HOUSTON — A family of feral hogs leaving a path of destruction through a Fort Bend County neighborhood is reigniting statewide outrage over the invasive animals. Home security cameras captured 25 wild pigs digging up the front yard of Gary Garner’s home in the Sienna community. It’s the… Original Article: https://www.khou.com/article/life/animals/war-on-wild-hogs-houston-area/285-14f10a1e-40b3-49f8-82a7-521301ea4cef

When area cricket enthusiasts decided in 2013 that they wanted to help promote the sport, the Sugar Land Youth Cricket Club formed as a nonprofit. “The idea was a bunch of volunteers who wanted to give back to cricket,” said founder and coach Malay Vyas. “And, you know, we realized that we need to train…

The Elkins Knights boys’ basketball team is no stranger to recent success, having made the playoffs in eight consecutive campaigns and winning at least 20 games in each year of that stretch. They have wasted no time this season in working to continue that winning tradition, adding a tournament… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/sports/elkins-boys-take-home-fbisd-tourney-title/article_3e813ee8-5b98-11ec-8ad9-b36ff4653fbc.html

The new omicron variant of the coronavirus has arrived in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County Health and Human Services this week confirmed three people had tested positive for the variant, becoming the first known cases in the county. While the announcement might have caused some consternation among county residents,… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/health/local-health-experts-bracing-for-possible-omicron-surge/article_39cc9c22-5c41-11ec-b7d0-ff1ab28c7677.html

After almost two years of pandemic life, it had finally started to seem like we were returning to something resembling normalcy. No one is much talking about shutting down businesses again and, after a scary encounter with the delta variant, cases were on a downward trend. But really since the… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/opinion/keep-an-eye-out-for-news-about-omicron/article_cf915f32-5c54-11ec-85b8-530f05e4d925.html

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Some wild home security camera footage from Fort Bend County captured what you don’t want to see in your front yard. Sienna neighbors said their yards were ravaged by dozens of wild hogs in the middle of the night. Then, the hogs were… Original Article: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/wild-hogs-video-sienna-neighborhood/285-a1f49f36-58b5-4580-8ceb-44e82a1961a4

One of Fort Bend County’s biggest holiday spectacles is the Sugar Land Holiday Lights event. The eighth edition of the annual event began Nov. 19 and runs through Jan. 9. I had the opportunity last Thursday to head out to Constellation Field, 1 Stadium Drive, where I got to experience the festivities for the first…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Texas over its congressional redistricting plans, and a local Fort Bend County representative received a mention in the lawsuit. In an interview with the Fort Bend Star last week, State Rep. Jacey Jetton blasted the DOJ’s efforts to stop the state’s redistricting plans, and said he was…