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Sabanci Renewables building its first solar power project in Fort Bend County
A subsidiary of Turkey-based Sabanci Group is building its first grid-scale solar project around 40 miles southwest of Houston. Sabanci Renewables Inc. is leading the development of a utility-scale solar energy project, named Cutlass Solar II, in Fort Bend County. The 272-megawatt solar farm, being built in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ Houston region,…
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Sabanci Renewables partners with Bechtel on 272-MW Texas solar project
Bechtel has been selected to build Cutlass Solar Two, a 272-MWDC solar facility for Sabanci Renewables in Fort Bend County, Texas. Bechtel built the first Cutlass Solar project in 2021. The Fort Bend facility will be the first utility-scale solar project in the United States for Sabanci Renewables, a subsidiary of Turkish company Sabanci Holding.…
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Williams elected 2023 Fort Bend County Fair president
The Fort Bend County Fair has elected Jennifer Williams as the 2023 Fair President. Jennifer, as a teenager, set her mind to dedicate her time to the Fort Bend County Fair. Jennifer’s commitment to the Fair is loyal. “I wholeheartedly support our mission and believe in providing for the… Original Article: https://www.fbherald.com/community/williams-elected-2023-fort-bend-county-fair-president/article_f8b0bc31-6649-5fda-bda4-248d69efa187.html
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Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Now Accepting Applications for the Citizens Police Academy Spring Semester
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for the Citizens Police Academy scheduled to begin in the spring of 2023. Online registration is underway. The program will accept 35 qualified participants for the spring semester. The 11-week program is free of charge and will be held… Original Article: https://www.fbherald.com/police_beat/fort-bend-county-sheriff-s-office-now-accepting-applications-for-the-citizens-police-academy-spring/article_77369ee7-6be7-57ee-95d8-c9284d4f3eed.html
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Cold Murder Case solved by Fort Bend County Deputies and Texas Rangers
RICHMOND, TX (Covering Katy News) – The cold case murder of a 21-year-old mother of two has been solved, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office. Lorraine Diaz was shot to death nearly six years ago. Deputies found her body on January 11, 2017, at 1:42 a.m. After shooting her, the killer stuffed her…
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Sabanci Chooses Bechtel to Install 272 MW Texas Solar Project
Sabanci Renewables Inc. has selected Bechtel to build a 272 MW DC solar facility in Fort Bend County, Texas. The facility will be the first utility-scale solar project in the United States for Sabanci Renewables Inc., a subsidiary of Sabanci Holding, a Turkish company. Sabanci Renewables will own and operate the facility. Original Article: https://solarindustrymag.com/sabanci-chooses-bechtel-to-install-272-mw-texas-utility-scale-solar-project
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Sabanci Chooses Bechtel to Install 272 MW Texas Utility-Scale Solar Project
Sabanci Renewables Inc. has selected Bechtel to build a 272 MW DC solar facility in Fort Bend County, Texas. The Fort Bend facility will be the first utility-scale solar project in the United States for Sabanci Renewables, Inc., a subsidiary of Sabanci Holding, a Turkish company. Sabanci Renewables will own and operate the facility. Original…
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Fort Bend church’s community drive helps local kids get the hygiene products they need
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Fort Bend Transformation Church partnered with NRG WA Parish Power Plant and several elected officials to purchase more than 1,500 hygiene products and toiletries for hundreds of students at Briargate Elementary School last week. “It is well known that… Original Article: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/fort-bend/article/Fort-Bend-Transformation-Church-community-17641461.php
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Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Achieves NICU Level III Designation
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has received the Neonatal Level III designation of their Neonatal Intensive Care from the State of Texas, the hospital announced in a Friday news release. Houston Methodist Childbirth Center at Sugar Land is the first NICU in Fort Bend County to… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/houston-methodist-sugar-land-hospital-achieves-nicu-level-iii-designation/article_97d6035c-77df-11ed-b9c9-47f57ef7017d.html
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Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office’s Citizens Police Academy accepting applications
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office on December 9 began accepting applications for the Citizens Police Academy scheduled to begin in the spring of 2023. The program will accept 35 qualified participants for the spring semester. The Citizens Police Academy is designed for members of the community seeking to… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/fort-bend-county-sheriffs-offices-citizens-police-academy-accepting-applications/article_aad91874-77d8-11ed-a696-d7dda4849f82.html
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#ICYMI: HISD puts magnet school plans on hold, Fort Bend cold case solved, first Texas abortion civil case dismissed
HOUSTON (KIAH) — Here’s what you missed on Eyewitness News at 9 here on CW39 Houston. Houston ISD says its plan to move special needs students away from T.H. Rogers Magnet School and break up the program is now on hold. And that may not have happened without… Original Article: https://cw39.com/news/local/icymi-hisd-puts-magnet-school-plans-on-hold-fort-bend-cold-case-solved-first-texas-abortion-civil-case-dismissed/amp/
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Arrest made 5 years after young mother’s body found in trunk of burning car in Ft. Bend County
HOUSTON — Investigators in Fort Bend County say they have a major break in the investigation into the the killing of a Houston woman found shot to death in the trunk of a burning car more than five years ago. It was back on January 11, 2017, that deputies… Original Article: https://www.khou.com/amp/article/news/crime/fort-bend-county-cold-case-lorraine-diaz-johnny-dang/285-2a4780b5-0709-4c03-b236-e49438aba08c
