Officials with Slick City Action Park are targeting an October opening for their new location in Deerbrook Marketplace in Humble, officials confirmed in a Sept. 15 email.

The details: Slick City Action Park is a family entertainment center offering indoor slides and air courts, according to the company's website.

The roughly 40,000-square-foot park will feature 13 large-scale slides reaching up to 20 feet tall, according to a Sept. 15 news release.

What they're saying: Slick City Humble marks the second location from Chris and Mandy Bush, following the opening of their first Slick City Action Park in The Woodlands, per the release.

“After seeing the response to Slick City in The Woodlands, we knew there was an opportunity to bring this experience to even more families in the Houston area,” Mandy Bush said in the news release.

• Opening in October

• 20424 Hwy. 59, Humble

With the start of Lone Star College System’s fall semester Aug. 24, a new bachelor’s degree in education is now being offered at two centers.

The update: The Bachelor of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education and Teaching is now available at the LSC-Atascocita Center in northeast Houston and the LSC-Creekside Center in Tomball, a spokesperson for LSCS confirmed via email Sept. 9.

Students can graduate from the two-year program as teachers certified in early childhood education-third grade or early childhood education-sixth grade, as previously reported by Community Impact.

Quote of note: “There is a great need for professionals in this field, and we look forward to serving more students and helping prepare them for meaningful careers in early childhood education,” said Nadia Pickwoad, LSCS division operations manager of the Educator Preparation Program.

Candidates Letitia Plummer and Orlando Sanchez are running to lead Harris County government.

What you need to know: Plummer, a Democrat and Orlando, a Republican, will face off in November’s general election to become Harris County’s next judge. The judge oversees the Harris County Commissioners Court, which governs the county. The court and county judge are responsible for the about five million residents who live in Harris County.

Before you go: Early voting begins Oct. 19 and runs through Oct. 30, according to the Texas Secretary of State's website. Election day is Nov. 3 and polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

Registered voters can cast their ballot at any polling location during early voting and election day.

Houston-based rocket propulsion company Venus Aerospace opened a new propulsion test stand at the Houston Spaceport on Sept. 10.

The gist: The new test stand is a part of "critical infrastructure to support the continued development and maturation of its rotating detonation rocket engine technology," according to a Sept. 10 news release from the company.

The $3.9 million test stand was funded through the Texas Space Commission's Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund, which is part of the state's investment in growing Texas' aerospace and space economy, the news release notes.

Quote of note: “Building and testing propulsion systems at this pace requires the right infrastructure around the technology,” CEO and Co-Founder Sassie Duggleby said. “We’re grateful to the Texas Space Commission and the state of Texas for investing alongside companies like Venus."

To strengthen consumer protections, the Texas Department of Insurance is asking state lawmakers to consider adjusting when new home and auto insurance rates are implemented.

What's happening: Texas currently operates under a "file-and-use" system, allowing insurance companies to begin using new rates immediately after they are filed, regardless of whether the TDI has reviewed them.

In a Sept. 14 letter detailing actions the department is taking to address Texas' high home insurance costs, Insurance Commissioner Amanda Crawford suggested that the legislature look into "adding a delay between a rate filing and its use in the market." Under the current system, if the TDI finds an issue with a new insurance rate, there is "limited" redress for affected policyholders if that rate is already in effect.

The background: Crawford's letter comes after Gov. Greg Abbott directed the TDI to take affordability-focused actions in an Aug. 24 letter.

Texans paid the nation's fourth-highest home insurance premiums at the end of 2025, according to previous Community Impact reporting.