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RICHMOND — Four second quarter touchdowns was enough for the George Ranch Longhorns to beat Foster 28-14 in the Brawl on The Brazos Friday night at Paul Scherer Memorial Stadium at the campus of Tomas High School....
2026 Fort Bend County Fair Queen Dakota LeMaire, Clements High School senior, traded her evening gown and tiara for a pair of boots and stetson on Saturday as she helped hand out belt buckles and banners at various contests. She…...
Laura Cardenas, 6, a student at The Honor Roll School, shows off the blue rosette she won for her art in the creative arts department competition at this year's Fort Bend County Fair. Schools across Fort Bend County entered their…...
Clements High School senior Dakota LeMaire has been crowned the 2026 Fort Bend County Fair Queen. The coronation took place Friday in Building B at the fairgrounds. First Runner-up is Needville High School Senior Katelyn Bryan, left, and Miss Congeniality…...
Briscoe Junior High School eighth-graders Emma and Veda, both 14, hang on for dear life while riding the Sizzler at the Fort Bend County Fair on Thursday during Sneak Peek Night....
Elva Shaw, 11, takes little sister Scarlett, 6, on the Teacup ride at the carnival during Sneak Peek night on Thursday. Elva attends sixth grade at Steenbergen Middle School. Scarlett is in kindergarten at Culver Elementary School. They were escorted…...
Mary Cortez of Rosenberg enjoys a turkey leg at the Sneak Peek on Thursday. She was accompanied by daughter Stacey Ruiz and son-in-law Jeffery Ruiz. By the way, Jeff graduated from Lamar Consolidated High School and Stacey graduated from Terry…...
ROSENBERG — Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Night, the Foster Lady Falcons added a bit more to it after beating Spring Memorial 23-5, Tuesday at the LCISD Natatorium....
ROSENBERG — Entertaining the Memorial Mustangs on Teacher Appreciation Night, the Foster Falcons put on a display, beating them 17-10 in District 19-6A action Tuesday night at the LCISD Natatorium....
The district called the lawsuit baseless, but says they still had to pay counsel with taxpayer money to defend the case.
Needville High School freshman Chevy Zwahr,14, finished the first heat in first place at the Lou Sargeant III Memorial Lawn Mower Races & Kart Races on Saturday....
Human remains have been found near the area where Texas State University student Jason Landry disappeared nearly six years ago, but authorities have not confirmed whether the remains belong to Landry. Texas State student from Missouri City missing after car found totaled, abandon...
George Ranch freshman Kampbell Muska (4127) rounds a corner at the Katy Seven Lakes Showcase cross country meet Sept. 12 at Katy Seven Lakes High School....
A proposed Tesla project worth more than $10 billion could bring thousands of jobs to Fort Bend County if the company moves forward with plans to build a large solar manufacturing facility. Lamar Consolidated Independent School District trustees are expected to consider a propert...
What started at a family kitchen table in 2023 has grown into a community effort to fight food waste. Sid Sharma, a 17-year-old senior at Elkins High School, founded Waste2Taste, a program that collects surplus food from grocery stores and finds ways to put it to use in the commu...
Lamar Consolidated ISD has earned a ‘B+’ rating by the Texas Education Association for its 2025-26 STAAR test results, but a large number of campuses earned ‘A’ ratings....
Needville ISD has once again received an overall A rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
A Fort Bend ISD mother is speaking out after her daughter was left unaccounted for on a school bus for nearly two hours — raising serious concerns about the district’s transportation safety procedures. Michelle Lemon’s daughter, Bryne, is a 9th grader at Hightower High School. Le...
The Texas Education Agency has said state-controlled HISD must eliminate multi-year failing accountability grades at all campuses before the state returns control to the district....
KIPP confirmed that no students or staff were harmed during an incident involving a parent and an unaffiliated individual in southwest Houston.
Superintendent Mike Miles responded to a HISD teacher's emotional video, stating the teacher's concern has been a concern for years.
We often talk about big school districts like HISD, Katy, Fort Bend and Cy-Fair, but ABC13 reporter Lileana Pearson is showing how smaller districts tackle challenges head-on....
HOUSTON – Three years after the Texas Education Agency took over Houston ISD, new academic and accountability data show significant gains across the state’s largest school district, including dramatic improvements at campuses operating under Superintendent Mike Miles’ New Educati...
An HISD teacher said he “literally broke down” in his classroom on the second day of the school year after, according to his account posted on social media, several senior students struggled to complete a short writing exercise. Darius Williams, who is listed in the Wheatley High...
