This Week's Headlines

Pony League threatened with lawsuit

Summer begins for South Belt students

4th of July parade form

Whatley sheds horns

Dobie’s Whatley retires after 32 years

Pct. 2 assists multiagency initiative

Deputies target high crime

Man arrested for racing on freeway

Shabazz greets Davila

District D hosts business, civic symposium

Owls awarded scholarships

Southbelt Baseball Little League Dec. 31 2022-Jan 31, 2023

Coast Guard Capt. Jonathan Carter to take command of USCGC Stone

Pasadena ISD chess tournament winners announced

Class of 2023 seniors take last walk through Burnett Elementary

Parker Williams Library announces June activities for area adults, children

Cisneros finishes year with awards

Dobie’s Torres is 22-6A Coach of the Year; Torres top newcomer

JFD’s Torres earns Futures invite

Clear Brook baseball standouts earn 24-6A all-district accolades

South Belt soccer plans youth camp during June

CB girls’ hoops set to host camp

Football camp at Dobie

Area players see NCAA baseball seasons close out

Gaitan fifth in Alabama

TAMU’s Dickson reached NCAA track nationals

League champion Dobie earns 22-6A All-District baseball honors

Lajaunie tennis scholarship fund awards youth players

Lion athletics plans summer

Dobie basketball sets youth camp


Local Libraries

Bracewell City Library
Located at 9002 Kingspoint, Bracewell is inside the Beltway east of Blackhawk. Included in its collection are books-on-tape, compact discs, magazines, large-print books, children's books-on-tape and books in Spanish.

The library offers a variety of services including telephone and in-house reference information, a public access catalog and children's storytimes.

Bracewell provides an outside bookdrop as well as telephone renewal at 832-Bracewell Library sketch393-2580. Self-service facilities available include word processors and a copy machine. The library catalog is available through www.Houstonlibrary.org.

For hours and special events visit Bracewell on the web at www.houstonlibrary.org/bracewell
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For information, call the library at 832-393-2580.

Harris County Parker Williams Library
The spacious 20,000-square-foot Harris County Parker Williams Branch Public Library at Scarsdale and Beamer opened in 1993. Regular seating for reading and study accommodates 125.There are three meetings rooms that may be reserved by the public. Two of the rooms seat 25 and one room seats 50.  These rooms are located by the County Clerk’s office, which is located across the parking lot.

The online catalog is user friendly and can be accessed, along with various databases, from home computers at www.hcpl.net.

Books may be transferred from other branches at no charge. The library features a large Vietnamese collection as well as some Spanish titles and a large selection of DVD’s and CD’s.

The library offers English as a second language classes as well as training for volunteer tutors interested in teaching adults basic literacy or ESL.

Free computer classes are offered monthly. Storytimes are every Wednesday for preschoolers and Thursday mornings for toddlers. Vietnamese story and learning times are presented Saturdays. During the summer, the library sponsors a summer reading program and presents special programs.

Harris County library cards are free to Texas residents who provide proof of their current address. Library hours are Monday from 1 to 9 p.m., Tuesdays from 10 a.m.to 6 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library is closed on Tuesdays and Sundays. For information, call 281-484-2036.