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Arrest made 5 years after young mother’s body found in trunk of burning car in Fort Bend County
The body of Lorraine Diaz was found in Richmond in 2017. In November, her boyfriend was arrested and charged with murder. Original Article: https://www.khou.com/video/news/crime/fort-bend-cold-case-diaz/285-ff27a299-4aff-44bb-8a6f-b66ac7edf263
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Fort Bend yet to receive $40K back from consulting firm at center of controversial COVID contract
A political consulting group with Democratic ties that is under scrutiny over a $345,000 COVID vaccination outreach contract has not responded to Fort Bend County’s requests for a $40,000 refund, the county auditor’s office said Thursday. The county paid out $102,237 of the $345,000 contract to Next Wave… Original Article: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/Fort-Bend-yet-to-receive-40K-back-from-consulting-17640792.php
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Arrest made after woman’s body found in trunk of burning car in Ft. Bend County
HOUSTON — Investigators in Fort Bend County say they have a major break in the investigation into the the killing of a Houston woman found shot to death in the trunk of a burning car more than five years ago. It was back on January 11, 2017, that deputies… Original Article: https://www.khou.com/amp/article/news/crime/fort-bend-county-cold-case-lorraine-diaz-johnny-dang/285-2a4780b5-0709-4c03-b236-e49438aba08c
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Boyfriend arrested, charged in death of Houston woman who was found shot to death in burning car 6 years ago, deputies say
FORT BEND COUNTY – The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that it has made an arrest in the six-year-old case involving the murder of a Houston woman who was shot to death allegedly by her boyfriend. On Jan. 11, 2017, at around 1:42 a.m., FBCSO’s deputies… Original Article: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/12/08/ex-boyfriend-arrested-charged-in-death-of-houston-woman-who-was-found-shot-to-death-6-years-ago-deputies-say/
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Richmond man charged with murder of woman in reopened ‘cold case’
A Richmond man has been charged with murder in what authorities say is a successfully reopened cold case. Johnny Minh Dang, 33, is being held in the Fort Bend County Jail on a $500,000 bond, charged in the death of Lorraine Diaz, a 21-year old Houston woman and mother of two who was found dead…
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Lorraine Diaz’s cold case murder solved 6 years later by Fort Bend County
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – After six years a family has justice for the murder of their loved one back in 2017. Lorraine Diaz was a 21-year-old out of Houston and the mother of two when she was found in a burned car. On Jan. 11, 2017, around 1:42 a.m., Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputies…
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Ex-boyfriend arrested, charged in death of Houston woman who was found shot to death 6 years ago, deputies say
HOUSTON – The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that it has solved the six-year-old case involving the murder of a Houston woman who was shot to death by her boyfriend. On Jan. 11, 2017, at around 1:42 a.m., Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to… Original Article: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/12/08/ex-boyfriend-arrested-charged-in-death-of-houston-woman-who-was-found-shot-to-death-6-years-ago-deputies-say/
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YMCA of Greater Houston extends mobile STEM program to more sites in Katy, Fort Bend County
The Mobile Makerspace bus began delivering STEM-based learning programs to communities in Katy and Fort Bend County in October, and there are plans to expand to more sites, officials said. (Courtesy YMCA Greater Houston) A Nov. 29 press release from the YMCA of Greater Houston announced the organization will extend… Original Article: https://communityimpact.com/houston/katy/education/2022/12/07/ymca-of-greater-houston-extends-mobile-stem-program-to-more-sites-in-katy-fort-bend-county/
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Countywide Home for the Holidays Mega Pet Adoption Event set for Dec. 17
On December 17 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fort Bend County Animal Services, along with Petopia, Best Friends, Rosenberg Animal Control & Shelter, the cities of Sugar Land, Missouri City, and Stafford, will host the Home for the Holidays Mega Pet Adoption Event. The countywide event will take place at the… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/countywide-home-for-the-holidays-mega-pet-adoption-event-set-for-dec-17/article_8f5dbe08-7664-11ed-b451-1f204c908b92.html
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SUV driver charged with hitting motorcycles, fleeing
Two people were injured Sunday when the motorcycles they were riding were t-boned by the driver of an SUV who left the scene of the accident. Authorities arrested the driver of the SUV a short while later. According to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, the hit-and-run deputies responded to… Original Article: https://www.fbherald.com/police_beat/suv-driver-charged-with-hitting-motorcycles-fleeing/article_3031fba2-7578-11ed-a93f-9fe46e62a5e8.html
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Fort Bend County citizen journalist files federal lawsuit against FBC Sheriff’s Office
HOUSTON—Justin Pulliam was standing still when a Fort Bend County deputy walked up and arrested him for interfering with the police in December 2021. While Justin had permission from the property owner to record a mental health call and was far from the active scene, the deputy cuffed him and put him in a squad…
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Jennifer Williams elected 2023 Fort Bend County Fair President
The Fort Bend County Fair Association has elected Jennifer Williams as the 2023 Fair President. A lifelong resident of Fort Bend County and a 22-year resident of Missouri City, Williams began volunteering with the fair’s Sponsorship Committee as a high school student in 1996, according to a news release. She… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/community/jennifer-williams-elected-2023-fort-bend-county-fair-president/article_cc0bbf92-7648-11ed-9771-0b29f9c3cc6f.html
