The Katy News - Local news for Katy, TX

03/07/2025

Texans add veteran wide receiver

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A dry overall late winter and spells of warmer early spring weather has prompted a fast jump into allergy season for areas in SE Texas.

03/07/2025

Deputies rounded up two runaway horses on Pebworth Place after finding them five miles away from the neighborhood where they were first spotted.

03/07/2025

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content.

03/07/2025

Authorities are responding to a shooting near Jamaica Beach in Galveston, with multiple victims reported.

03/07/2025

A DPS Trooper was involved in a shooting with a suspect in the Willowbrook area of Houston Friday.

03/07/2025

This decision follows an extensive audit by Ernst & Young, which highlighted areas for improvement

03/07/2025

Jazz legend Roy Ayers died in New York City "after a long illness," his family announced on Facebook. https://www.fox26houston.com/news/jazz-legend-roy-ayers-known-everybody-loves-sunshine-dies-84?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook

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The facility is expected to bring around 1,500 manufacturing jobs to the region.

03/07/2025

In Magnolia, a heavy police presence surrounds a residence on Westwood North Drive where a wanted man has barricaded himself inside.

03/07/2025

Veteran offensive lineman to be released

03/07/2025

So many people are getting sick and so many are asking KPRC 2 health reporter Haley Hernandez, what is it? It might be the flu OR, it could just be spring allergies.

03/07/2025

https://thekatynews.com/2025/03/07/regents-select-glenn-hegar-as-sole-finalist-to-be-chancellor/

HOUSTON, Texas — The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents on Friday selected Comptroller Glenn Hegar ’93 as the sole finalist to be chancellor of The Texas A&M University System. Hegar, a Republican, has served in the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate before first being...

03/07/2025

https://thekatynews.com/2025/03/07/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-40-million-for-texas-following-medicaid-fraud-investigation-of-molina-healthcare/

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Healthcare Program Enforcement Division has secured $40 million for the State of Texas by settling an enforcement action brought under the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act (“THFPA”) against Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc. and Molina Healt...

03/07/2025

https://thekatynews.com/2025/03/07/tslac-awards-research-fellowship-in-texas-history/

Austin, TX – The Texas Library and Archives Foundation (TxLAF) is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) Research Fellowship in Texas History. The fellowship’s stipend of $2,000 has been awarded to Dr. Sam W. Haynes. Haynes directs the C...