a bakery serving unique pastries and coffee will open in Friendswood in May Rachel joined Community Impact in April 2023 and covers government in Pearland She graduated from Baylor University in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in journalism listening to live music and spending time in the great outdoors With all precincts reporting from both Galveston and Harris counties Michael Ross has maintained his lead in the race for Friendswood City Council Position 6 against Tom Hinckley according to unofficial results from each county James joined Community Impact in June 2023 and is the editor of both the Bay Area paper and the Pearland-Friendswood paper Before joining the team he worked for several newspapers in both Texas and Illinois Since graduating from the University of North Texas in 2018 James has covered more than a dozen communities and school districts learning Spanish and podcasting about football Pearland Wine Fest will feature wine tastings (Courtesy Luis Esparza via Pearland Wine Fest) Asia joined Community Impact in February 2022 She studied journalism and creative writing at Missouri State University Asia was a reporter for the Seattle Medium one of the city's eldest African American publications Carmyn Robey-Robinson has won her bid for Place 4 on Manvel City Council according to unofficial election results from Brazoria County Nederland vs Friendswood - 5pm - 5/2/2025 - Baseball - Bi District - Playoffs - Game Two - Live from Baytown Lee High School Show Breaking News BarCloseLocal News Kendall Mayes The Friendswood Police Department is investigating a crash that resulted in the death of one man and left a woman hospitalized in south Houston officers responded to a rollover accident on FM 528 near Falcon Ridge Boulevard around 1:30 a.m officers discovered that both drivers had been involved in a serious accident and were transported to a nearby hospital The man was pronounced dead at the hospital while the woman is currently in stable condition All lanes of FM 528 are now open as the Friendswood Police Department Crash Team continues its investigation Motorists are advised to use FM 2351 and Friendswood Parkway as alternate routes More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Contests and Rules Contact Us Meet the Team Careers at KPRC Closed Captioning / Audio Description Public File Current EEO Report Terms of Use Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Info FCC Applications Copyright © 2025 Click2Houston.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group How to watch Texas high school baseball: Friendswood vs May 2Data SkriveThere is an intriguing high school game in TBA with Friendswood High School hosting Nederland High School How to watch Nederland vs. Friendswood baseballNederland and Friendswood will match up on Friday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m. CT. 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Friendswood ISD’s Education Foundation’s Adopt-A-Grant campaign ended with over $449,100 in grants for educators across all FISD campuses according to an April 28 news release from the district Haley joined Community Impact in January 2024 as a local education reporter in Pearland she studied journalism at Texas State University and served as an editor for the student newspaper When she’s not in the newsroom or at your local meeting attempting to cook different variations of pasta and spending time with family and friends Clear Creek and Friendswood ISDs are among several school districts that will present information on federally funded services available for residents in each respective district in early May Friendswood and Pearland city councils in April voted for resolutions that oppose a pair of bills in the Texas Legislature that would redirect a portion of Harris County’s toll road revenue to Houston Two candidates will run for Friendswood City Council Position 6 on May 3 The winner will serve a four-year term in the position previously held by Brent Erenwert A new principal at Bales Intermediate and a new executive director for facilities and capital projects at Friendswood ISD are set to begin their new positions ahead of the 2025-26 school year Show your support for our invaluable journalism with a CI Patron donation Volvo Cars Clear Lake recently held its groundbreaking in Friendswood in early April with the location to open by the end of the year according to an April 8 news release from the business has moved to a new location in Friendswood as of April Harris won their elections for Positions 4 and 5 A bond of over $163.3 million to address various needs for facilities—including the agricultural center Westwood Elementary and Bales Intermediate and athletic facilities at Friendswood High School—at Friendswood ISD will be proposed to FISD’s board of trustees by August a Latin coffee shop will open in Friendswood on March 30 Friendswood ISD is looking to enforce an “away for the day” cellphone policy beginning in the 2025-26 school year Friendswood ISD’s board of trustees approved a revision to its interdistrict transfer policy that adds grandchildren of residents and removes the geographic restriction on