The West University Place City Council approved the construction of what will likely be the first comprehensive virtual-gated community in the United States. The total construction cost is expected to not exceed $4.5 million. Tonight is the opportunity for West University Place residents to learn about the specifics of the project and ask questions of Police Chief Ken … [Read more...] about TONIGHT: Virtual-Gated Community 101
West U Crime Reports
It’s time for a Virtual Gated West University
...not because we’re afraid but because it’s smart crime-fighting (This is an updated reprint of an article I wrote in Essentials Magazine in November 2016.) In 1998, when a guy running for the city council said he wanted to put cameras at every entrance to West University Place, I was horrified. It sounded like a communist plot, an obvious invasion of the privacy rights … [Read more...] about It’s time for a Virtual Gated West University
Beware! Gas pump credit card skimmer discovered near Rice Village
If you have pumped gas at the Valero station on Kirby Drive at Sunset Boulevard near Rice Village and West University recently and paid with a credit card, you should be on the alert. ABC-13 is reporting that a credit card skimmer was found on Pump No. 1 at the station on Tuesday, according to an advisory from the Texas Department of Agriculture, which regulates the pumps. … [Read more...] about Beware! Gas pump credit card skimmer discovered near Rice Village
Plumber charged with sexual assault of 4-year-old West U girl in her home
A 23-year-old man is out on $50,000 bond tonight after being arrested and charged with the alleged sexual assault of a four-year-old West University girl in her home. Authorities said Brandon Bonds was a plumber who was working on the girl’s home on Aug. 25, and that a protective order has been issued to prevent him from approaching the girl at home or any care facility or … [Read more...] about Plumber charged with sexual assault of 4-year-old West U girl in her home
Lost and found: ex-Mayor Burt Ballanfant enroute back to West U
What had been a family’s private struggle became frighteningly public today (Friday, May 11), when former West U Mayor Burt Ballanfant — suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease — was missing for several hours, prompting a statewide Silver Alert to find him. In the late afternoon, his son told Miya Shay of ABC-13 that the 70-year-old community leader had been located near an old … [Read more...] about Lost and found: ex-Mayor Burt Ballanfant enroute back to West U