New AARP resource connects Texas’s veterans to adapted housing grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—Texas’s 1.5 million U.S. military veterans and active-duty service members might be missing free financial aid to modify their homes. According […]
Education
HCC Students to Present Groundbreaking Capacitor Innovation at National Competition
HOUSTON (June 7, 2024) — Students at Houston Community College (HCC) are preparing to fly to Washington, D.C., to defend their paper on a capacitor that could significantly reduce pollution and decrease the cost of capacitors by 90%. Nineteen-year-old Raghad […]
Veterans benefits seminar coming to Mansfield
ERLANGER, KY. – DAV (Disabled American Veterans) is a nonprofit charity that provides a lifetime of support for veterans of all generations and their families, helping more than 1 million veterans in positive, life-changing ways each year. One of the various services DAV […]
Top wine society award and scholarship helps educator continue learning
AgriLife Extension specialist Cook works toward viticulture doctorate by Adam Russell Michael Cook, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service viticulture program specialist, Denton, and a Ph.D. student in the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences, was recently awarded a prestigious national award and scholarship for […]
Katy ISD Students Advance to National Arts Competition
KATY, TX [June 6, 2024] – Sixty-one Katy ISD secondary students have advanced to the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition — the nation’s longest running and most prestigious recognitions program for creative teens. These students earned 70 Gold Keys […]
Katy ISD Revises Schedule for Summer Food Service
Free Breakfast and Lunch Meals will be Available for all Students KATY ISD [June 6, 2024] – To continue meeting our community’s needs, Katy ISD has revised the times for several locations for summer meals, effective Monday, June 10. The revised […]
ANHEUSER-BUSCH AND SILVER EAGLE DISTRIBUTORS HOUSTON PROVIDE A THIRD TRUCKLOAD OF EMERGENCY DRINKING WATER TO SUPPORT FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
HOUSTON, TX (Tuesday, June 4, 2024) – At the requests of the American Red Cross, Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle Distributors Houston delivered a third truckload – more than 155,200 cans – of emergency drinking water in the last four weeks to […]
TRADITION CONTINUES: HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO™ AWARDS $1.4 MILLION IN EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO TEXAS 4-H STUDENTS
JUNE 6, 2024 — HOUSTON — The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo proudly awards 70 4-H students across Texas with $1.4 million in education funding. These scholarship recipients will be recognized at the annual 4-H Roundup in College Station, Texas, […]
Rylander Elementary Principal Tanya Heard Named PTA Elementary Principal of the Year
KATY, TX [JUNE 5, 2024] – Rylander Elementary School Principal Tanya Heard has been named Elementary Principal of the Year by Texas PTA, as part of the organization’s 2024 Outstanding Educators of the Year recognition. Heard was nominated by Leslie Buckmaster, […]
HCC, Johnson Controls celebrate one-year partnership
Program to train workers provides individuals $1,000 scholarships HOUSTON (June 4, 2024) —Patrick Mayorquin knew he wanted to do something different than being a vehicle mechanic. His father and uncles were mechanics, and it was expected he would join the […]
