I’ve written before about how pleased I was as a longtime classical music enthusiast to find after moving back to Fort Bend County a few years ago that it has a fine community orchestra, the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. The organization was founded in 1992, just a few years before I returned to…

FORT BEND COUNTY, TX (Covering Katy News) – An increase in auto-pedestrian accidents, including the death of Logan Dark, 14, in Cinco Ranch, has the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office calling on drivers and pedestrians to be more careful. In Fort Bend County, crash records for 2023 indicate the…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – In the past month, 14-year-old Logan Dark was hit and killed by a driver while riding his bike near Katy. A 61-year-old man was hit and killed while walking his dog in Sugar Land. Fort Bend County sheriff Eric Fagan said tragedies like this are on the rise.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George will host the county’s third annual Hispanic Heritage Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the courtyard outside the Fort Bend County Courthouse, 401 Jackson Street, Richmond. “Attendees will be transported through the diverse and vibrant world of Hispanic heritage. There’s…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Fort Bend County Judge KP George on Friday rescinded a burn ban that’s been in place since August 8. The county cited a decrease in high temperatures, an increase in rain and a drop in the drought index as reasons for dropping the ban. The declaration canceling it goes into…

Due to a decrease in high temperatures, an increase in rain, and a significant drop in points on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) over the past week, Fort Bend County Judge KP George has rescinded the burn ban that Commissioner’s Court imposed on Aug. 8, 2023. The burn ban…

KATY, TX (Covering Katy News) – Thirteen Katy Independent School District students earned a total of $33,100 for the pieces they submitted in the Fort Bend County Fair’s School Art Auction. A junior at Jordan High School, Brooklyn Tran won the Reserve Champion award for his piece titled…

Fort Bend ISD residents voted and approved a $1.26 billion bond to help fund improvements with projects ranging from renovating the school to funding better technology in the school. “This is an austere bond,” Deputy Superintendent Steven Bassett said, according to the FBISD website. “We are asking for what we…

Builders and other industry professionals gathered on Sept. 21 to celebrate the Signorelli Company’s launch of the first phase of its Austin Point master-planned community in Fort Bend County. According to a news release, the developer “envisions Austin Point as a series of interconnected districts” with a variety of…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Police Department said two unknown suspects stole a generator and power tools from a school band hall in the Richmond area. According to the department, the theft happened at approximately 11:40 a.m. on Sunday at Foster High School…

Fort Bend County Judge KP George is hosting a series of community meetings to inform residents about the 2023 Fort Bend County Bonds that will appear on the November 7 ballot. The bond propositions consist of 98 mobility projects for Proposition A for a total of $712.6 million and Proposition B related to parks projects…

Fort Bend ISD leaders got a look at how the school district compares to peer districts in Texas as voters prepare to weigh in on a higher tax rate on Nov. 7. Chief Financial Officer Bryan Guinn said the results of an efficiency audit, required for any district holding a Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election, appear…

KATY, Texas — A 20-year-old driver, Devin Delvalle, was arrested in Fort Bend County following a fatal accident involving a juvenile cyclist on September 28, 2023. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 6:46 am regarding a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian in the 6000 block of Mason Road.…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — A Houston-area woman said she was scammed out of $500 trying to buy a dog online. She said the seller blocked her and didn’t give her the puppy, but she’s more heartbroken because the dog was supposed to be for her son who recently lost his uncle in a terrible…

FORT BEND COUNTY – The Fort Bend Independent School District is one of the highest achieving districts, but school officials say the starting pay for teachers is the lowest in the area. School leaders are hoping voters will help them raise about $35 million through a Voter Approval Tax…

Here’s how Katy and Fulshear residents in Harris and Fort Bend counties can register to vote by Oct. 10. (Courtesy Adobe Stock) The voter registration deadline for the upcoming Nov. 7 general election is Oct. 10. Here is the necessary information for residents who reside in Harris County or Fort Bend County.

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — The historical Tigner Ranch in Fort Bend County is changing hands for the first time in almost 150 years after the property was recently sold. The 657-acre ranch is located just south of Sienna and west of FM 521. According to the listing on Ruple Properties, the ranch was on…