children of active-duty military and peace officers Friendswood ISD officials are inching closer toward an “away for the day” cellphone policy for the 2025-26 school year A former insurance broker has been put behind bars for selling policies to customers despite having his license revoked The Friendswood Police Department received a report on March 3 regarding possible theft and fraud involving an insurance scam The victim reported they have been purchasing their insurance through Edgar Peralta of Peralta Insurance Brokerage LLC the victim was advised to pre-purchase these policies for the upcoming year it was discovered that the insurance policy on the vehicle was invalid Investigators said the victim contacted the insurance company and was informed the auto policy and flood insurance policies had been canceled due to no payments being made The victim shared records with police of wired payments sent to Peralta for the policies which he was supposed to have paid; but the money was never sent to the insurance companies Further investigation later revealed Peralta’s state license to sell insurance had been revoked in June 2024 yet he continued to fraudulently broker insurance policies Edgar Peralta has since been charged with theft through the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office He turned himself into the Friendswood Police Department last Thursday Friendswood PD has reported this incident to the Texas Department of Insurance Police said Peralta could face further criminal charges Windy at times...showers and thunderstorms early will give way to cloudy skies after midnight Roads are the only sign of development at Hideaway Estates on Kimley Cove on Zingelmann Road in Galveston on Tuesday Lenders for months have listed nine JMK5-owned properties for foreclosure auctions held the first Tuesday of each month at the county courthouse agreements have been made to remove the properties from the list before the auction began Property holding companies associated with Galveston County developer Jerome Karam appear to be struggling to cover obligations for about $25 million in loans for major properties such as Mainland City Centre and a pair of neighborhoods according to foreclosure notices dating back as far as May 2024 disputes some of the assertions lenders have made and he won an injunction against foreclosure in one case is widely known as one of the most prolific developers in Galveston County for transforming well-known and dilapidated properties back into lucrative enterprises His portfolio includes such properties as Mainland City Centre formerly called Mall of the Mainland at 10000 Emmett F in League City housing College of the Mainland’s campus; Falstaff Brewery Lowry Expressway in Texas City; and the former Gulf Greyhound Park which he’s developing into an indoor concert venue Karam often has lamented about an inability to secure traditional financing despite a track-record of success at salvaging distressed properties And lenders for months have listed nine JMK5-owned properties for foreclosure auctions held the first Tuesday of each month at the county courthouse The properties described as part of “Mall of the Mainland,” which is now Mainland Centre Marina Del Sol Waterfront Homes in Kemah and the Kimley Cove subdivision in Galveston’s West End — are among several that have appeared on numerous monthly foreclosure auction notices who hasn’t responded to numerous calls and texts seeking comment 2 in the 122nd District Court disputing a lender’s claims properties He argued he was honoring a new loan agreement made with Priority Investory Loans 20 granted an injunction preventing the company from foreclosing on the property until a bench trial set for July disagrees with Karam’s argument and has repeatedly filed for foreclosure on the mall property Attorneys argued Karam owes the company more than $220,000 argues JMK5 Seawall LLC and JMK5 Falstaff Hotel LLC owes it more than $350,000 for loans made to fund improvements to the old Falstaff Brewery Judge Jared Robinson at a Thursday hearing set the case for a jury trial in December The latest foreclosure threats came to light days after Dickinson City Council voted Feb. 25 to avoid potential litigation by delivering public improvement district fees collected from Bayou Bend Estates homeowners directly to a lender that asserted Karam had missed agreed payments A commercial foreclosure occurs when the borrower hasn’t kept up on loan payments or violated other terms of a commercial mortgage which loaned JMK5 about $550,000 for the waterfront homes 2180 Marina Way and found that “default has occurred under the terms of the note and in that the indebtedness evidenced thereby is now wholly due to pay the note,” according to a foreclosure notice Other foreclosure notices had less clear language about JMK5 companies’ indebtedness Lenders didn’t return calls for comment made From Feb Galveston County foreclosure records show JMK5 Hideaway Estates JMK5 Texas City LLC and JMK5 Movies LLC defaulted on about $25.9 million in loans for properties countywide between 2017 and 2021 The largest loan was for about $9 million between February and April 2021 for improvements to about 35 acres of property at the former Mall of the Mainland None of the nine properties made it to the auction which was held March 5 in front of the old Galveston County Courthouse B. 