🌱 Patch AM: How a high-value package theft ring reached Sugar Land homes

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In today's newsletter:

• How a high-value package theft ring reached Sugar Land homes
• New Rosenberg electrician program could fast-track careers for Sugar Land students

Also on today's calendar: AWAKE Houston and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 91, low: 74.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Suspect arrested in $17,400 gold and silver coin package theft (coveringkaty.com) — A Fort Bend County resident's $17,400 coin shipment was intercepted and a suspect tied to similar thefts in Sugar Land, Houston, and beyond has been arrested, authorities say. Investigators warn there may be more victims and urge Sugar Land-area residents expecting high-value deliveries to use staffed pickup locations, track packages closely, and report any suspicious delivery issues immediately.
   

• Find out more about TSTC's electrical construction program coming to Fort Bend County (communityimpact.com) — A new Texas State Technical College electrical construction program in nearby Rosenberg is gearing up this fall, offering Sugar Land and Fort Bend students a fast track toward residential and journeyman electrician licenses. With specialized residential, commercial, and industrial labs and a unique state partnership that can waive thousands of required work hours, the program aims to quickly feed the region's growing demand for skilled electricians.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sugar Land

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Monday September 7
• Labor Day Holiday
  Fort Bend ISD Sugar Land, TX 77479
Tuesday September 8
• THS-Volleyball-F/JV/V vs. Hightower
  Travis High School Travis Gyms
  4:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• THS Homecoming Pep Rally
  Travis High School THS
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• JV Football @ Houston Worthing
  Kempner High School Worthing High School (9215 Scott St, Houston, TX 77051, United Sta
  5:00 pm
• Freshman Football vs Houston Worthing
  Kempner High School KHS Football field
  5:00 pm
• THS JV Football vs. Cypress Falls (AWAY)
  Travis High School Cypress Falls HS-9811 Huffmeister Rd, Houston, TX 77095
  5:30 pm
• THS Fresh Red & White Football vs. Cypress Falls (HOME)
  Travis High School Travis HS 11111 Harlem Rd. Richmond, TX, 77406
  5:30 pm
• Home Coming Parade
  Kempner High School Football Field
  6:30 pm
• THS Fresh Red & White Football vs. Cypress Falls (HOME)
  Travis High School Travis HS 11111 Harlem Rd. Richmond, TX, 77406
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• THS-Volleyball-F/JV/V vs. Bush
  Travis High School Bush
  4:30 pm
• Home Coming Dance
  Kempner High School Commons
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• AWAKE Houston →
  Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land, 18111 Lexington Blvd, Sugar Land
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I thought this was fun.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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