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About 35 fewer homes sold across the six Lake Houston area ZIP codes in August than a year earlier, with the median sale price rising in every ZIP code except 77338 and nearly 71 percent of sales between $200,000 and $399,999.

Humble City Council adopted a property tax rate of $0.245682 per $100 valuation for fiscal year 2026-27 on September 24, down from $0.258171, alongside a budget of about $43.6 million.

The Rusty Buckle Craft BBQ and Texas Cuisine reopens September 25 at 22664 Community Drive in New Caney after a Thanksgiving Day 2023 fire, with help from an East Montgomery County Improvement District grant and low interest loan.

La Lihn, a faith-based boutique selling women’s and men’s clothing and accessories, will hold a grand opening for its Atascocita location on October 10 at 18321 W. Lake Houston Parkway, Community Impact reports.

Golden Root Academy and Respite Center, a women-owned childcare facility at 18003 Lago Forest Drive in Humble, is serving children from 6 weeks to 12 years old with preschool and before and after school care.

Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority chair Tom Broad told a District E town hall that the $76.8 million first phase of Northpark Drive is 75 percent complete and should be substantially done by April. Phase 2 is 30 percent designed.

Eli Lilly and Company broke ground September 21 on its $6.5 billion manufacturing site in Generation Park and announced $15 million for San Jacinto College, which has a campus there, for a manufacturing career pathway and scholarships.

A 13-year-old riding an electric bicycle was struck by a vehicle Saturday night in the 16800 block of West Lake Houston Parkway in Atascocita. Harris County Precinct 4 deputies closed the Madera Run Parkway intersection while they investigated, and the driver stayed at the scene.

A 2-year-old child died Friday afternoon after being found in a swimming pool at a home in the Atascocita South area, according to the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office. The child was flown to a hospital by Life Flight and pronounced dead there.