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A number of Katy High players go up for a block attempt against Fort Bend Austin during Tuesday’s match at the Katy High gym.
Tigers sweep Austin High in non-district matchup
“I think that this team is capable of anything,” Gamble said. “We already have a lot of talent and we have new talent coming in. I think we can do big things this year.” more
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State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, testifies before a House Oversight and Reform subcommittee. Three Texas House Democrats testified before a congressional committee on their efforts to thwart voting restrictions — and were met with heat from their Republican counterparts.
Texas House Democrats spar with congressional Republicans over their protest of state voting bills
Texas Republicans in Congress took on Texas House Democrats on Thursday in a tense, four-hour congressional subcommittee meeting that drilled into the technicalities of voter restriction bills … more
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Austin Arceneaux (left), district director for State Senator Joan Huffman joined State Representative Mike Schofield (center) for a legislative update luncheon at Katy’s Pearl & Vine restaurant. The discussion was moderated by Robert Long (right), Raise Your Hand Texas’s regional advocacy director for West Houston.
Katy Area Chamber of Commerce holds legislative update forum
The Katy Area Chamber held a community discussion with State Representative Mike Schofield, R – Katy, and Austin Arceneaux, district director for State Senator Joan Huffman, R – Houston, … more
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Stephen F. Austin freshman forward Avery Brittingham cuts down a piece of the net in celebration after the Ladyjacks beat Sam Houston State, 56-45, in the Southland Conference Tournament women's basketball championship game Sunday, March 14, at the Merrell Center.
Stephen F. Austin tops Sam Houston State to earn 1st NCAA bid since 2006
No. 1-seed Stephen F. Austin got a scare from No. 3 Sam Houston State in their Southland Conference Tournament women’s basketball championship game Sunday afternoon, but the Ladyjacks dominated defensively late to pull away for a 56-45 win in a classic “Battle of the Piney Woods” at the Merrell Center and earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. more
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Katy High senior running back Jalen Davis (28) carries the ball during the Tigers’ Class 6A-Division II state semifinal game against Buda Hays on Jan. 9 at McLane Stadium in Waco. Davis verbally committed last week to continue his football career at Stephen F. Austin.
Katy RB Davis finds fit at SFA
Since he was a little boy playing college football video games and watching college football games on TV when he wasn’t attending Katy High School football games, Jalen Davis dreamed of playing on Saturdays. more
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Tompkins quarterback Jalen Milroe recently announced a switch in his college decision and said after much thought with his family, the University of Alabama was the right next step for him to take after his Falcons’ career closes at the end of this year. Pictured is Milroe hurdling a Cinco Ranch defender en route to the end zone in a 58-0 win to end the regular season.
From ‘Horns up’ to ‘Roll Tide’ - Milroe moves commitment to Alabama
Jalen Milroe, the Tompkins Falcons’ four-star, dual-threat quarterback, announced in an Aug. 17 tweet that he decided to flip his commitment from the University of Texas at Austin to the … more
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Officials confirmed the Big 12 Conference will proceed with its season as scheduled, allowing four major Texas football programs— TCU, UT-Austin, Baylor and Texas Tech— to play.
Big 12 OKs football season, paving way for UT-Austin, Texas Tech, TCU and Baylor to play
The start of the Big 12 Conference’s college football season will move forward as scheduled, conference officials said Wednesday, meaning four major Texas football programs are free to play … more
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In a nonbinding opinion, Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday that local governments can't delay or ban eviction proceedings, even under emergency declarations during crises like the coronavirus pandemic.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says local governments can't stop or delay evictions
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton advised Friday that local Texas governments' attempts to delay evictions for renters grappling with the COVID-19 recession amounted to rewriting state law — … more
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Cliff Peavy grew up in Hudson, Texas and was raised with a love of hunting and fishing. He met his wife Linda at Stephen F. Austin State University and she was "his lovely bride." Linda and the rest of the Peavy family will deeply miss his kind smile and generous heart and love of all things Texas.