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state Alvin and Pearland ISDs each scored a “B” for the 2022-23 school year while Friendswood ISD scored an “A” in the Texas Education Agency’s 2022-23 accountability ratings for school districts statewide Three Little Pitties rescues dogs and cats from shelters across the Houston-area and transports them nationwide An updated budget projection was presented by Friendswood ISD’s Chief Financial Officer Amber Petree and the board of trustees’ April 14 meeting Officials at Friendswood Community Hospital said it will open in June after originally being slated to open in late 2024 as previously reported by Community Impact Pearland Coffee Roasters held a soft opening for its third location on Feb Friendswood City Council received an update on a number of transportation and development projects taking place throughout the city residents in Friendswood ISD will have the opportunity to vote on four competitive races for Friendswood ISD's board of trustees The boardwalk at Lake Friendswood Park has reopened April 2 after being closed March 26 to undergo deck repairs according to a social media post from the city of Friendswood Rain showers this evening with numerous thunderstorms developing overnight Friendswood-based developer Louis Tannos stands on a stretch of land in Friendswood he has been trying to develop into residential properties Tannos is suing the Galveston County Drainage District in federal court regarding a more than $3 million fine issued by the drainage district to his company Members of the Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District Board The Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District on Dec 2 assessed $3.4 million in civil penalties against Tannos Development and Lone Star Wilderness Trails Estates — the developers of 30 Wilderness Trails Months of conflict over activity on a 40-acre plot that racked up millions in fines by the Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District against Tannos Development Group has landed in federal court The district slapped Tannos Development with more than $3 million in civil penalties and won an injunction halting work on a the proposed residential project at 30 Wilderness Trails in west Friendswood The district asserts Tannos engaged in construction activity without having an approved drainage plan argues construction for the residential project hasn’t begun and activity at the site was merely stockpiling dirt The prominent Friendswood development group in February filed a lawsuit in U.S District Court against the district and each of its five board members “This whole thing is a sham,” Louis Tannos “This federal lawsuit is done because this has to come to light This whole thing is just an attempt to destroy our project and we put a lot of work into this and a lot of time The district on Dec. 2 assessed $3.4 million in civil penalties against Tannos Development and Lone Star Wilderness Trails Estates — the developers of 30 Wilderness Trails A month later, Judge Jeth Jones of the 122nd District Court issued an order to halt site work on the project until developers comply with rules and remedy problems cited by the drainage district The civil penalties and injunction are examples of the drainage district doing its job “It’s just the business of the district and the people and we’re just doing our jobs,” Burkett said anybody would be treated exactly the same.” said he isn’t being treated like everyone else The lawsuit argues the district acted to deprive Tannos Development of its constitutionally protected rights and that no legal support existed for the $3.4 million fine a privately owned commercial development firm mixed-use and retail assets in Friendswood and Houston participating in or constructing about $800 million in commercial properties and plans about $2.1 billion of commercial development over the next six years the drainage district asserted Tannos Development and Lone Star Wilderness Trails Estates had since April 2024 committed 14 violations of its Drainage Criteria Manual and assessed the $3.4 million fine Tannos described the proceedings as a “sham of a hearing.” Tannos’ lawyers in the federal lawsuit argue the drainage district violated the Texas Open Meetings Act by not giving proper notice of the meeting Tannos also asserts he was not afforded due process during the civil penalty hearing “I don’t know where in the world you have two commissioners giving evidence and giving pictures and then voting to fine me,” Tannos said “You can’t give evidence and then sit on a convicting and fining of a person That’s a violation of every due process rule in the world.” District officials followed proper procedures during the hearing “We at the drainage district took the hearing extremely seriously,” Bailey said so it does not necessarily follow all of the rules of a court of law.” noting the asserted violations closely align with facts in the case decided in the 122nd