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The Touchdown Club of Houston recently released its 2022 preseason offensive and defensive teams, recognizing players to watch this upcoming season, and four players from Fort Bend County are among them. Marshall quarterback Ja’Koby Banks and Hightower running back Jeremy Payne were named to the offensive team, while Ridge Point… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/sports/hs-sports-roundup-td-club-of-houston-announces-preseason-offensive-defensive-teams/article_62a92d6c-1718-11ed-b52b-3b0ed1264c71.html

Everything’s bigger in Texas — even the food banks. The Houston Food Bank is the largest in America, and it runs like clockwork. Day after day, shift after shift, a throng of volunteers file in through the large double doors and join a project area. They sort and weigh frozen meat at the cold dock,…

A Texas man has been arrested after seven dogs mauled a man to death as he was walking to the store. It happened in a Houston suburb one week ago. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office says the 71-year-old man did nothing to provoke the dogs that attacked him “for no reason.” Investigators initially thought…

A 47-year-old dog owner in Texas is behind bars after several of his dogs allegedly attacked and brutally mauled an elderly man to death, authorities say. Samuel Joseph Cartwright was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with one count of attack by dog resulting in death in connection to the attack on 71-year-old Freddy…

A 47-year-old Texas man was arrested Friday after seven of his dogs allegedly mauled and killed a 71-year-old man as he walked to a store in a suburb of Houston, police said. Authorities charged Samuel Cartwright with attack by dog resulting in death after seven of his pit bull mixes killed Freddy Garcia in an…

HomeAid Houston recently broke ground on a one-bedroom 3,225 sq. ft. building that will provide four new beds for Fort Bend Women’s Center (FBWC), in the Fort Bend area. HomeAid, a 501(c)(3) charity of the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA), is joining David Bozeman with Bozeman Design/Build and Greg Wamhoff of Wamhoff Design/Build, the two…

A series of dog attacks across the Houston region in recent weeks has left people wondering about rules surrounding canines and what to do in certain situations. A 71-year-old man was mauled to death Monday by a pack of seven pit bulls in Fort Bend County. The attack was the second in days in the…

A Houston Texans running back on Friday was accused of burglary based on allegations he forced his way into a Houston home and chased his on-again-off-again girlfriend into a bathroom, according to court records. Records filed in the Harris County District Clerk’s office describe the charge as burglary with intent to rape, but late Monday…

A Houston Texans running back on Friday was accused of burglary based on allegations he forced his way into a Houston home and chased a woman into a bathroom, according to court records. Records filed in the Harris County District Clerk’s office describe the charge as burglary with intent to rape, a first-degree felony. Original…

HOUSTON – Under the CDC’s COVID-19 guidelines released earlier this year, many Americans without underlying health concerns were able to take a break from wearing a mask for several months. Now, according to those same guidelines, people in many Houston-area counties are once again urged to wear a mask… Original Article: https://www.fox26houston.com/news/cdc-recommends-masks-for-many-in-houston-area-check-your-county

HomeAid Houston is set to break ground this month on a one-bedroom, 3,225-sq.-ft. building that will provide four new beds for Fort Bend Women’s Center (FBWC), in the Fort Bend area. HomeAid is joining David Bozeman with Bozeman Design/Build and Greg Wamhoff of Wamhoff Design/Build, the two builder captains of the project to launch construction.…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — For babies and baby boomers alike, Fort Bend County stands out as the healthiest county in the Greater Houston and surrounding areas, according to a new study by U.S. News & World Report. Fort Bend County lands at No. 291 on U.S. News’ list of… Original Article: https://abc13.com/fort-bend-county-healthiest-counties-houston-us-news-500-safety/12001652/

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Starwood Land, a nationwide developer of residential master planned communities, has started development of Starbridge, a 933-acre community in Fort Bend County that will include more than 2,000 homes. Starbridge development activities will be handled by Land Tejas of Houston. which is… Original Article: https://realtynewsreport.com/starwood-starts-2000-home-community/

HOUSTON (CW39) — Planned Parenthood is responding to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade. On Instagram, the organization said they are offering information on getting an abortion despite the outlawing of the process. “The Supreme Court just ended our constitutional rights to abortion — but… Original Article: https://cw39.com/politics/roe-v-wade/planned-parenthood-suspends-services-after-supreme-court-overturned-roe-v-wade/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — People can begin buying fireworks Friday for the Fourth of July holiday. One popular fireworks store in north Houston said they have some really popular items this year and are not reporting any shortages, like last year. “We’ve been here for quite a while and a… Original Article: https://abc13.com/fireworks-sales-fourth-of-july-where-can-i-pop-houston-fort-bend-county-rules/11992881/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Burn bans have been issued all across Texas due to the state’s hot and dry weather conditions. According to a tweet from the National Weather Service in Houston, there are a total of 17 southeast counties in Texas with burn bans in effect. The… Original Article: http://dailytexasnews.com/burn-bans-in-effect-across-houston-area-counties-due-to-drought-conditions-in-texas/

The performance will be repeated at 3:00 pm. Presented by Express Children’s Theatre, “The Aztec Princess” is a bilingual Mexican fable told by a time-traveling princess. In this interactive storytelling adventure, the Aztec Princess tells two classic fables – one about making good choices and another about stranger danger – while teaching English and Spanish…

Temperatures are climbing. After two days in the upper 90s in Houston, today we’ll heat up to 100 degrees with a heat index of 102-107 degrees. There is a 20% chance to pick up a stray shower or thunderstorm giving us some brief relief from the heat. But no relief from a breeze. The winds…

The rate at which residents in the Greater Houston area got the COVID-19 vaccine peaked in late March and early April 2021. Several smaller surges took place over the course of the summer and fall of that year before slowing down in 2022. Over seven Houston-area counties, Fort Bend County… Original Article: https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/health-care/2022/06/21/compare-vaccination-data-in-these-7-houston-area-counties/

Two Houston area districts signed off on teacher pay raises for the upcoming school year. The Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees approved a new starting teacher’s salary of $62,000 for the 2022-2023 school year. The $3,000 teacher pay increase comes as a part of SBISD’s $357.5 budget plan,… Original Article: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2022/06/21/427458/spring-branch-fort-bend-school-boards-approve-teacher-pay-raises/

HOUSTON, Texas (KWTX) – A rapper in the Houston area was arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of a man outside a gas station at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Zerrick Gibson, 30, is charged with murder by the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. Original Article: https://www.kwtx.com/2022/06/14/houston-rapper-accused-shooting-killing-man-outside-gas-station/

HOUSTON – A man is arrested in connection to the death of another man after a shooting outside a southwest Houston gas station last Sunday. Zerrick Gibson, 30, is charged with murder by the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. According to investigators, the victim, 43, and Gibson… Original Article: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/06/14/suspect-accused-of-killing-43-year-old-man-outside-sw-houston-gas-station-arrested-in-fort-bend-county-police-say/

Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, talk@houstonmatters.org or @HoustonMatters. On Tuesday’s show: One of the largest export plants producing liquified natural gas has been shut down following an explosion at its export facility last week. We take a look at how this closure could…