Tag: Houston

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is celebrating 25 years of service to Fort Bend County and surrounding areas. Methodist Health Center – Sugar Land opened in March 1998. It was the first time the Houston Methodist system launched a new community hospital. It opened with 22 patient beds and 160 employees. Today, Houston Methodist Sugar…

Starwood Land has announced that four Houston-area builders will offer homes in the 933-acre, master-planned community of Emberly in Fort Bend County: Lennar, LGI Homes, Tricoast Homes and DSLD Homes. Upon completion, Emberly will include approximately 2,000 new houses. Homes are expected to hit the market this summer, with prices…

The new pumps were completed just in time for the  start of hurricane season.

HOUSTON – Authorities say three people have been detained in Fort Bend County in regard to a deadly shooting that took place Thursday afternoon. Sugar Land police say the suspects who were apprehended were found in the parking lot of First Colony Mall. According to police, a man was…

HOUSTON – Authorities say at least one person has been detained in Fort Bend County in regard to a deadly shooting that took place Thursday afternoon. Sugar Land police say the suspect who was apprehended was found in the parking lot of First Colony Mall. According to police, a…

Donning a gray suit and blue tie, Hector Ruiz, a former Arcola patrolman, listened in a Houston federal courtroom Tuesday as an Fort Bend woman testified through strong emotion about how the officer sexual assaulted her following a 2019 traffic stop. The woman did not look at Ruiz or toward…

Three counties in the Houston metro area rank among the 10 most expensive in Texas, according to a new study. Bill pay servicer doxo recently released an analysis of household bills in each state through its doxoInsights report. As a state, Texas ranks as the No. 18 most expensive in…

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Houston and surrounding areas. This includes parts of Harris, Brazoria, and Fort Bend Counties. The Warning goes until 1:30 p.m. It is best to stay off the roads in this area, as multiple high water spots are being reported.

HOUSTON (KIAH) The economic hardships that came with the COVID-19 pandemic saw the number of people who are experiencing homelessness rise in many communities. The Coalition for the Homeless, an agency that spans Harris, Montgomery, and Fort Bend counties, says that’s not the case in the Houston-area. The results…

HOUSTON – The Houston-area baseball community is mourning the loss of one of its legends, Deacon Jones, who passed away Sunday. He was 89. His family announced Jones’ passing on Monday and was a pillar to the Greater Houston area and Fort Bend’s baseball scene. However, a press release from the Houston Astros notes Jones…

Houston could see rain and potential flash flooding as a cluster of thunderstorms already drenching much of Fort Bend County made its way north Sunday morning. The set of storms was slowly making its way northeast from Victoria toward the Houston area, according to the National Weather Service. The storms were producing one to two…

Saturday’s elections in Houston suburbs included Fort Bend ISD voters’ approval of all three propositions in a $1.26 billion bond package that will fund a sweeping array of projects, security upgrades and infrastructure updates including a rebuild of Clements High School, according to unofficial voting results. Other school bond proposals…

HOUSTON – Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a fatal crash south of Houston. Details are limited at this time, but according to officials, deputies are looking into a crash involving two vehicles on FM 1462 near Meyer Sternberg Road. FM 1462 will be shut down for an…

The overall unsheltered population of homeless individuals decreased by 17% in Houston from 2022, according to the latest count data taken in late January across Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties. (Community Impact staff) Every year in January, homeless populations across the U.S. are tallied in the span of a…

When the unmarked graves of the people who would come to be known as the “Sugar Land 95” were discovered on a property owned by Fort Bend ISD five years ago, it set off a wave of media attention and a revisiting of long-forgotten history. That retelling has come in many forms and venues.

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Police are looking for answers after a man was found dead and a women injured in a shooting outside a Fort Bend ISD elementary school. Happening in southwest Houston, police said Ridgemont Elementary School was closed at the time when some people decided to gather in the parking lot Tuesday night around…

A Fort Bend County this month convicted a Houston man who worked at his wife’s Richmond hair salon for repeatedly engaging in indecency with a child while washing her hair. 268th District Judge Steve Rogers convicted Sergio David Chavarria, 63, to life in prison on the two charges for which he was convicted. The jury…

When we work together for the common good, amazing things can happen. That’s what Harmony Chapter No. 16, a chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, is aiming to do by hosting a gala benefitting Hope For Three, a local non-profit dedicated to supporting families living with an autism spectrum disorder. On April 28,…

HOUSTON — Texas bluebonnet season is here, which means it’s time to plan your road trip and map out the best spots to pose for selfies or snap pics of kids and pets. From country hillsides to city sidewalks, the wildflowers put on a colorful show across Texas every spring.

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Agri-hoods, communities with crops, vegetable gardens, and a farming ambience that’s often embellished with antique tractors and such can sound a little phony. “All Marketing and No Plow,” is what I call weak examples of faux-farm residential communities. Indigo, a…