A new market focused on locally sourced products opened in College Station in early April. The market highlights community connection and features locally sourced goods and meats.

What they offer: 1874 Market is now serving customers at 580 Graham Road, College Station, according to social media announcements from the business and participating vendors.

The market is connected to 1874 Cattle & Meats, a meat provider based out of Milam County that's been in operation since the 1870s. 

Before you go: Hours of operation are weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

• 580 Graham Road, College Station

Several events are going on this Easter weekend in Bryan and College Station. Check out some of them here. This list is not comprehensive and details are subject to change.

An eggcellent weekend
Reserve a day pass to enjoy Easter-themed activities at Great Escapes RV Resorts Bryan College Station.

• April 3-5 (daily)
• Free (children 4 and younger), $12.50 (ages 65 and older), $25 (ages 4-64)
• Great Escapes RV Resorts Bryan College Station, 4600 Leonard Road, Bryan

• April 4, 1-3 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• Century Square, 175 Century Square Drive, College Station

• April 4, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (egg hunt at 11 a.m.)
• Free (admission)
• Wellborn Community Center, 6787 Victoria Ave., College Station

Student homelessness increased across many Greater Houston-area school districts over the last five school years, while foster care numbers showed a more uneven pattern from district to district, according to Texas Education Agency data released March 6.

The overview: Community Impact reviewed TEA data for 28 Greater Houston-area school districts to compare the number of enrolled students identified as experiencing homelessness or living in foster care in 2025-26 versus 2021-22. In the foster care data, Fort Bend ISD and Aldine ISD had the highest counts in 2025-26. 

In the homelessness data, Houston ISD stood above the rest of the districts shown, nearing 6,000 students in 2025-26. Other districts, including Alief ISD, Clear Creek ISD, Conroe ISD and Fort Bend ISD, all showed higher homeless student counts in 2025-26 than in 2021-22, while several others were flat or down.

The Texas power grid is undergoing “generational” growth, experts said during the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ annual summit March 31 in Round Rock. Much of that growth is due to data centers—an industry under scrutiny from state lawmakers as some Texas communities push back against proposed developments.

The big picture: Over 2,000 projects totaling 453,000 megawatts are currently looking to connect to the state grid, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said April 1. About 357,000 megawatts of those connection requests are potential data centers, ERCOT documents show.

Looking ahead: Communities should take the lead on discussions about individual data center projects, Vegas told reporters. He said that when “communities that are ready to support those investments,” ERCOT is prepared to help data centers connect to the grid.

During a March 31 discussion on data centers, panelists noted that the projects have an “increasingly high” negative reputation in communities across the state. Austin consultant Eric Goff said developers often need to make commitments to local residents to earn their support for data center proposals.