On Aug. 6, Lone Star College System ’s board of trustees unanimously approved a balanced $577.5 million budget for fiscal year 2026-27, which features 2% raises for full- and part-time employees. The gist According to Aug. 7 meeting documents, the FY 2026-27 budget featured employee pay raises of...
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A northwest Harris County mother is speaking out after her 5-year-old daughter was shot and killed while riding in the family car — and the man accused of pulling the trigger is now facing capital murder charges. Monica Hicks was driving her five children home from her mother’s h...
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Court records detail allegations that at least two students at The Briarwood School, a Houston private school serving children with learning differences, were sexually assaulted and harassed in locker rooms and other school-related settings during the 2025–26 school year. Sexual ...
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The Houston Independent School District is facing scrutiny after announcing budget adjustments tied to student enrollment numbers — moves that could mean significant cuts for several campuses. Each year, HISD conducts what it calls a standard campus leveling process after the sch...
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When you turn on your faucet, you expect clean, safe drinking water to be there. Making that happen takes much more than turning on a tap. Behind the scenes, SJRA’s water treatment operators are monitoring, testing, and managing the treatment process around the clock to help ensu...
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Much of the work that keeps SJRA’s water and wastewater systems operating safely and efficiently happens behind the scenes, and technology plays a critical role. One of the most important pieces is Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, or SCADA. As SJRA’s SCADA Manager, Randy...
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When you turn on the faucet or flush a toilet, you probably don’t think about the infrastructure that makes those everyday conveniences possible. Miles of pipelines, pumps, treatment facilities, and other infrastructure work together behind the scenes to deliver water and safely ...
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When everything is working as it should, most people never think about the miles of water and wastewater infrastructure operating beneath and throughout The Woodlands. But keeping that system running reliably takes a team of people who are constantly inspecting, maintaining, repa...
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Have you ever wondered what goes into creating maps or dynamic address viewers such as the popular mapping applications that we all use on a daily basis? Did you know that there are specialists responsible for inputting, analyzing, and managing the data used to create this techno...
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Ever wonder what happens after you flush the toilet or turn off the sink? Where does all that water go, and who makes sure it is safely treated before returning to the environment? At SJRA’s Woodlands Division, a dedicated team of wastewater professionals works around the clock t...
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A 47-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a 5-year-old girl who was riding in her family’s car in northwest Harris County. “Our hearts are shattered”: Family asks for help to lay Zah’Layah to rest Jeremy Porter is accused of opening fire on t...
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The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy has been fired after the agency reviewed video footage that depicted the deputy driving a marked unit in an “unacceptable” manner. According to the sheriff’s office, the footage showed the deputy following another vehicle at an ...
schools
Willis High School was placed in a hold status after staff members discovered a loaded gun on campus Monday morning. In an email sent to families, the school confirmed the discovery and said a student has been detained. The gun was also confiscated. RELATED: Willis High School st...