Clifford Bristol “Cliff” Peavy
Graveside services for Clifford Bristol “Cliff” Peavy, 57, of Katy, formerly of Hudson, will be held Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Largent Cemetery with Billy Penn … more
While both NCAA and Big 12 Conference officials have yet announce firm decisions on how college football will proceed as schools grapple with the pandemic, Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte sent an email Monday to season ticket holders announcing the season would move forward as planned.
UT-Austin preparing to let football fans fill half its stadium when games resume Sept. 5
The University of Texas at Austin will kick off the football season Sept. 5, albeit with a stadium open at half its capacity, athletics officials told ticket holders on July 20. While both NCAA … more
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A demonstrator held a sign outside the state Capitol grounds during a teacher protest Wednesday.
Texas officials scramble to provide school reopening guidelines with only weeks of summer left
Weeks before summer break is set to end for millions of Texas public school students, the state still doesn’t have final rules on how schools should reopen this fall, and the picture grew only … more
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Annabelle Hicks, Ann Marie Cotman Hicks and Allison Hicks outside their north Austin home on July 1, 2020. Annabelle, a Trinity University freshman, and Allison, a University of North Texas senior, both plan to return to their respective campuses this fall.
Texas universities are moving more classes online but keeping tuition the same.
Sarah Ramos has spent her summer anxiously awaiting a fall return to Texas A&M’s campus at College Station. She is hoping for some normalcy after she and her classmates were abruptly forced … more
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A man on a stretcher is put into an ambulance at the Texas Medical Center in Houston on June 26, 2020.
Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge
HOUSTON — At Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Sunday, the medical staff ran out of both space for new coronavirus patients and a key drug needed to treat them. With no open beds at the public … more
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In early May, Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to the positivity rate — a ratio of positive COVID-19 tests to all tests — and said anything over 10% was cause for alarm. As of Wednesday, Texas exceeded that mark for the first time since April. The seven-day average positivity rate surpassed 10% Wednesday.
Texas’ coronavirus positivity rate exceeds “warning flag” level Abbott set as businesses reopened
Seven weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott began allowing businesses to reopen, Texas exceeded another one of the his key metrics Wednesday when the seven-day average positivity rate passed 10%, a level that … more
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Statewide, there were 14,260 available hospital beds and nearly 1,500 intensive care unit beds as of Tuesday. Regionally, some hospital officials are reporting that intensive care units are near or over capacity, and local leaders have warned that hospitals could get overwhelmed if the number of infections keeps climbing.
Coronavirus patients crowd some Texas ICUs as Gov. Greg Abbott touts "abundant" hospital capacity
As the number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has reached record highs 12 days in a row, Gov. Greg Abbott and other health officials have stressed that the state has … more
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Texas again reported a record number of new coronavirus cases Saturday, which a state official attributed in part to Texans gathering at bars and other social activities.
Gov. Greg Abbott says he supports making to-go alcohol sales permanent in Texas
During shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Texans have been able to purchase alcoholic beverages to go from restaurants, including liquor. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to make the change … more
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Brookshire's current population of 5,741 is expected to grow to more than 6,600 by 2030. This creates a need to plan for growth the city's planning consultant, GrantWorks, said.
Brookshire moves forward with comprehensive plan
In an online and teleconferenced meeting, the Brookshire City Council approved the draft of the city’s new comprehensive plan to be forwarded to state officials for review. City officials also … more
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Medical personnel during a media tour of a medical shelter at NRG Park in Houston on April 11, 2020. The facility was built in less than a week for a possible overflow of COVID-19 cases in the Houston area.
Before Texas can safely re-open its economy, health experts say these four things must happen
A call center run by the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School gets a notification every time its nurse triage team calls a patient with the bad news that they’ve tested positive … more
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Gov. Greg Abbott is briefed on the coronavirus outbreak, in Austin on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces team to restart the economy, loosens some restrictions
Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced initial steps to begin the process of reopening the Texas economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, including over the next week loosening surgery restrictions at … more
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The plasma of a patient who has recovered from COVID-19. Convalescent plasma is just one of multiple treatments for COVID-19 being explored by medical researchers.
Texas doctors are using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat others. They’re not yet sure if it will work.
With no vaccine for COVID-19 expected for months and cases increasing daily, doctors in Texas and around the country are experimenting with a new treatment based on an old technique — but they … more
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