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Yesterday, Luis Rafael Sanchez was charged with a West University Place aggravated assault the occurred in the 2700 block of Arbuckle Street about 6:30 p.m, September 4. The victim opened his door to see a knife-wielding disheveled man. Sanchez didn’t get in the home but did stab the victim. Sanchez then escaped in his own automobile […]

Two legally required tasks of our city council are to approve an annual budget and adopt a property tax rate to fund the budget. The city council stepped through the first few steps of this process by accepting the certified tax valuations from the county appraiser, adopted a maximum tax rate, and scheduled a public […]

Tonight, the West University Place City Council meets at 6:30 in the Municipal Building at 3800 University Boulevard. Two items of interest – taxes, and an unusual lawsuit against the city. City council to set tax rate The Chief Appraiser of the Harris County Appraisal District set West University Place property values for 2016 at […]

The Harris County Appraisal District set the value of the real estate in the City of West University Place for 2016, and the number is a staggering $6.2 Billion. This represents about an 8% increase over 2015 values and breaks down to about $110 per-square-foot of land, and $402K per resident. It has been reported […]

Saturday, September 3 Criminal Mischief At 9:52 am, the police were sent to the 3600 block of Robinhood about some criminal mischief. Sunday, September 4 Aggravated Assault w/ Deadly Weapon Officers responded to a 911 call reporting an attempted robbery in the 2700 block of Arbuckle Street just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The victim opened […]

West University Place was served with a lawsuit from corporate mega-giant AT&T earlier this week. This lawsuit was not unexpected and is the latest chapter in a battle between a handful of neighbors on Ruskin and Cason streets and AT&T, one of West University Place’s first businesses, at 4068 Bellaire Blvd. AT&T alleges that a recent […]

West University Police are optimistic that the violent robber who stabbed a resident on Sunday will soon be charged. “The leads are promising,” said Capt. Thad Olive, an otherwise tight-lipped, but confident  police official. The knifing occurred in the 2700 block of Arbuckle Street just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The victim opened his door to […]

West University Place city offices are closed Monday to observe the Labor Day holiday, and there will be no trash, recycling or yard waste collection. Those with Monday as a normally scheduled recycling and yard waste collection day will have pickup on Wednesday, and regular household trash collection will resume on the next scheduled day, […]

West University’s longtime Parks and Recreation Director Tim O’Connor announced Wednesday, “with bittersweet emotion,” that he will retire at the end of February 2017. He said he worked out the six-month notice with City Manager Chris Peifer “in the best interest of operations and all concerned.” “Please know that I am totally committed to working […]

Tonight’s meeting of the City Council of West University Place starts at 6:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building at 3800 University Boulevard. Parking over sidewalks – Deja Vu’ all over again Returning to the council agenda (for the umpteenth time) is what to do when people park on the sidewalks. More specifically – Should our […]