Tag: Missouri City

Fort Bend Ridge Point won a nail-biter in Missouri City on Friday night to advance to the second round of the TXHSFB playoffs, 49-44. TexAgs was on hand, and now, we present the highlights of the action. To watch this video, you must be a TexAgs Premium subscriber. Subscribe Try…

Fort Bend ISD leaders, along with a cross section of students from the district, held the second of two town hall-style events last week as part of the district’s effort to create a new strategic plan. The November 1 Vision 2030 Summit drew about 50 people to the large auditorium…

MISSOURI CITY, Texas – A Fort Bend ISD mother says she is enraged after a substitute teacher physically assaulted at least two students, including her son at Lake Olympia Middle School. After speaking with school administrators, she filed a report with Fort Bend ISD claiming that a substitute teacher…

Hundreds of community members and dignitaries attended the dedication of two new Fort Bend ISD schools this past Sunday. The Bhuchar and Ferguson families attended the dedication of Sonal Bhuchar Elementary School on 5503 Thompson Ferry Road in Missouri City, behind Elkins High School and Alyssa Ferguson Elementary School, 1300 Heritage Park Drive at Sienna…

The Magnolia Ballroom of Missouri City’s Quail Valley City Centre was filled near to capacity early Saturday morning as U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, held a Town Hall and legislative update geared toward his Fort Bend County constituents. Green, who has served the 9th Congressional District of Texas since 2005,…

The voter registration deadline is Oct. 10 for Election Day on Nov. 7. (Courtesy Pexels) The voter registration deadline for the upcoming Nov. 7 general election is Oct. 10. Here is the necessary information for residents who reside in Fort Bend County. Basic information on voter registration can be viewed…

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Missouri City Branch Library will present a special art class for adults, “Feeling Blue, Painting Red: Unlocking Emotions Through Paint,” on Saturday, September 2, from 2-3:30 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, 1530 Texas Parkway. In this workshop, watercolor artist Katie…

One positive aspect to being a non-foodie restaurant reviewer is that it forces you to get out of your comfort zone. Left to my own devices, I usually stick to a fairly select number of places to go out to eat. But since taking on this role, I’ve had to go to a lot of…

One positive aspect to being a non-foodie restaurant reviewer is that it forces you to get out of your comfort zone. Left to my own devices, I usually stick to a fairly select number of places to go out to eat. But since taking on this role, I’ve had to go to a lot of…

METRO’s new Missouri City Park & Ride transit center will give both the city and Fort Bend County-area residents more access to transportation including commuter services that will run between the Texas Medical Center, while also providing connections to downtown Houston. It will also provide connections to the existing on-demand services, according to a news…

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Missouri City Branch Library will present “Savvy Seniors Scam Prevention” – a program in the Active Adult series for older adults and their family members — on Friday, August 4, from 2-3 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 1530 Texas Parkway.

A Fort Bend County father says he had no idea when he purchased a blue Kia for his daughter in 2021, it would become a target.

MISSOURI CITY, Texas — A Fort Bend County father says he had no idea when he purchased a blue Kia for his daughter in 2021, it would become a target. “I had no idea what kind of car to get and saw this cute Kia and said, ‘She would love this’,” said Joseph Young of…

In conjunction with Fort Bend County Libraries’ 2023 Summer Reading Challenge, the Missouri City Branch Library will present a children’s bilingual theater performance of “The Aztec Princess,” by Express Children’s Theatre, on Thursday, July 27, beginning at 2 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 1530 Texas Parkway.

A Missouri City man was convicted on June 30 and sentenced to 60 years in state prison for failing to register as a sex offender. Brain Walker, 53, was convicted of two charges of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, a second-degree felony, in the 268th District Court before Visiting Judge James Shoemake,…

In conjunction with Fort Bend County Libraries’ 2023 Summer Reading Challenge, the Missouri City Branch Library will host a theatrical hip-hop dance performance by FLY Dance Company on Thursday, June 29, beginning at 2 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 1530 Texas Parkway. FLY Dance…

Researching African-American family histories often presents special challenges due to the enslavement of Black people in America. The way families were ripped apart willie-nillie by kidnappers and human traffickers, casually labeled by many historians as “plantation owners,” presents Blacks who want to find their “people” with tremendous hurdles. So too does the spotty record-keeping on…

Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputies have taken into custody a suspect in the shooting death of a Missouri City woman from an unincorporated area near Stafford on Tuesday night, according to spokesperson. According to the statement, deputies responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 9:37 p.m. in the…

Residents who commute to the Texas Medical Center from Missouri City and surrounding areas will soon have a new option, a brand new parking garage that the Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to lease near the agency’s present park-and-ride location at the intersection of Highway 6 and the Fort Bend Tollway.

Former sitcom actor and author Kirk Cameron is hosting a book reading this weekend in Ford Bend. The “Growing Pains” actor will be reading what is billed as his latest Christian children’s book, “Pride Comes Before You Fall,” a story about the “dangers of being prideful and the importance of having a humble spirit instead,”…

Metro is moving ahead with a planned parking garage in Missouri City, aimed at bringing transit to the heart of a growing commercial development area, at a long-term cost of around $70 million. The Metropolitan Transit Authority board of directors on Thursday approved plans for a deal between the transit…

Award-winning wildlife photographer Chris Narvaez will share his expertise and experience at a special program, “Wildlife Adventure Photography,” at Fort Bend County Libraries’ Missouri City Branch Library on Saturday, May 20, from 2-3 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library. Narvaez will share his adventures capturing…

Fort Bend County Libraries will present children’s theater performances of “Jack & the Beanstalk” at two locations to kick off the libraries’ annual Summer Reading Challenge, which begins May 29. The first performance will take place at the Sienna Branch Library on Friday, May 26, beginning…

Fort Bend County is about to get catfished. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will soon be restocking two area “Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes” with thousands of catfish, the TPWD announced Monday. Katy’s Mary Jo Peckham Park and Missouri City’s Community Park Lake are among the 18 fishing spots chosen for the program.