The Fort Bend County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office has achieved the prestigious “Accredited Law Enforcement Agency” designation from the Texas Police Chiefs Association Law Enforcement Accreditation Program, announced in a January 31st press release. Begun in 2006, the Accreditation Program evaluates a law enforcement agency’s compliance with…

New Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Marc Smith began his tenure Jan. 22, following controversy surrounding the retirement of former Superintendent Christie Whitbeck. (Ken Conkle/Community Impact) New Superintendent Marc Smith began his term Jan. 22, but Fort Bend ISD’s board’s reason for making a change at the top position of district…

Weather forecasts predict rain on Saturday, but that doesn’t change plans for Fort Bend County Master Gardeners. Their 24th annual fruit tree sale on Feb. 10 is rain or shine at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, 4310 Texas 36 in Rosenberg. People can shop inside the enclosed Barn H…

Fort Bend County Judge KP George honored Congregation Beth El with a proclamation at the county’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day event on Jan. 31 at the Fort Bend County Historic Court House. AJC Houston president David Simon and assistant director Rachel Schneider were also in attendance, helping make the…

Ahead of the 10:30 a.m. ET government report, March Nymex futures were trading down 2.2 cents at $1.945/MMBtu after crashing through key $2.000 support a day earlier. After the data was released, the contract ticked lower. By around 11 a.m. ET, futures had fallen 4.4 cents to $1.923. The latest…

Commuters will be able to take the bus from the new location along FM 1093 to the Energy Corridor. (Courtesy Fort Bend Transit) Fort Bend Transit, the county’s public transportation department, broke ground on its new Westpark Park and Ride facility Jan. 29. Upon completion, the $7.42 million facility will…

Gulf Coast Midstream Partners LLC (GCM) has filed an application with Texas regulators to build the region’s first new salt dome natural gas storage facility in more than a decade. The proposed Freeport Energy Storage & Sequestration Hub (FRESSH) project in Fort Bend County, TX, initially would be permitted…

There is so much fun to be had at a VYPE Media Days!. From team and individual pictures, social media shout-outs and video interviews, it is all there for the student-athletes to feel like a superstar. VYPE had its Fort Bend ISD 2024 Spring Media Day recently. Keep reading… VYPE…

The extension will make it easier for residents in Sienna – one of Fort Bend’s largest master-planned communities – to access the Sam Houston Tollway, which intersects with the parkway at the eastern edge of Fort Bend. Fort Bend County officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate the opening…

New FBISD Superintendent Marc Smith said he is “focused on building trust and confidence.” (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact) New Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Marc Smith began his term on Jan. 22 following the decision by the board of trustees to hire him to replace former Superintendent Christie Whitbeck. Smith, a career…

On Thursday, February 15, beginning at 6 p.m., the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce’s Governmental Relations Division will host a candidates forum for the Fort Bend County 2024 Commissioner Precinct 3 Primaries election. The event, moderated by Kevin Riles, will be at the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, 445 Commerce Green Blvd., Sugar Land.

It’s both a humble and humbling endeavor. Great, rumbling heroes in the early morning and mid-afternoon, 470 buses wind through neighborhoods, over bridges, and under shadowy canopies, traversing over 5 million miles annually to deliver its riders to the 87 schools in Fort Bend Independent School District. Yet as…

Homeowners can learn the ABCs of creating a successful landscape in a free online class offered this month by Fort Bend County Master Gardeners. “Landscape Basics” will be taught Friday, Feb. 23, beginning at 1 p.m. by Master Gardener Peggy d’Hemecourt. For required advance registration and more information, visit https://fortbend.agrilife.org/landscape-success/

The toll road authority estimates that its operating expenses for the fiscal year will be around $54 million, leaving excess revenue of roughly $50 million. The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority is projecting more than $105 million in revenue this fiscal year. It hopes to complete major projects on…

Fort Bend County has had several development interests including Fort Bend ISD projects, highway improvements and flooding prevention. Fort Bend ISD voters approved a $1.2 billion bond last May to build and upgrade campuses in the district. But on Monday, trustees said they did not know soon enough that the…

ROLL THE TAPE: Fort Bend ISD 2024 Softball Hype Video. ROLL THE TAPE: Second Baptist School 2024 Spring Media Day Hype Video. VYPE Coaches Corner: Klein Oak Girls Basketball Coach Michael Prejean. 06 Feb, 2024. VYPE caught up with Klein Oak Girls Basketball Coach Michael Prejean at their 2023-24 Winter/Spring…

Fort Bend ISD officials reported a $132.6M projected cost increase for May 2023 bond projects during the Feb. 5 board meeting. (Asia Armour/Community Impact) Fort Bend ISD trustees heard a report Feb. 5 from district officials outlining a projected $132.6 million shortfall in its bond budget passed in the May 2023 election, estimating the projects…

There is so much fun to be had at a VYPE Media Days!. From team and individual pictures, social media shout-outs and video interviews, it is all there for the student-athletes to feel like a superstar. VYPE had its Fort Bend ISD 2024 Spring Media Day recently. Keep reading… VYPE…

In front of thousands of onlookers at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow on Groundhog Day last Friday, an annual tradition celebrated in the U.S. and Canada. According to the legend, that means we can expect an early spring. In that spirit and with the official first day of spring…

FORT BEND ISD (Feb. 5, 2024) – Vedant Balaji, a 5th grade student at Sullivan Elementary, and Jason Nguyen, a 7th grade student at Crockett Middle School, were named champions of this year’s Fort Bend ISD Spelling Bee. They will represent the district at the 2024 Scripps Regional…

On Tuesday’s show: Fort Bend County’s executive leader joins us to talk about his goals for the county. We also catch up with former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin ahead of a new documentary about Black astronauts, pilots, and engineers. And we consider the past, present, and future of genetic engineering.

It is perhaps the most contested and politically significant race in Fort Bend County in 2024 – that of Precinct 3 representative on Commissioners Court, the county’s legislative body. On Sunday, several of the candidates in that race made their respective cases at a forum hosted by the Indian American Political Action Committee of Greater Houston.

Student tardiness and those skipping class in Fort Bend ISD high schools has increased year over year, a recent discipline report showed. (Courtesy Pexels) More Fort Bend ISD high school students are tardy or skipping class, according to a recent discipline report. The report, which was presented to the FBISD board of trustees during the…