By Terry Carter, Sports Editor The 5A Region III baseball playoffs are a rugged path to Austin. District 19-5A runner-up Katy found out last weekend after needing three games to beat back a hungry Westside squad. The Tigers dropped the first game 4-1, then squeaked out a 1-0 victory in 10 innings to even the [...]
By Dennis Spellman, CoveringKaty.com HOUSTON – Uptown Houston and Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) have partnered to offer new Kingsland/Uptown Park & Ride service. Located off the Katy Freeway at 21669 Kingsland Boulevard the new 285 Park & Ride offers service to the Uptown/Galleria area to commuters in the greater Katy and surrounding [...]
By Sam Eifling “Iron Man 3” is such a galumphing gale of a movie, such an “Avengers”-fed force, that it pulled in the second-highest opening take in box office history (after, yes, “The Avengers”) without so much as a tagline on its poster. This is the fourth time Robert Downey Jr. has clambered into the [...]
Attorney Stu Levin elected to Methodist West Houston Hospital’s Board of Trustees, awarded Rotary District 5890’s Assistant Governor Award Methodist West Houston Hospital has inducted four Katy and West Houston community leaders to its board of trustees. New members include Stu Levin, managing partner of Levin & Atwood Law Firm; Vidal Ramirez, president of the [...]
LIVE with Kelly & Michael’s TOP TEACHER 2013 is… Cinco Ranch Jr. High’s Suzette Steward! Congratulations to Suzette and to Cinco Ranch Jr. High! As part of her award, Suzette won a new car and $25,000 for the campus!
Roberta Opal Wright Rylander (March 31, 1920 – May 5, 2013) Roberta Opal Wright, a longtime Katy resident, has passed away at the age of 94. She was born in Houston to John Henry Wright and Pauline Schlipf Wright. She was the daughter of Katy’s first pharmacist and later became a licensed pharmacist herself. Rylander [...]
By Mika Kalapatapu – Griffin PTA Publicity Chair As a physical education teacher for over 14 years, Mark Fobian has spent a lot of time thinking about ways to get kids off the couch and moving. “My observation is that most kids have had little to no experience with outdoor hobbies,” he notes. In 2003, [...]
Katie Morrison, a senior at Mayde Creek High School, has been selected to have her play Pamoja Na Wema read and performed at the Alley Theatre as part of their Playwriting 360˚ Residency. Pamoja Na Wema, which means kindness in Swahili, examines the effect of one random act of kindness on the life of the [...]
Callegari/Duncan Pass Key TRS Reform Bill Through the House
AUSTIN, TX. After three and half months of gaining and losing ground in a hard-fought battle for pension reform, Chairman Bill Callegari passed the Teachers Retirement System (TRS) reform bill today on the floor of the House with a vote of 139-0 in favor. Senate Bill 1458 has passed both Chambers of the Texas Legislature, [...]
Olson Joins Effort To Keep The IRS Off Your Healthcare
Washington, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today announced support for legislation that would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing or enforcing any provisions of the president’s health care law. Olson has cosponsored H.R. 1990, the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013. “In light of the news that the [...]
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Fort Bend County will offer 2 youth cooking camps this summer. “Pantry2Plate” is for kids 8 – 12 years old. Pantry2Plate is scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 18, 19 and 20, 2013 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm each day. “Pantry2Plate” teaches basic cooking skills, healthy eating [...]
Blind Student and Couple Who Graduated from High School Decades Ago Among UHD Spring 2013 Graduates
WHO: Dr. William Flores, University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) president, and his faculty and staff will host the University’s 54th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18 for 2013 spring graduates. A total of 1,039 UHD students are eligible to graduate, while an estimated 16,000 family members, friends and supporters will observe from their seats at Minute [...]
University of Houston is First Stop on China Tourism/Trade Visit
New Agreement Signed During Visit Marks More Than 20 UH Partnerships with Chinese Colleges/Universities The University of Houston (UH) recently broadened its academic partnerships with Chinese institutions while hosting a delegation of Chinese media and tourism and trade officials on the first stop of an important trade trip to Houston. “We look forward to establishing [...]
When Angela and Johnney Lopez graduated from high school in 1992 and 1979, respectively, they both knew they wanted to pursue additional education. But family obligations and life pulled them in other directions and college became a distant dream. That is, until Angela, 38, registered her husband in the Criminal Justice Training Center at the [...]
Texas Parks and Wildlife Creates New Marine Investigations Unit
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Division has formed a new Marine Investigations Unit made up of Texas game wardens who will work to combat boat theft, personal watercraft theft and related fraud. The new unit, part of the Law Enforcement Division’s Special Operations section, will operate on a statewide basis. The nine game [...]
Sen. Cruz Supports Investigation of Abortion Practices in U.S.
Urges investigation into Houston facility allegedly engaged in Gosnell-like practices U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today spoke on the Senate floor in support of Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) resolution to investigate abortion practices in the U.S. and ensure that clinics like Kermit Gosnell’s have no place in our society. He also brought attention to an [...]
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