Shoppers never know what they’re going to find when they shop at Peaches Home & Gifts near Brookhollow and Hwy 281! The store, located in the H-E-B-anchored shopping plaza, opened in 2005 and is named after the owners’ well-dressed poodle. 

On paper, the home is similar to many others on the market in Stone Oak – four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, 3,492 square feet and a $210,000 price tag.  Yet, this home at 1203 Summit Crest was also the site of a gruesome murder two years ago. 

“Never work with children or animals,” warned an obviously very intelligent person long ago.  Yet, photographer Elizabeth Homan either never received that memo or is simply one who doesn’t necessarily follow the rules.  Not only has Homan built a career photographing kids, families and the rambunctious pet amidst elaborate and non-traditional settings, but she makes it look so easy. 
 

Attention all high school seniors!  Call and schedule your senior portrait session with Artistic Images by 6 p.m. today, Sept. 1, and receive 75 percent off any session fee plus two free ePIX images.  The senior portrait session must be photographed between Sept. 15 and Oct.

A 2005 graduate of Reagan High School will compete for the title of Miss Texas USA this weekend.  Amber Calderon, 23, will join about 98 other women from across Texas in the pageant at Houston’s Crowne Plaza Hotel Reliant Park Sept.

This year the 7th Annual Graffiti Wipeout Volunteer Days is striving to reach its 10,000th volunteer with your help. Once again, the City is calling for volunteers for this annual community wide cleanup effort that helps to abate graffiti and pickup litter across the city.

A minor collision between a NEISD school bus and a car occurred around 7:30 a.m. Friday at the entrance to the Mesa Grande community on Hardy Oak Boulevard.  The No. 443 bus and car are still blocking most of the northbound lanes of Hardy Oak, although traffic is able to move around the accident.  No injuries have been reported.

by Matt Scherer

Right after your next child is born, he or she will get a social security number. And, according to Sandy Sullivan, a senior vice president of fraud management at Frost Bank, those nine digits often serve as a springboard for thieves to use them to obtain credit cards.

District 9 Councilwoman Elisa Chan and City Manager Sheryl Sculley will host a community budget hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26 at the Barshop Jewish Community Center, 12500 NW Military Highway.