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(Houston, Texas – December 14, 2023) More than 16 miles of multi-modal mobility enhancements are planned for the Westpark Tollway Corridor under a new partnership between the City of Houston, Harris County, Fort Bend County, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO), officials announced Thursday afternoon. The partnership was formalized during a Memorandum…

Some of Houston’s master-planned communities are among the top-selling communities nationally. Among them is Sunterra in Katy, planned for 7,000 homes, and Bridgeland in Cypress planned for 20,000 homes. These communities continued to hit construction and sales milestones in 2023 as they’re built out. Here are some takeaways…

NewQuest Properties has completed the sale of a 20-acre parcel to Costco Wholesale Corp. in Richmond’s Grand at Aliana. Costco is currently in the construction phase of its 154,648-square-foot store and is targeting a summer opening for its third membership warehouse in Fort Bend County. This development also marks the initiation of NewQuest’s expansion of…

HOUSTON – Registered voters will have a chance to cast their ballots for the Runoff Election on Dec. 9. The mayor’s race will be a big one for Houston. In Harris County, you can vote at any vote center in the county on Election Day. Harris County will open 450 vote centers.

The Houston region is growing much more rapidly on its outskirts than in its urban core. The nation’s fourth-largest city grew in population from 2020-22 but not by much, gaining 1,306 residents, according to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. Surrounding Harris County grew by nearly 50,000 residents during the same span, while there was…

HOUSTON – H-town!. Get ready for a fun and festive weekend. This Saturday Lights in the Heights will be held in the Woodland Heights neighborhood, which means road closures are expected during the big event. ➡️Not subscribed? Click here to sign up!. Lights in the Heights. This special…

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Paws for Heroes is a local non-profit that rescues homeless dogs and trains them to become emotional support dogs for veterans. The rescue serves Greater Houston in Harris, Montgomery, Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galveston counties. The mission is to help train homeless dogs into service dogs…

A former staffer for Democratic congressional candidate Pervez Agwan is suing him for alleged sexual harassment. Campaign officials for Agwan, who is challenging Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher from the left in next March’s Democratic primary, deny the charges. Mara Chishtey joined the Agwan campaign as an intern in July, then worked…

The Joint Chiropractic will open a new location in Fort Bend Town Center. (Courtesy Pexels) The Joint Chiropractic is set to open a new location soon in the Fort Bend Town Center. The Joint is a national chain that has licensed chiropractors who aim to provide relief for symptoms and…

FORT BEND COUNTY – A Houston-area mother says the Fort Bend Independent School District’s failure to follow federally mandated protocols for children with disabilities resulted in her daughter’s sexual assault. The woman has filed a lawsuit against Fort Bend ISD alleging her daughter was sexually assaulted by…

The pandemic and recent conflicts in the Middle East have contributed to an increase in hate crimes nationwide, city officials said on Wednesday. During a press conference on public safety, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said eight crimes have been reported as hate crimes in the city in the past year, but none have been…

HOUSTON – It’s the drug that could save your child’s life – Narcan. It’s Texas law for all schools to have it on campus, but what does that space look like?. We queried a handful of local districts. Does your district have Narcan?. Pearland Independent…

HOUSTON — Polls closed at 7 p.m. across Texas after voters cast their ballots for state and local races. Anyone already in line by 7 p.m. could still vote. Here in Houston, all eyes are on the mayoral race where 17 candidates and one write-in fought to lead the nation’s fourth largest city. Issues like…

HOUSTON, Texas (KHOU) – A suspect has been taken into custody after leading law enforcement on a chase in an 18-wheeler in the Houston area Saturday afternoon, according to the Fort Bend County Pct. 1 Constable’s Office. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said the Nov. 4 chase started when…

Good morning. We may be noticing it less because the temperatures are cooler, but a significant chunk of the Houston region remains mired in a severe drought. Moreover, parts of Fort Bend County are in an extreme drought. And just a little but farther, to the east in places like Beaumont, an exceptional drought continues…

HOUSTON – 51-year-old Christopher John Lubowski from Ormond Beach, Florida is booked in Montgomery County Jail on multiple charges after police say he led them on a chase in an 18-wheeler. ORIGINAL STORY: 18-wheeler chase lasts hours, suspect charged in Montgomery County. The dash cam video shows some of the…

HOUSTON – 51-year-old Christopher John Lubowski from Ormond Beach, Florida is booked in Montgomery County Jail on multiple charges after police say he led them on a chase in an 18-wheeler. ORIGINAL STORY: 18-wheeler chase lasts hours, suspect charged in Montgomery County. The dash cam video shows some of the…

An 18-wheeler is caught on video being chased by multiple Houston area law enforcement on a highway. The chase spanned over multiple counties before coming to an end in Fort Bend County. (Video courtesy of OnScene Houston)

HOUSTON — A driver has been taken into custody after leading law enforcement on a chase in an 18-wheeler in the Houston area Saturday afternoon, according to the Fort Bend County Pct. 1 Constable’s Office. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said the chase started around 1:45 p.m. when the…

Disrupt Equity has purchased Nitya Capital’s three-property multifamily portfolio, called the Lone Star 3-pack. The portfolio encompasses 673 units spread across one Austin complex and two in Houston. Newmark’s Zach Springer, Jim Young and Carter Mizell brokered the deal. The transaction was completed with a CMBS loan assumption….

Fort Bend County – We know safety is a top priority for you and your families. That’s why we are looking into the crime data to see what is going on in different areas around Houston. From Fort Bend to Galveston and Montgomery Counties, we are looking at the types of crime many of you…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Formal wear designer Farah Talib Aziz, who is based in Karachi, opened her first, and thus far only, U.S. boutique in May on Sugar Land’s City Walk, steps from the town square and city hall. Fort Bend County’s large…

There are several illnesses going around right now. Some of the most common are COVID, respiratory syncytial virus, and strep. Dr. Shane Magee, an internal medicine managing physician at the Memorial Villages Campus, is seeing viral gastroenteritis with adult patients, and pediatric patients have flu and respiratory syncytial virus. FORT…