Students at Jefferson Elementary are two days into the new school year, and Houston Independent School District’s New Education System — known as the NES model — is already in full swing. Superintendent Mike Miles and the school’s principal are working to ensure teachers make eve...
You may have heard of the "No Personal Communication Device" rule. Here's what Houston ISD parents need to know as students head back to class.
More than 160,000 students are expected to return to HISD classrooms as the new school year begins, but the district is starting the year with fewer students and less funding....
Houston Independent School District, the largest school district in Texas, wants parents to be equipped with the right tools heading into the new school year. From communication apps to bus registration, here’s what families need to know. Stay connected with ParentSquare, Connect...
Houston ISD is launching a new tool this school year to help parents stay connected with students who ride the bus. It’s called SMARTtag. HISD says all students who are registered to use any of the district’s transportation services will get a special SMARTtag badge. They will sc...
Alex Mayes Is an Auto Collision and Management student at Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus.
Needville High School senior Kamryn Fenske poses with Needville Junior High Principal Brett Pohler during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new junior high school. Her brother Wyatt joined them. He will attend seventh grade at the new campus....
Houston-area families struggling with food costs can find help through HISD, Kids’ Meals and the Houston Food Bank. Here’s how to apply for school-meal benefits, locate a pantry and access other assistance...
With fewer students on SNAP, HISD announced this summer that they are forced to stop automatic free lunch at 33 campuses.
Officials say the devices are becoming increasingly popular among elementary and middle school students, but many families may not fully understand how fast they can travel or the injuries they can cause....
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Three Houston-area mothers are suing the State of Texas and three local school districts in an effort to remove Ten Commandments posters from public-school classrooms. The lawsuit was filed July 30 in Harris County District Court by Emily Roth, Audrey Rosa Nath and Sanjam Kaur So...
As families prepare for a new school year, some Houston ISD parents will notice an important change when it comes to school meals. This school year, 33 Houston ISD campuses will no longer participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) , a program that allows qua...
As families across the Houston area prepare for the first day of school, Saturday became another stop on the back-to-school checklist. Instead of shopping for backpacks or notebooks, hundreds of parents visited Harris County Clerk annexes to pick up one document many schools requ...
The new school year is rapidly approaching and with its arrival, so is the reality of lunches for children. Some families may qualify for free or reduced cost meals for their children at Houston ISD schools, but there is a process to determine and apply for it. Application Famili...
Fans heading to Houston ISD athletic events this school year will need to plan ahead. Starting Aug. 1, HISD is rolling out new security and entry rules for UIL sporting events at district athletic facilities, including a new clear bag policy, student ID requirements and adult sup...
HISD families should verify campus assignments, transportation information and school meal eligibility before the new school year. Here's what parents need to know about Bluebonnet Learning and other changes....
A proposed fuel storage terminal in northwest Harris County is drawing growing opposition from residents who say they’re worried about potential impacts on their health, quality of life and property values. The project, proposed by Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., now part of ONE...
With the first day of school around the corner, the Harris County Clerk’s Office is opening its doors on a weekend to help parents and guardians check a key item off their back-to-school list: securing a certified birth certificate for student registration. The office will host i...
A box of crayons and a stack of paper. Sometimes it's the simplest supplies that make the biggest impact, and the Houston Food Bank's school supply program is helping deliver essential supplies to those who need them most....
A high school teacher is facing charges tonight that he had an sexual relationship with an 18-year-old female student. According to court documents Jesse David Sifuentes is charged with 2 counts of improper relationship with a student. Sifuentes was an English teacher at the High...
Records allege the High School for Law and Justice student and 40-year-old teacher started the sexual relationship shortly after she turned 18 years old....
Ahead of the new school year, some constables and the city of Fulshear are taking a closer look at e-scooters and e-motorcycles.
Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman has asked Klein ISD, Tomball ISD, Spring ISD, Aldine ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD and Humble ISD to adopt policies prohibiting unregistered electric motorcycles on school property....
The Texas Education Agency has found HISD to be out of compliance after some parents filed complaints with the state over the district's special education changes....
With the first day of school just weeks away, some Houston ISD parents of students receiving special education services say they are still unsure where their children will attend class this fall as the district moves forward with its Student Success Program.HISD moving forward wi...
HISD says it will continue moving forward with its Student Success Program for the 2026-27 school year, while state officials continue investigating complaints surrounding the district’s special education changes. The program is part of the district’s restructuring of some of its...
Although it may feel like summer just started, back to school season is right around the corner.School supplies can get expensive, so we’ve made a list of places where you can find either free or cheap supplies for your family.Braeswood Church Community Health FairWhen: Saturday,...
