The Fort Bend ISD board of trustees has approved compensation adjustments worth $14.7 million for teaching and nonteaching staff. The board voted unanimously to approve the adjustments during the consent agenda portion of its May 16 meeting. According to agenda documents, starting in the 2022-23 school year, the district will increase the starting teacher pay…

Recently, eleven students from the George Foundations’ Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) Program lent helping hands to Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB) at their Davis George Campus, named after Albert and Mamie George’s young son who tragically died as a child. YIP students helped with some of the… Original Article: https://thekatynews.com/2022/05/20/youth-in-philanthropy-program-grows-awareness-for-child-abuse/

Koecadee Melton, Jr., 65, of Kendleton, Fort Bend County, Texas, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2022. A Celebration of Life Service was held on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 1 p.m., at Little Zion Missionary Batist Church, 13230 Battle Road, Kendleton, Texas. Interment was in Powell Point Cemetery, 13720 Burnett Road, Beasley, Texas. Arrangements…

Sugar Land – Fort Bend Austin High School’s Chi Ike often gets noticed for his disability, but after he competes on the field people notice him for his speed. “I saw him be electric on the track and I’m like wow. He’s going to this school,” teammate James Autrey III said. Original Article: https://www.click2houston.com/sports/2022/05/18/fort-bend-county-high-school-athlete-doesnt-let-his-disability-slow-him-down/

RICHMOND, Texas – UPDATE: The sheriff’s office says Dinh Vu was located and has been reunited with his family. The silver alert has been discontinued. ORIGINAL STORY: Authorities in Fort Bend County are searching for an 83-year-old man who was recently released from the hospital and may have been trying to go home to the…

(FORT BEND COUNTY, TX) – The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office received a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to help crack down on unbuckled drivers and passengers during the busy Memorial Day holiday as part of a statewide seat belt enforcement campaign.  The grant will… Original Article: https://thekatynews.com/2022/05/18/sheriffs-office-receives-click-it-or-ticket-grant-from-txdot/

RICHMOND, Texas – Authorities in Fort Bend County are searching for an 83-year-old man who was recently released from the hospital and may have been trying to go home to the Alief area. According to the sheriff’s office, Dinh Vu was last seen in the 18300 block of Trace Point… Original Article: https://www.fox26houston.com/news/silver-alert-dinh-vu-missing-fort-bend-county-richmond

It has been over three years since Fort Bend ISD voters last approved a nearly $993 million bond referendum on Nov. 8, 2018. A bond election this year, however, is “highly likely,” according to district officials. “The last bond that the district did in 2018 was Phase 1… Original Article: https://communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/government/2022/05/17/bond-call-highly-likely-for-november-2022-election-says-fort-bend-isd-superintendent/

Early voting officially opened on May 16 for runoff elections in Fort Bend County. One local runoff election is for the Democratic seat for Fort Bend County commissioner Precinct 4: Candidates Dexter McCoy and Neeta Sane are on the ballot after incumbent Ken DeMerchant only secured 14.34% of the vote with 1,140 votes total in…

The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office received a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to help crack down on unbuckled drivers and passengers during the busy Memorial Day holiday as part of a statewide seat belt enforcement campaign. The grant will help the Sheriff’s Office step up… Original Article: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/05/17/fort-bend-county-sheriffs-office-receives-click-it-or-ticket-grant-from-txdot/

Just as one election cycle ends, another begins. Early voting began Monday and will run through Friday in the runoff elections to determine the party nominations left undecided in the March 1 primary for county, state and U.S. congressional races. Election day for the runoff races is set for May 24. Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/early-voting-underway-in-primary-runoffs/article_66be72ac-d601-11ec-a25c-934b8e41f31d.html

The owner of a Fort Bend County power plant has shuttered a unit at the facility at least through the end of the month while investigators try to determine what caused a hydrogen fire there. While officials with NRG Energy – the company that owns W.A. Parish Generating Plant –… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/nrg-keeps-unit-offline-while-investigating-cause-of-hydrogen-fire/article_aeb1c812-d600-11ec-9399-37338ae34831.html

SUGAR LAND (May 16, 2022) – Friends of the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center – A Very Special Project of Children’s Museum Houston, gathered to celebrate the Hats, Gloves and Boutonnières: 17th Annual Fort Bend Spring Brunch inside the palatial home of Manmeet and Paul Likhari on May 6. The event was a resounding success…

Two new members of the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees have been sworn in, and new board officers have been elected. Rick Garcia and David Hamilton were sworn in during the board’s May 16 regular business meeting as the new trustees for positions 3 and 7, respectively. Garcia… Original Article: https://communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/government/2022/05/17/new-fort-bend-isd-trustees-sworn-in-officers-elected/

A handful of students from local high schools have qualified for a national Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) competition based on their performance at a statewide competition earlier this month. On May 10, Fort Bend ISD announced that five students and teams from its high schools earned state honors… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/schoolnews/fort-bend-stem-students-advance-to-national-competition/article_c981b050-d55e-11ec-80f9-aba076b8b4d4.html