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Fort Bend County amends Commissioners Court meeting schedule
Commissioner Court meetings will reduce the number of times it meets per month beginning in April. (Asia Armour/Community Impact) Fort Bend County Commissioner Court amended its schedule between April 2023 to September 2023 and will now meet two times a month instead of three. The change to assembly every second and fourth Tuesday of each…
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Harmony Public Schools to Open Two New Campuses
(HOUSTON) Harmony Public Schools is expanding with two new campuses scheduled to be built in 2024. The land has been purchased in Pearland and Fresno. The Pearland campus will be the first Harmony school in Brazoria County and the Fresno school will be the eighth campus in Fort Bend County.
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Musical Storytelling Performance For Children At Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library
Music tells stories, just like books. In this interactive musical storytelling performance, Houston harpist Hope Cowan will demonstrate the techniques that composers use to tell their stories. Children will then have an opportunity to invent their own sound story and hear it come to life on the harp. One of…
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Constable Notice of Sale: Mission West Civic Improvement Association Vs. Fidel Baustista Conde and Gloria L . Loranca
Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued on the 6TH day of January, 2023 by the 434TH Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 19-DCV-261774 in favor of the Plaintiff – Mission West Civic Improvement Association Plaintiff, for the sum of $13,044.73 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution…
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Sierra Club calls Parish plant one of the ‘deadliest’ in the U.S. in new report
A new report from the environmental advocacy group the Sierra Club finds that the W A Parish power plant operated by NRG Energy in central Fort Bend County is the 8th-worst coal-fired plant in the nation in contributing to premature deaths from soot pollution. The reported, titled “Out of Control:…
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2 suspects, including juvenile, arrested in slaying of Richmond man
An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy have been arrested on murder charges after being accused in the fatal shooting of a Richmond resident. Wuilson Osmar Pereira, 18, was held on a $750,000 bond Friday in Fort Bend County Jail on a murder charge in the death of Blake Ingram, 38, according to a Fort…
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Cinco Ranch Branch Library to Host Workshop for Job-Hunters
Fort Bend County Libraries’ Cinco Ranch Branch Library will present a special program for job hunters, “Sharpening Your Interviewing Skills,” on Monday, March 20, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 2620 Commercial Center Blvd in Katy. Workforce Solutions’ Regional…
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Fort Bend commissioners hear proposals to address homelessness, teacher shortage
Fort Bend county commissioners heard last week from a coalition of nonprofit agencies that serve youth and the homeless about the need for a more concerted effort to address a growing problems of homelessness. They asked the court to devote up to $13 million from unused federal American Recovery Act funds for a multi-year, multi-phased…
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RUNAWAYS: FBCA T&F shines at Invitational Meet
Well, they aren’t the reigning champs for nothing. Fort Bend Christian Academy appeared utterly dominant in this past weekend’s Lutheran South Academy Invitational. They can quite literally “go the distance” given the performance they displayed against several other competitive teams, including some powerhouse TAPPS rivals — namely TWCA, LSA, and Concordia.
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Houston Newsmakers: Fort Bend ISD asking for $1.2B, Women of Color Conference hopes to change dismal statistics, and AI ready to take millions of jobs
HOUSTON – On this week’s episode:. Voters in Fort Bend County will be asked to approve a $1.2 billion bond issue in May. Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Christie Whitbeck, Ph.D. says there is much to be done that parents and residents need to know about. One in four…
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Houston Newsmakers: Fort Bend ISD asking for $1.2B, Women of Color Conference this week, and AI ready to take millions of jobs
HOUSTON – On this week’s episode:. Voters in Fort Bend County will be asked to approve a $1.2 billion bond issue in May. Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Christie Whitbeck, Ph.D. says there is much to be done that parents and residents need to know about. The 2023 Women…
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Was a Fort Bend man’s death murder or suicide? Police, medical examiner at odds in new court filing
A legal battle over a man’s death in Fort Bend County has taken a strange new twist as police and the chief examiner are now at odds over whether the man died by suicide or was killed. A final autopsy report determined Simon Atkinson died from a gunshot wound to…
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Meristem Communities introduces Indigo, an “agri-hood” in Fort Bend
What if neighborhoods were built for humans rather than cars, capital or corporations? That’s the question posed by Meristem Communities, the developer behind a new community coming to Fort Bend County. Located just off State Highway 99 on the border of Richmond and Sugar Land, Indigo is the latest…
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Two charged in murder of Richmond man
RICHMOND, TEXAS (Covering Katy News) – Osmar Pereira, 18, and a juvenile suspect are charged with murdering a man from Richmond. At 1 a.m. on February 13, 2023, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 9800 block of South Mason Road in Richmond. Deputies found Blake Ingram, 38, deceased with a gunshot wound.
