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A Katy area physician has been disciplined by the Texas Medical Board for failure to maintain adequate records and “failure to use proper diligence in his medical practice.”
Dr. William Alexander Currie, a gastroenterology specialist at Memorial Hermann’s Katy Rehabilitation Hospital, was ordered to complete a medical record-keeping course within one year and pay an administrative [...]

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott this week awarded grants to two area organizations – the Harris County Domestic Relations Office and the Houston Galveston Institute – that will help Texas parents without custody stay involved in their children’s lives.
The groups will use the federally-funded grants to promote joint parenting skills and encourage both parents to [...]

The former principal of Fields Store Elementary School in the Waller ISD has pled guilty to theft charges that alleged she embezzled $25,000 from a school student activities fund.
Mary Davis entered a guilty plea before 155th District Court Judge Dan Beck. Davis will be sentenced at a later time, following a pre-sentence investigation.
District Attorney Elton [...]

During Thursday’s meeting, the Brookshire City Council interviewed a third applicant for that city’s vacant police chief position, but took no action following an hour-long closed-door executive session.
In what many saw as a surprise, the council moved into executive session to interview candidate Rex Morgan White, a long-time Brookshire resident, former police chief and current [...]

The Katy Heritage Society is looking for volunteers to help with its ongoing mission to preserving historic resources in the Katy area.
Some current volunteer opportunities include working as docents, serving as house chairpersons, publishing the organization’s newsletter, chairing special events and even serving on the board of directors.
Docents are volunteers who work at historic homes [...]

Brookshire Mayor Joey Vaughn has made an initial court appearance in 155th District Court on felony assault charges.
Vaughn and Jessica Vaughn, also known as Jessica Chavez, were both indicted in April on felony charges they assaulted a police officer who had been called to quell a loud party in Brookshire last October.
Both were indicted on [...]

All Fort Bend County residents are being invited to an upcoming Houston Cougars football game for half price during Fort Bend County Day at Robertson Stadium.
Fort Bend County Day will be Saturday, Sept. 25 as the Cougars take on the Tulane Green Wave. County residents will be able to purchase tickets for $15.
Tickets can be [...]

The Katy Prairie Conservancy will be hosting an unguided tour of Barn Owl Woods this Sunday.
Barn Owl Woods is a stand of upland forest in the middle of the Katy Prairie that serves as home to a host of wildlife.
Hikers will be able to walk along a mulched trail as they observe the wildlife within [...]

Brookshire city leaders may take another shot at naming that city’s new police chief during tonight’s city council meeting.
Part of tonight’s meeting agenda includes “discussion and possible action regarding hiring a police chief for the city.”
Brookshire has been without a permanent police chief since Joseph Prejean stepped down from the post in June in what [...]

The Katy City Council will meet in special workshop session this evening to discuss the city’s proposed 2010-2011 budget.
The workshop will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the city council chambers of the Katy Municipal Complex.
The meeting will be dedicated to discussion of the proposed budget, but no final action will be taken.
The city’s new fiscal [...]

In what has been termed an “official response,” the Katy ISD Board of Trustees turned down the Katy Tea Party Patriots’ invitation to take part in a planned October informational meeting on the district’s proposed $459 million bond issue.
In a statement e-mailed yesterday by Katy ISD spokesman Steve Stanford, board members told Tea Party President [...]

A Waller County man remains in custody in the Harris County Jail after being arrested last weekend at his Buller Road home on kidnapping charges.
Waller County sheriff’s deputies, the Waller County SWAT team and Houston police officers arrested Michael James Deluca, 39, after his reported victim led officers to his home.
According to police reports, Deluca [...]

September is Library Card Sign-up Month and Fort Bend County Libraries wants to make sure all area children are among the two-thirds of Americans that carry a library card.
Studies show that children who are read to in the home – and who use the library – perform better in school and are more likely to [...]