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Hype for the Future 162J: City of Katy, Texas

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/hype-for-the-future-162j-city-of-katy-texas/

Georgia educator says she was forced to resign after telling student she’s gay

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/georgia-educator-gay-resignation

Garden Oaks Theater protest: Neighbors push to preserve historic Houston cinema https://www.allforgardening.com/1610354/garden-oaks-theater-protest-neighbors-push-to-preserve-historic-houston-cinema/ #garden #HarrisCounty #houston #news #TX #US

Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #CityOfHouston #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Mosquitos #WestNileVirus #ZikaVirus

Harris County commissioners' funding renewal of a 5-year-old immigration legal defense fund drew backlash and the ire of a county judge candidate. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/10/17/533672/harris-county-commissioners-funding-renewal-for-immigration-legal-defense-draws-backlash/

#HarrisCounty #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #AlizaDutt #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyLegalDefense #HarrisCountyPublicDefendersOffice #ImmigrationDefense #LegalDefenseFund

Houston-area residents who plan to vote in the upcoming election can again get free rides to and from the polls from the region’s public transit provider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/17/533640/houston-metro-free-rides-election-2025-early-voting/

#Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Transportation #Voting #2025Election #EarlyVoting #ElectionDay #HarrisCountyElectionDay #Metro #METROFreeTransportation

Harris County Commissioners approved a burn ban for unincorporated areas of Harris County on Thursday, affecting the sale of certain fireworks ahead of Diwali. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/10/16/533581/commissioners-approve-burn-ban-firework-restrictions-in-unincorporated-harris-county/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #BurnBan #FireMarshal #HarrisCountyBurnBan #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt

Houston and Harris County leaders are considering a lawsuit over the upcoming removal of Montrose's rainbow crosswalks.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/10/14/533361/rainbow-crosswalk-houston-montrose-potential-lawsuit/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Houston #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Transportation #AbbieKamin #CountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #GovGregAbbott #Metro #Montrose #RainbowCrosswalks

Two owners of a Houston funeral home have been charged with crimes several months after the bodies of a dozen deceased people were allegedly found decomposing in “inhumane” conditions.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/14/533346/richardson-mortuary-houston-tx-criminal-charges/

#Business #Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #CriminalCharges #HarrisCounty #HoustonFuneralHomes #RichardsonMortuary #TexasFuneralServiceCommission

Houston and Harris County officials on Monday celebrated the opening of a $12 million, 26-unit apartment building for people with serious mental health illnesses. It's part of efforts to address homelessness.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/10/14/533356/houston-housing-homeless-mental-health/

#CityOfHouston #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Healthcare #Housing #Houston #Local #News #HarrisCenterForMentalHealthAndIDD #HomelessInHouston #HoustonHomelessness #HoustonHousing #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #MentalHealth

Daniel Caesar's pop-up concert in Houston over the weekend drew 1,500 people before law enforcement shut it down for not having proper permitting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pop-culture/2025/10/13/533200/daniel-caesars-pop-up-show-drew-1500-people-before-law-enforcement-shut-it-down/

#ArtsCulture #HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #Music #News #PopCulture #BearCreekPioneersPark #DanielCaesar #HarrisCountyCommissionerLesleyBriones #HarrisCountyPrecinct5Constable #HoustonConcerts #HoustonParks

With the November election less than a month away, there were over 21,000 Harris County voter registration applications still pending as of Thursday, according to the county.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/10/10/533146/more-than-21000-harris-county-voter-registration-applications-are-still-pending-ahead-of-november-election/

#Elections #HarrisCounty #Local #News #BEXARCOUNTY #FortBendCounty #HarrisCountyClerkSOffice #HarrisCountyTaxAssessorCollector #TexasSecretaryOfStateSOffice

METRO said late Wednesday it will remove the rainbow crosswalks at Westheimer and Taft to comply with federal regulations shortly after Texas Governor Greg Abbott's direction about "political ideologies" on roadways.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/10/09/532968/metro-will-re-stripe-montrose-rainbow-crosswalks-following-direction-from-abbott-txdot/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Transportation #Metro #METROHouston #Montrose #RainbowCrosswalks

County Judge Lina Hidalgo is making calls for transparency after a Monday audit showed the Harris County Flood Control District allegedly failed to implement a reformed procurement process for selecting project vendors.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/10/07/532735/harris-county-flood-control-district-disputes-hidalgos-calls-for-ethics-reform/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #FloodControlDistrict #HarrisCountyFloodControl #HarrisCountyFloodControlDistrict #HarrisCountyJudgeLinaHidalgo

Harris Health is notifying more than 5,000 patients of a "privacy incident" in which a former employee allegedly accessed and released patient information to unauthorized individuals.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/10/03/532620/harris-health-notifying-more-than-5000-patients-of-alleged-medical-information-leak/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #DataLeak #HarrisHealth #HarrisHealthSystem #PrivacyIncident