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Fort Bend ISD Names First Head Coach at Crawford High School
Fort Bend ISD has named the first ever head coach at the district’s newest high school as Fort Bend Dulles offensive coordinator David Jackson was hired on Friday afternoon. Jackson, who is a native of Fort Bend County and graduate of Austin High School, he played college football at Texas Southern. After spending three years…
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Needville man charged with aggravated assault after sending man to hospital in machete attack
Law enforcement officials have arrested a Needville man accused of injuring another man with a machete, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office. Hector Ivan Portillo Rodriguez, 55, was held without bond Friday in the Fort Bend County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to a press release…
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Man arrested after wounding victim with machete in Fort Bend Co., deputies say
HOUSTON – A 55-year-old man has been arrested after deputies say he injured someone with a machete earlier this week. According to Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputies, officials were called to the 7700 block of Merchant Drive in Needville on Feb. 28 at around 9 a.m. When deputies…
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KXAN is ending most of our COVID-19 data reporting. Here’s why
AUSTIN (KXAN) — For three years, KXAN has been keeping track of COVID-19 statistics across Texas. The first presumptive case of COVID-19 was reported in Fort Bend County on March 4, 2020. Since then, the state has reported more than 8.3 million cases, more than 91,000 deaths, more than 588,000 hospitalizations and more than 50.6…
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for several counties including Harris, and Fort Bend until 12 a.m.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller, Washington, and Wharton County until 12 a.m. This evening’s forecast:. It’s been a warm, cloudy and humid day with scattered light showers. As we head into…
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Man accused of using machete during aggravated assault in Fort Bend Co.
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – One man is behind bars on charges of aggravated assault after an incident on Tuesday morning. According to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call in the 7700 block of Merchant Drive in Needville. SUGGESTED: Houston area 6-year-old shot after apparent…
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Man, juvenile arrested in murder of Richmond man
Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Wuilson Osmar Pereira, 18, and a juvenile suspect for the murder of a Richmond man, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. On February 13, at approximately 1:04 a.m., the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 9800 block of…
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Meristem Communities Announces Groundbreaking at Indigo, a Human-centered Neighborhood in the Greater Houston Area
Indigo stewards “front porch living” with thoughtful and holistic planning that will feature approximately 750 residential homes, a 25-acre lake, 42 acres of agriculture, and 70,000+ square feet of mixed-use commercial development upon completion, with phase one anticipated to launch in late 2023. Meristem Communities, a Houston-based real…
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Commissioner McCoy Announces $4 Million Initial Investment into Landmark African-American Memorial in Fort Bend County; Commemorates Texas’s First Black State Representative and Kendleton History
On February 27, 1886, Fort Bend County’s trailblazing Benjamin Franklin Williams – a former slave-turned State Representative, the very first Black legislator in Texas history, one of 10 Black constitutional delegates during Reconstruction, and one of the forefathers of Kendleton – passed away. On this same day 136 years later, Fort Bend County’s Commissioner Dexter…
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Community briefs for March 2
Frost Bank in Katy to host chuck wagon breakfast March 3. In the spirit of rodeo season, Frost Bank in Katy is hosting a chuck wagon breakfast that is open to the public. The breakfast is set for 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Katy Mason Financial Center, 21875 Katy Fwy. Lions…
