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🌱 Patch AM: How a high-value package theft ring reached Sugar Land homes
And check out AWAKE Houston on the Sugar Land Patch calendar
Greetings Sugar Land! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
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!)
- 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.
📸 Around Sugar Land
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sugar Land
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- Labor Day Holiday
Fort Bend ISD Sugar Land, TX 77479 - THS-Volleyball-F/JV/V vs. Hightower
Travis High School Travis Gyms
4:30 pm - THS Homecoming Pep Rally
Travis High School THS
7:00 pm - 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 - THS-Volleyball-F/JV/V vs. Bush
Travis High School Bush
4:30 pm - Home Coming Dance
Kempner High School Commons
7:00 pm - AWAKE Houston →
Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land, 18111 Lexington Blvd, Sugar Land
7:00 pm
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Saturday September 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I thought this was fun.
Red-tailed Hawk in my backyard did not seemed to concerned with me at all. (Nextdoor Sugar Creek) - One of rescue kitten.
Tiger Lilly is very possessive and her favorite place to sleep is on my lap. When the home health nurse or physical therapist come she lays on my… (Nextdoor Chimneystone)
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🗞 Nearby News
Stafford
- The Five Cs: How Fire Service Leaders Can Spot and Manage Firefighters' Egos (fireengineering.com)
- Trung Ngo Remains Missing 13 Years After His Phone was Found in Katy (katymagazineonline.com)
Missouri City
- Preview: Sporting KC visits FC Dallas on Saturday (sportingkc.com)
Richmond
- Genetic genealogy offers new hope in 62-year-old Fort Bend County homicide cold case (click2houston.com)
- Help bring Maggie home: Missing goldendoodle is the best friend of a Richmond boy battling brain cancer (click2houston.com)
- Friday Night Longhorns Under the Lights: Week 1 schedules for Texas 2027 commitments (on3.com)
Ok Sugar Land! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- 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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