Fort Bend County Libraries’ “Living Sustainably Club” will meet online to discuss “Electric Vehicles” on Monday, September 18, from 6-7 p.m. FBCL’s Living Sustainably Club programs are livestreamed through Webex so that participants can participate virtually and interact with others in real time. This monthly club is an online one by choice — a conscious…

Fort Bend County will consider lowering its tax rate at a Sept. 12 meeting. (Community Impact staff) Fort Bend County commissioners will consider passing a lowered fiscal year 2023-24 tax rate at an upcoming Sept. 12 regular meeting, according to agenda documents. By the numbers. County tax rate documents show…

Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels recently received a $100,000 grant from The George Foundation, which the organization will use to combat food insecurity and social isolation among seniors, and aid in expanding the program’s reach to even more vulnerable seniors in Fort Bend County. The George Foundation, a philanthropic…

Jonathan Chapman, CFP®, CExP™, member of The BEI Network of Exit Planning Professionals™, recently earned the designation of a BEI Certified Exit Planner (CExP™). The BEI CExP™ designation is the standard for Exit Planning certification. Through training, rigorous testing and in-depth Exit Plan Creation coursework, Chapman demonstrated that he is qualified to provide comprehensive, professionally…

Fort Bend County Sheriff’s detectives recently arrested three men in connection with a kidnapping and human smuggling scheme in Meadows Place, the department said in a press release. At approximately noon on August 30, deputies responded to a check welfare call leading to an investigation at the 12000 block…

Last weekend, Hightower made a statement to the Texas high school football outlook by defeating perennial superpower Westfield. Their decisive 14-9 victory over the Mustangs came on the heels of defeating Pearland Dawson (21-20) in the season opener, giving the Hurricanes a perfect start to the Fall season. After taking…

Fort Bend County’s proposed 2024 budget is $676 million, marking a 33.5 percent increase from the 2023 budget of $500 million. This year’s county budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $34 million or 7.86 percent. Of that amount $16 million is tax revenue to be raised from new property…

Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels has announced they are a recipient of a $100,000 grant from The George Foundation. This substantial contribution will directly impact the organization’s ability to combat food insecurity, social isolation among seniors, and will aid in expanding the program’s reach to even more vulnerable seniors in Fort Bend County.

In 1988, the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company introduced what it thought would be a revolutionary product that would make everybody happy. The innovation was called the Premier. The company had invented the world’s first smokeless cigarette, intended to dramatically reduce the health impacts of lighting up. Fewer health risks for the smoker and no more…

I have great memories of my childhood growing up in Richmond, one of which was the anticipation of watching the Fort Bend County Parade. The parade route ran on Morton Street through our downtown. My youngest parade memories revolved around spotting family members who were in the parade as the route moved through downtown beginning…

RICHMOND, TX – (Covering Katy News) – An effort to educate the public on crosswalk safety laws in school zones begins today for the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. The focus is enforcing and educating the public about the Lisa Torry Smith Act, commonly called the Crosswalk Law.

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Five guns have been brought to Fort Bend ISD campuses since the start of the school year, according to the district. Aug. 15 — One gun was brought to Marshall High School. In this instance, it was an adult with no connection to the school who had a weapon in…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Five people were rescued from a home in Fort Bend County after they were being held for ransom, deputies said. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said this was a kidnapping and human smuggling scheme in which the victims — three men and two women — were smuggled out of…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Stop and yield — that’s the message from the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. Dozens of officers were out in force Thursday morning outside E.A. Jones Elementary School on Martin Lane giving out warnings and citations to drivers, as well as passing out flyers and raising awareness about crosswalk…

RICHMOND, Texas (KIAH) — Two Fort Bend ISD students have been arrested after being accused of bringing guns to George Bush High School. The district said on Thursday the school administration got a report about the firearms, prompting a search on each of the students. During the search, the…

RICHMOND, Texas – Two Fort Bend ISD Bush High School students were arrested after being found with handguns on Wednesday, the district says. After a report was received on Wednesday, the district says school administration and campus officers immediately identified two students and conducted a search. The district says a handgun was confiscated from each…

Last year, I moved from Louisiana to Fort Bend County, the most “diverse” county in Texas, and as I got ready for my first day of school in a new city, I could not have been more excited. What I didn’t know was that even my safe space, the library, would be discriminatory.