District Court constructing temporary roads and cutting little ditches that he deems are needed to drain that place we don’t care what he thinks,” Burkett said “The court agrees with us and our engineer.” Tannos asserts the activity at the future residential development was stockpiling “I’ve literally put maybe 1 foot of dirt on the ground with full permits to do so from the city of Friendswood,” Tannos said “There’s probably been 100 instances of this sort of thing happening and no one gets upset.” The district asked the federal court to send Tannos’ lawsuit back to the state district court where it began The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction preventing the district from taking any action to enforce the $3.4 million fine “I’m going to bring this in front of a federal court with impartial people that are going to see how ridiculous this is,” Tannos said Tannos said he just wants the development to move ahead “They’re acting like they’re going to do all this to me and it’s just going to go away or I’m just going to go away,” Tannos said I’m going to make this development happen.” The drainage district wants a good project and the holdup is on the developer’s end “For their submittal of the preliminary plans and we’re still waiting on them to resubmit with the changes that are required for our regulations,” Bailey said “We’re in a waiting game as far as the actual development goes because it’s on them to provide the next submittal with the changes that are required Lauren Frick: 409-683-5230; lauren.frick@galvnews.com Street improvements to Blackhawk Boulevard in Friendswood are moving forward after the city hired a new contractor after the original contractor defaulted due to cash flow issues Nederland’s Sophia Livingston slides past Friendswood catcher Charleigh Esparza during the fourth inning of a Bi-District playoff game at Goose Creek Memorial High School in Baytown on Thursday Friendswood’s Lenox Laviolette celebrates after scoring during the third inning of a Bi-District playoff game against Nederland at Goose Creek Memorial High School in Baytown on Thursday Nederland’s Hope Foster celebrates after scoring during the fourth inning of a Bi-District playoff game against Friendswood at Goose Creek Memorial High School in Baytown on Thursday Nederland’s Brycelyn Arciva makes it safely back to second base as the throw to as the ball is bobbled by Friendswood’s Kira Sarabia during the second inning of a Bi-District playoff game at Goose Creek Memorial High School in Baytown on Thursday being hosted by Goose Creek Memorial High School was stopped in the top of the sixth inning with Nederland leading 4-2 with Game 2 to follow 30 minutes after Game 1 ends Inclement weather Thursday night prevented a tight Region III-5A Division II bi-district playoff softball series-opening game between the Friendswood Lady Mustangs and Nederland Lady Bulldogs from reaching its conclusion Nederland got onto the scoreboard first when Sophia Livingston drew a four-pitch walk with one out in the top of the second inning and then hustled all the way from first base to home plate on an RBI double lined to right-center field by Brycelyn Arciva Friendswood evened the tally at 1-1 with one out in the bottom of the third on back-to-back base knocks from Lenox Laviolette with a single clipped to left and Chloe Aldrich with an RBI double smacked down the left-field line The Lady Bulldogs wasted little time in restoring their lead as Livingston led off the top of the fourth with a single and was driven home on a one-out RBI double belted to right-center by Addison Gillard Gillard then beat a throw to third on a fielder’s choice to put two runners on base Emmy Chambless looped a clutch two-out two-run single to shallow left field to give Nederland a 4-1 lead Aldrich led off with a home run crushed to center field to make it a 4-2 game Friendswood stranded two runners on base to end the frame Hope Foster reached base on an infield single to start the top of the sixth for Nederland Goose Creek Memorial’s lightning siren sounded indicating a strike in the area to bring the game to a halt James LaCombe: 409-683-5242, james.lacombe@galvnews.com or on Twitter @JamesAtGalvNews the Falling Leaf Ranch Public Improvement District will go into effect after Friendswood City Council approved it at its April 7 meeting Dunn Brothers Coffee closed its Friendswood location in November after 13 years of business according to a sign posted on the business's door and shared on social media Friendswood ISD officials are projecting a $1.56 million shortfall for fiscal year 2025-26 Friendswood could soon adopt a parks master plan to guide the development and maintenance of the city’s parks over the next five to ten years Officials said the plan could potentially make the city more eligible for state grant funding coffee shops and eateries have opened in the Pearland-Friendswood area recently Others are coming soon or have closed their doors The city of Friendswood will increase property taxes in the fiscal year 2024-25 resulting in a $116 increase in the average property tax bill listening to live music and spending time in the great outdoors.