The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Project Lifesaver Program teamed up with the Harris County Sheriff’s office to conduct Project Lifesaver training for the Katy Police Department. This initiative comes after the Fort Bend and Harris county sheriff’s departments conducted training for the Katy ISD Police Department to become a search team.

750-home Indigo master-planned project in Fort Bend County will center on a farm. No car? No problem. Yes, in Texas. Meristem Communities is set to start construction on its new car-free master-planned development, Indigo, this week, the Houston Chronicle reported. Located in Richmond, about 15 miles southwest of Houston, this “agrihood” community is expected to…

750-home Indigo master-planned project in Fort Bend County will center on a farm. No car? No problem. Yes, in Texas. Meristem Communities is set to start construction on its new car-free master-planned development, Indigo, this week, the Houston Chronicle reported. Located in Richmond, about 15 miles southwest of Houston, this “agrihood” community is expected to…

The first Black legislator in Texas history is being remembered as part of the creation of a new African-American memorial at a park in Kendleton, southwest of Rosenberg. The community was one the first freedmen’s towns in Texas – founded by freed slaves in the 1860s. Benjamin Franklin…

CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Plan) Fort Bend County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) SSD (Social Security Disability) SSI (Supplemental Security Income) TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) Please call FBCAS at 281-342-1512 or email at nocostspayneuter@fortbendcountytx.gov for more information…

This month, the Fort Bend Junior Service League donated a new delivery van to Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels (FBS). This van will help volunteers donate meals to home-bound seniors in need throughout Fort Bend and Waller Counties. Home-delivered meals include one hot meal daily, Monday through Wednesday, plus one hot meal and three…

March is Youth Art Month. The Expose Excellence Youth Program (EEYP) in Fort Bend County is encouraging youth throughout the county to submit their artwork for consideration in an exhibit at Art In The Bend, Historic Richmond Association’s first festival of the year to be held in Richmond, Texas on March 25. Art In The…

Fort Bend County announced today a $4 million investment for the creation of a new African-American Memorial at a park in Kendleton, southwest of Rosenberg. The community was one the first freedmen’s towns in Texas – founded by freed slaves in the 1860s. Part of Bates Allen Park will…

RICHMOND, Texas (KIAH) — A man has been sentenced to nearly 70 years in prison for shooting and killing his ex-wife’s new husband, according to the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. James Curtis Hamilton, of Richmond, received the maximum sentence by a jury last week. The…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – We have an update after a Fort Bend County ISD teacher was arrested Thursday by Fort Bend ISD police. According to Alvin ISD, the teacher was identified as Kimberly Masi. According to a statement from Alvin ISD, back in April 2022, the Alvin ISD Police…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Fort Bend County’s first African American memorial will be erected in Kendleton’s historic Black cemetery after officials announced a $4 million initial investment to revitalize the park. On Monday, Dexter McCoy, newly elected commissioner for Fort Bend…

Phillip Smith, engineer with the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority’s contracted company Mike Stone Associates, said the project is in the design phase with plans for completion in the summer. (Courtesy Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority) The Westpark Tollway, a major east-west thoroughfare in the Fulshear and…

Bananas have become an in-demand plant in our area. This is even more so since the release of the Blue Java-ice cream variety. Although the plant is referred to as a banana tree, it is really an herbaceous perennial that rises from an underground corm. It is a pseudostem composed of tightly packed leaves. The…

Fort Bend County Master Gardeners will hold their Spring Vegetable-Herb Plant Sale on Saturday, March 11, from 9 a.m. until noon or until sold out at the Bud O’Shieles Community Center, located at 1330 Band Road in Rosenberg. The vegetable and herb plants offered at the spring sale have…

Last Saturday night I donned a turtleneck sweater, coat, scarf, gloves and boots. By Sunday morning my attire changed to shorts, flip flops and a t-shirt. You know what that means Fort Bend friends? You guessed it – it’s Spring in Texas!. Mr. Kaminski has often equated the…

Since 1987, every March has been Women’s History Month in the United States. This is a month dedicated to the contributions women have made to society, history and culture. All of us have one woman who should be honored – our mother. My mother celebrated her 84th birthday last month. She is the best mom…

The Literacy Council of Fort Bend County is excited to announce Dominique Sachse as the featured speaker at its “Reading Between the Wines” on Friday, March 31st at Safari Texas. Co-chaired by Helen Bow and Kirin Wells, the event is sponsored by The Fred and Mabel R Parks…

First Colony Middle School principal Courtney Muceus and Ridgemont Elementary principal Framy Diaz were named Fort Bend ISD’s 2023 Principals of the Year. They were selected by their peers in recognition of their outstanding leadership, service and dedication to their students, staff and school communities. [SCROLL BREAK!!! Bayou Beat…