. more