Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming officials said the neighborhood pet store is now open in Kingwood.

What they offer: Known for its pet bakery products, Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming offers personalized grooming, exclusive gourmet treats and all-natural products, per the website.

• Opened Nov. 14
• 4521 Kingwood Drive, Ste. 120, Kingwood

Check out what's happening in the Lake Houston area this weekend, Nov. 20-23.

BOPA Event: The city of Houston and Keep Kingwood Green are hosting a recycling event to collect old batteries, oils, paints and antifreeze, or BOPA. Officials noted some items will not be collected, including oil-based paint, household alkaline batteries, hazardous waste, chemicals, tires, business and medical waste, ammunition and smoke detectors.

• Nov. 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Free
• Kingwood Metro Park & Ride, 3210 W. Lake Houston Parkway, Kingwood

• Nov. 22, 5-7 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• Town Center Park, 8 N. Main St., Kingwood

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on Nov. 12 announced a $2.5 billion philanthropic campaign—the largest in the center’s history—to support cancer-fighting initiatives.

Read all about it: MD Anderson already raised $1.9 billion for the campaign, called “Only Possible Here,” during a preliminary silent fundraising phase, according to a Nov. 12 news release. The Houston-based center focuses exclusively on treating, researching and preventing cancer.

The campaign’s three focus areas include expanding reach, expediting breakthroughs and elevating the patient experience, all with the goal of ending cancer, per the release. Money raised throughout the campaign will support several MD Anderson programs and initiatives, including the Cancer Neuroscience Program and Kinder Children's Cancer Center, among others. 

Quote of note: “This campaign presents an opportunity for anyone to become involved in the world's most important and impactful effort to end cancer,” campaign Chair Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. said in a Nov. 12 statement.   

Texas cannot use its newly redrawn congressional map in the 2026 election, an El Paso federal court ruled Nov. 18.

The details: The state must instead use the congressional map that Texas lawmakers drew in 2021, after the 2020 census. 

“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote in the Nov. 18 preliminary injunction. “To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map.”

What they're saying: Texas Republican leaders said they would “swiftly appeal” the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the court takes up the case, its justices will be pressed for time ahead of the Dec. 8 deadline for candidates to apply to run in the March primary elections.

Texas Democrats celebrated the Nov. 18 ruling as "very good news for Texans."