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Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District officials set early goals for fledgling district (communityimpact.com) — Officials with the new Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District are mapping out funding, scope, and long-term plans to keep dredging Lake Houston for flood mitigation. They're eyeing state support, partnerships with Houston and Harris County, and future bond-backed revenue, with public meetings set monthly in Humble at Partnership Lake Houston's conference room.
2. Houston Police Department investigating officer usages of Flock camera system for potential policy violations (click2houston.com) — Houston police are auditing how officers use Flock license-plate cameras and have already frozen some accounts while Internal Affairs checks for policy violations. The review comes as several Houston-area departments investigate alleged camera misuse, including a Katy case that led to criminal charges and nearby cities debating whether to keep the technology.
3. Houston postpones action on $50M proposal that would block future annexation of The Woodlands (star-telegram.com) — Houston City Council has delayed a vote on a $50 million agreement with The Woodlands that would permanently block any future annexation in exchange for phased payments to the city. The deal would free up regional sales tax funds for Houston while giving The Woodlands long-term certainty if state annexation laws ever change, and it now heads to a council committee for review.
4. Houston-area mother shot 5 times, daughter injured in northeast Houston shooting (fox26houston.com) — A Houston mother and her adult daughter are recovering after being shot while driving on North Wayside Drive in northeast Houston, where police say a rifle-wielding man fired at random cars. The mother, hit five times, drove them to safety and is now publicly sharing her story of survival and forgiveness as the suspect faces aggravated assault charges and a court hearing.
5. Meta to pay Texas over $1 billion, overhaul teen features in child safety settlement (fox26houston.com) — Houston parents are being urged by Crime Stoppers of Houston to stay deeply involved in their kids' online lives as Texas secures a $1 billion child-safety settlement with Meta. The deal will fund youth mental health and school safety statewide and force new teen safeguards on Facebook and Instagram, but local advocates stress predators and harmful content still require vigilant, ongoing supervision at home.
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