Stripes Convenience Store opened at 19204 FM 529 in early June with a second location under construction at Fry Road and Longenbaugh Drive.

Monkey Bar Gym in Cypress opened at 13626 Kluge Road in late April.

Jersey Village City Council killed a motion to convert a static billboard within the city to digital.

The lack of ability to regulate firework usage and sales in unincorporated Harris County poses several issues for county officials, including noise and safety problems in heavily populated residential areas.

Large companies like Noble Energy, Baker Hughes and ExxonMobil are moving to Northwest Houston and bringing thousands of new jobs to the area.

On June 25, Harris County commissioners will hear a mix of proposals regarding the fate of the nearly 50-year-old Astrodome.

Six weeks after the Lone Star College bond failed with 55.6 percent of voters against the bond and 44.4 percent favoring it, LSC administrators are exploring other options to keep up with student growth.

Beginning spring 2012, Harris County Precinct 4's road and bridges department targeted dozens of roadway and intersection projects for expansion, realignment or improvement, adding them to the list of capital improvement projects for the area.

The first signs of construction on segments F1, F2 and G of SH 99, or Grand Parkway, could be visible by the middle of June. The three segments, which represent the northernmost portions of the 184-mile loop, will connect Hwy. 290 with Hwy. 59.

Work was completed on the new cloverleaf access ramps at Hwy. 290 and Barker Cypress Road in early May.

Every summer, Community Impact Newspaper produces a public education guide with data and stories relating to Cy-Fair ISD schools, the number of which seems to grow every fall.

May 11, Jersey Village residents voted to renew the city’s Crime Control Prevention District—a program critical to funding law enforcement in the area—for the next ten years.

The Harris County Precinct 3 parks department has been working with the Harris County Flood Control District to open several new parks by the end of 2013.

The education of 4.3 million public school students is one of the state’s top priorities, with some of the biggest battles in the Capitol raging over private school vouchers, curriculum, graduation rates, school accountability and teacher pay.

Recently retired Cougar Principal Jim Wells closed his combined nearly 20 years of service at Cypress Creek High School constructing the newly erected Wall of Honor that was revealed earlier this spring during a school ceremony.

On April 29, students and staff of Langham Creek High School presented hundreds of new and gently used sneakers to New Missions—a program dedicated to rebuilding and supporting Haiti following a recent series of tragic events.

A plan to rehabilitate the aging Astrodome is headed to county commissioners for consideration next week, following the reveal of a $194 million proposal approved June 19 by the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation.

The Calabria Foundation will host its public Summer Bash Fundraiser at Houston's Karbach Brewing Co. from 6–8 p.m. June 20.

Another Marco's Pizza opened at 16949 N. Eldridge Parkway at the corner of Spring Cypress Road over Memorial Day weekend.

Houston Swim Club opened its fifth Houston-area school with the completion of the Cypress location opening its doors May 28 at 19702 Hwy. 290 at the intersection of Hwy. 290 and FM 1960.