Fulfilling a longtime objective proposed during John Whitmire's mayoral campaign, the state plans to deploy Department of Public Safety troopers to Houston in an effort to curb violent crime. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/law-enforcement/2025/10/01/532340/we-are-coming-for-you-abbott-announces-harris-county-task-force-targeting-repeat-violent-offenders/

#HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #DepartmentOfPublicSafety #TaskForce #TexasDPS #ViolentOffenders

A panel of statewide appeals court justices will soon decide whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can — at least temporarily — enforce case reporting rules on attorneys for the state's larger, mostly Democratic counties, including Harris.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/09/29/532096/texas-judges-weigh-paxtons-authority-to-enforce-criminal-case-reporting-rules-on-democratic-das/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Texas #AttorneyGeneralOffice #CourtsCriminalJustice #JohnCreuzot #KenPaxton #Lawsuits

Two people were killed Sunday afternoon when a small plane crashed near an airport north of Houston, according to local authorities.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/09/28/532086/2-killed-in-fiery-plane-crash-north-of-houston/

#Airports #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Transportation #Cessna #HooksAirport #KleinFireDepartment #PlaneCrash #TexasDPS #Tomball

A Houston-area man accused of murdering his wife two years ago appeared in court on Friday, where he had a medical emergency and was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly thereafter, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/26/532021/man-accused-of-murder-dies-during-court-hearing-harris-county-da-says/

#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #HarrisCountyCriminalJusticeCenter #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyPrecinct1ConstableAlanRosen #JamesAnderson #MurderCharge

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Tuesday that Kenyon Colemen was found armed in a wooded area in Humble after deputies responded to a "possible fake/swatting call." The sheriff's office now says that call was unrelated.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/law-enforcement/2025/09/26/531962/harris-county-sheriff-alleged-humble-man-was-waiting-to-fire-on-deputies-call-was-unrelated/

#Crime #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #HarrisCountySheriffEdGonzalez #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #Humble #KenyonColemen #Swatting

A then-teenager accused of fleeing to Mexico after fatally shooting a Texas Southern University student in 2005 has been extradited to Houston, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/09/25/531922/accused-killer-of-houston-college-student-extradited-from-mexico-20-years-later/

#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CorneliusRay #Extradited #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonShootingDeaths #LuisUrielCastillo #MurderCharge

Amidst a partisan redistricting battle in Fort Bend County, the Harris County Attorney denounced what he described as KP George’s attempts to undermine the authority of Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/09/25/531931/harris-county-attorney-condemns-kp-georges-attempts-to-sideline-fort-bend-county-attorney/

#FortBend #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #BridgetteSmithLawson #ChristianMenefee #FortBendCountyAttorney #HarrisCountyAttorney #KpGeorge #REDISTRICTING

Tony Earls Jr. has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez on Valentine's Day in 2022.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/25/531919/tony-earls-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-accidental-killing-of-9-year-old/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #ArleneAlvarez #ArleneAlvarezShooting #HarrisCountyCourts #Manslaughter #PrisonSentence #TonyEarls

Following months-long spats about how to bridge a $200 million gap in the county's budget, Harris County Commissioners Court has approved a $2.8 billion budget for the 2026 fiscal year. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/09/24/531837/harris-county-commissioners-court-approve-2-8-billion-budget-for-2026-fiscal-year/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #CountyBudget #HarrisCountyBudget #HarrisCountyCommissioners #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt

Houston city officials appeared skeptical about the idea of implementing new safety protocols or infrastructure surrounding local bayous after five dead bodies were pulled from the waterways by police last week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/09/24/531826/houston-leaders-indicate-they-wont-implement-new-safety-measures-around-bayous-following-deaths/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Police #PublicSafety #BayouDeaths #HarrisCountyFloodControlDistrict #HoustonBayous #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HoustonParksBoard

The man charged with capital murder in the 2024 shooting death of Harris County Precinct 4 Cpl. Maher Husseini has been deemed mentally unfit for trial, according to court documents. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/24/531803/man-accused-of-murdering-harris-county-deputy-declared-incompetent-for-trial/

#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #AthirMurady #CapitalMurderCase #HarrisCountyPrecinct4 #MaherHusseini

A Harris County jury on Tuesday found a man guilty of manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/23/531697/jury-begins-deliberating-in-manslaughter-case-against-tony-earls/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #ArleneAlvarez #HarrisCountyCourts #ManslaughterTrial #ShootingDeath #TonyEarls

Harris Health's board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with eminent domain proceedings to acquire part of Hermann Park for the future expansion of Ben Taub Hospital. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2025/09/23/531662/harris-health-board-moves-forward-with-hermann-park-eminent-domain-proceedings-for-hospital-expansion/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Houston #Local #News #BenTaubHospital #BenTaubHospitalExpansion #HarrisCountyEminentDomain #HarrisHealth #HermannPark