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Jeffrey Perkins , Patch Staff

Hey, Sugar Land ! Let’s get this day started. Here’s everything worth knowing around Sugar Land today.

First, today’s weather:

A shower and thunderstorm; humid. High: 84. Low: 74.

Here are the top stories in Sugar Land today:

1. A 25-year-old former student opened fire at YES Prep Southwest Secondary School on Friday morning. He shot the school’s principal , who was taken to a hospital and has since been released. No students were involved or injured in the shooting. The former student was taken into custody and is awaiting formal charges. ( Houston Patch )
2. Texian Market Days is partnering with Texas Leaguer Brewery is pairing baseball fun with good beer . Watch the Houston Babies take on the Barker Red Sox under vintage rules while sipping a brew at the Oct. 23 event. ( Fort Bend Herald )
3. Five Lamar Consolidated ISD high schools will have free access to an online financial literacy program as First Community Credit Union announced it is sponsoring Banzai , an award-winning online financial literacy program and content library of economic-related resource material. ( Fort Bend Herald )
4. A Sugar Land COVID-19 nurse with a penchant for singing has made his way onto ‘The Voice’ singing competition. Vaughn Mogul impressed three of the four judges in his first performance and elected to join Ariana Grande’s team . (Subscription: Houston Chronicle )
5. The Sugar Land City Council approved a property tax hike for the upcoming fiscal year. Under the new budget, the property tax rate is rising to 34.65 cents per $100 property valuation. The previous tax rate was 33.65 cents per $100 property valuation. (Subscription: Houston Chronicle )

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— Jeffrey Perkins

About me: Born in San Antonio, I was raised in Arkansas but got back to Texas as soon as I could to attend Texas A&M University, where I earned a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Media Studies. I started my journalism career as a copy editor at The Eagle in Bryan, Texas, in 2014 and later became the high school sports beat writer for the paper. My seven years at The Eagle strengthened my passion for journalism, and I love getting to know people and telling their stories, both on the field and off. I’ve seen firsthand the importance of hyper-local journalism in a community, especially in an eventful 2020, when I helped with news coverage and design in addition to my high school athletics beat responsibilities. I joined Patch in 2021 as Texas Field Editor for the Conroe-Montgomery County area. I welcome your questions, comments and story ideas! Please contact me at [email protected] or (479) 264-5801.

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