Category: Fort Bend County

Fort Bend County Judge KP George and three county commissioners last week voted to give a hefty salary increase to a few, select officials by adopting the proposed 2025 elected officials’ salary. Major beneficiaries of this political largesse include a 26.2 percent raise for County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson (D),…

Fort Bend County and the University of Houston (UH) have announced a strategic collaboration to significantly improve the Downtown Commuter service, specifically designed for the convenience of Fort Bend County students. The new initiative includes a new stop at the UH Main campus, offering a smoother and more efficient commute for students located in the…

The Fort Bend County Master Gardeners is gearing up to host their highly anticipated fall vegetable and herb plant sale on Saturday, October 12. In their continued efforts to promote healthy living and sustainability among local residents, the Master Gardeners will sell a broad range of locally grown plants that are well-suited to the Fort…

Taral Patel, the Democratic candidate for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner, was indicted Wednesday by a Fort Bend County grand jury on four felony counts of online impersonation and four misdemeanor counts of online misrepresentation of identity related to his race for the commissioner’s court seat. The indictments cap…

RICHMOND, TEXAS (Covering Katy News) — Fort Bend County court records indicate that Taral Patel, the Democratic nominee for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner, was indicted on Tuesday on four felony counts of online impersonation and four misdemeanor counts of Misrepresentation of Identity. The indictment amplifies the legal…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – Taral Patel, Democratic nominee for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner, has been indicted for impersonating people online to threaten others. According to court documents, Patel created Facebook accounts impersonating other people with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten others. He would post…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – Fort Bend County court records reveal that Taral Patel, the Democratic nominee for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner, was indicted on Tuesday by a Grand Jury on four felony counts of online impersonation. Patel, who was arrested in June on a felony charge…

HOUSTON, Texas — Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a man at 15815 Boonridge Road around 12:10 a.m. on July 26, 2023. The suspect, 34-year-old Ricky Lee Garcia, of Fort Bend County, is charged with murder in the 268th State District Court, according to a press release from…

Commercial real estate developer Trammell Crow, with joint venture partner Daiwa House Texas, recently broke ground on Blue Ridge Commerce Center, a five-building industrial park in Fort Bend County. The project, which covers 92 acres, will be completed in the summer of 2025 and will create over 1.35 million square…

Local elected officials will see pay raises ranging from 4% to 26%. Fort Bend County Commissioners voted recently to give themselves — and other elected officials — a raise this year. Local elected officials will see pay raises ranging from 4% to 26%. County attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson will…

RICHMOND, TEXAS (Covering Katy News) — The Fort Bend County Commissioners Court has appointed Roosevelt Weeks as the new Library Director of the Fort Bend County library system. Weeks will officially assume the role on Oct. 7, 2024. Weeks brings more than 20 years of experience in library leadership….

RICHMOND, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Republican County Treasurer Bill Rickert calls the recent pay raises for Fort Bend County elected officials “unacceptable” and “a slap in the face” to struggling county residents. On Aug. 27, the raises were shepherded through on a 4 to 1 vote by the Democratic majority on the Commissioners Court.

Fort Bend County Libraries invites the public to join in this year’s “Community Reads” initiative, a county-wide reading program encouraging communities to read and discuss a particular book together September through November. The 2024 selection is Stacey Swann’s debut novel, “Olympus, Texas”. Book discussions on “Olympus, Texas” will take place…

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Two men were recently sentenced to state prison on separate charges stemming from sexual abuse of a child, according to a press release from the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. On August 26, Carlos Larios, 47, of Houston, was sentenced by a Fort Bend County jury to 32 years…

Throughout September, Fort Bend County Libraries will hold demonstrations of EBSCO’s MasterFILE(tm) Complete – an online collection of journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference ebooks. Attendees will learn how to search this online resource for complete articles from Consumer Reports, U.S. News & World Report, TIME, Better Homes & Gardens, Sports…

As you may have seen in last week’s Fort Bend Star, the Fort Bend ISD board last week voted on long-contentious revisions to the district’s policy on selecting and retaining books in the district’s libraries. I touched on that issue in a previous column, so I won’t revisit it here. The new policy has been…