This year more students will have the opportunity to experience Katy ISD as the District launches its High School Open Enrollment. This opportunity has resulted in questions and concerns within the community and we have some answers.

The award-winning rock band Garbage Girlfriend is performing a free concert this Friday in celebration of the release of their self-titled album.

Katy ISD continues to evaluate emerging industries and workforce trends to give students the skills for success after graduation in many fields. This year the District adds an Underground Utility Program to an already growing list of career paths.

Intense heat brings snakes closer to Katy home as they take shelter increasing chances of resident encounters. Many kinds of snakes call Katy home, including four that are venomous. Here's what you need to know.

Clothed by Faith, a Katy-based nonprofit, is currently accepting items to help support students as they start the new academic year. The organization expanded their Katy center last year to meet the growing need.

A Katy woman accepted a ride share from a pair, also Katy residents, now arrested and charged with her abduction and sexual assault.

The Coastal Prairie Conservancy continues to preserve the land that is the Katy Prairie Preserve by securing 60 acres. A new Welcome Center opened last spring aimed to educate Katy residents on our land’s importance to the local ecosystem.

Katy ISD officials and local elected officials dedicated the new North Transportation Center in the legacy of William “Bill” Kyser. The new center will support the growing Northwestern quadrant as it continues to expand.

Katy ISD has announced attendance growth ahead of the new academic year. Through a self-funded attendance incentive program, Katy ISD schools can earn money.

A fifth grader from Tom Wilson Elementary School won the first place in the American Heroes Student Art Contest organized by Freedom 250 in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Katy ISD has shared information on Free and Reduced Meals ahead of the 2026-2027 academic year starting. The district is increasing meal prices, but 33 campuses qualify for free meals.

At the July Katy ISD Board Work Study meeting unveiled a comprehensive vision that addressed how Katy ISD will find a balance with technology and AI in classrooms and teacher lessons.

School starts next month and local law enforcement officials are asking Katy ISD to ban this popular “toy” before more students get hurt.

Katy’s growth will finally earn its own DPS office where residents can care for driver’s license needs including new drivers celebrating this rite of passage without leaving their hometown.

The 5-year-old Katy boy who authorities asked residents to help in the search for yesterday has been found dead in his neighborhood lake.

Yesterday, Katy ISD welcomed law enforcement, fire service and emergency management partners from across the region for its annual Emergency Responder Forum. This event is aimed at strengthening collaboration and preparedness for student, staff and community safety.

Despite recent attacks and warnings, local officials stress that Katy residents should be cautious but not concerned during this active alligator summer. Here’s what to know to keep your family and pets safe while enjoying these “modern-day dinosaurs.”

Central Green Park, a center for Katy family fun, got an update last week leading into their end of summer events and big annual Back to School Bash. See why local families love this free event venue.

Seven Lakes Junior High School Chamber Orchestra won first place in the annual Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Honor Orchestra Competition, earning a coveted spot to perform at the TMEA Clinic & Convention in February 2027.

A routine traffic stop led to a foot pursuit and juvenile arrests for evading arrests, tampering with physical evidence, and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.