Author: dsmithwick@communityimpact.com

The new business offers specialty skin care treatments, eyelash services and facial waxing.

Cy-Fair ISD is an increasingly diverse school district with more than 100 languages and dialects spoken by students.

During a year when many are more stressed and uncertain than ever, practicing yoga can help people find balance, clarity and well-being, according to Jenny Normand, who owns Shaka Power Yoga in Cypress.

Before COVID-19, the Houston Food Bank distributed about 400,000 pounds of food daily. That number has since increased to about 1 million pounds a day.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with Lone Star College-CyFair announced the largest enrollment in the college’s 17-year history.

District officials said student enrollment projections are down by 2,575, and about 130 teaching positions remain vacant.

Nearly one year after Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was fatally shot while conducting a traffic stop in the Cy-Fair area, a resolution to rename a post office after him unanimously passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The county reports 138 deaths related to COVID-19 among Cy-Fair residents since March.

Officials said cases might have been backlogged due to delayed test reporting and lags in processing.

The board signed a resolution including action steps to address racial inequality districtwide at the Sept. 14 meeting. African American students made up 18.5% of enrollment in 2018-19 but accounted for 38.7% of suspensions that year.