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Katy teachers finalists for region's highest honor
The Katy Independent School District's two Districtwide Teachers of the Year, Jaymee Herrington and Sara Burke, have both been selected as finalists for the Region 4 Education Service Center’s Teacher of the Year program. Read more
Jul. 20, 2024
Abandoned newborn found on bridge along Katy area trail
A newborn baby girl found abandoned along a Katy area walking trail was rushed to a hospital Saturday morning in fair condition. According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the discovery occurred around 9 a.m. in the 5500 block of Casa Martin. Read more
Jun. 17, 2024
Harris County election overturned - 1,430 illegal votes cast
A judge has ordered a new election due to illegal votes in a judicial race in which Republican candidate Tami Pierce lost by just 449 votes to Democratic Judge DaSean Jones. Read more
May 24, 2024
CenterPoint: 99% of customers have power
CenterPoint Energy says it has restored nearly 900,000 customers impacted by the May 16 severe storms. Read more
May 24, 2024
Areas north of FM 529 remain without power as CenterPoint continues restoration efforts
CenterPoint Energy today reported that it continues to make steady progress on its power restoration efforts, with more than 850,000 customers impacted by last week's devastating storm restored as of noon, but more work remains in areas like a large Read more
May 22, 2024
CenterPoint expects to have 85% of customers restored by Monday night
CenterPoint Energy restored power to approximately 115,000 additional customers on Sunday and expects to restore power to approximately 85% of the customers impacted by Thursday's storms by Monday evening. Read more
May 20, 2024
CenterPoint hopes to have power restored to most people by the end of the day Wednesday
CenterPoint Energy expects storm-related power restorations to be substantially completed by the end of the day Wednesday, May 22, and Covering Katy News was in Cypress Saturday watching dozens of crews who were repairing damage to numerous... Read more
May 19, 2024
Cypress area tornado caused significant damage to electrical system
CenterPoint Energy's damage assessment and restoration efforts are continuing following Thursday's severe weather event, including a confirmed EF-1 tornado near the Cypress area with peak winds of 110 mph and straight-line winds of 90-100 mph. Read more
May 18, 2024
Hundreds of line crews coming to help us
A massive influx of line crews, numbering in the hundreds, is converging on Houston from various locations such as New Mexico, San Antonio, and Austin to help CenterPoint Energy restore power after a Tornado destroyed transmission lines in Cypress... Read more
May 18, 2024
AG Paxton Takes Over Investigation of Lina Hidalgo's Office
Democratic Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg is handing over the bid-rigging investigation of County Judge Lina Hidalgo's staffers to Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Read more
Apr. 25, 2024