Author: Wesley Gardner

During the Splendora ISD’s Feb. 5 board meeting, trustees named Dustin Bromley as the lone finalist to take over for outgoing Superintendent Jeffrey Burke, who announced he was retiring from the district last year.

Federal disaster assistance is now available to Montgomery County residents who were impacted by severe weather and tornadoes in December, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a Jan. 17 news release.

Acai Brasil offers Brazilian finger foods in addition to juices, smoothies and acai bowls.

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles said the district’s students are making progress in regaining pandemic-related learning losses following the Jan. 29 release of 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores.

City of Humble officials are hosting a grand opening celebration Jan. 30 for the roughly $6.1 million replacement of Humble Fire Station No. 2.

Houston ISD board managers retroactively approved roughly $870 million in purchasing agreements following Superintendent Mike Miles’ admission that the agreements had been greenlit without board approval, which is in violation of district policy.
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Construction on a BP Pulse electric vehicle charging station near George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston is set to begin in March, according to a Jan. 20 filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Three Humble City Council positions will be up for election on May 3, according to the city’s election website. 

During the board’s Dec. 10 meeting, trustees approved the renaming of the school’s natatorium to Lanny Landtroop Natatorium in honor of coach Lanny Landtroop and the school’s swim room to Russell Duin Suite in honor of coach Russell Duin.

Houston ISD officials are gearing up for another bout with below-freezing temperatures next week, which officials said will test the district’s aging heating systems.