Tag: Sugar Land

SUGAR LAND, Texas — Sugar Land police have released surveillance video of a vehicle investigators said was involved in a deadly hit-and-run earlier this week. It happened just before 9 p.m. Monday on the northbound service road of the Southwest Freeway near South Parkway. Investigators said a man was… Original Article: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/sugar-land-fatal-hit-and-run-suspect-vehicle/285-68c53b8c-e7dd-4364-86c4-d73ba9aa0d0d

It’s a sunny Thursday morning at Sugar Land Town Square, and Melanie Flanagan and Emily Smith are leading an enthusiastic group of parents and their young children in song. Flanagan and Smith are early childhood music instructors at nearby Vivaldi Music Academy, 2115 Lone Star Drive, which opened in April. They love teaching children about…

An immersive entertainment concept has chosen Fort Bend County to open its first-ever brick and mortar location. California-based Department of Wonder, a “pioneering location-based entertainment concept” that combines interactive theater with emerging technologies to create an immersive fantasy experience, is set to open its doors at Sugar Land Town Square in early 2022, according to…

The family of a man injured in an August shooting is questioning the city of Sugar Land’s handling of the investigation, arguing city police were unfairly biased because the shooter was a retired officer. Media representatives for the family of Ozzy Kazi, 29, held a news conference last week, calling… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/family-of-shooting-victim-questions-sugar-lands-handling-of-investigation/article_05cbd49a-56bc-11ec-a023-f37c7a5b4d7a.html

The family of a man shot in August by his neighbor, an ex-cop, says the Sugar Land Police Department fumbled its investigation because officers were biased toward their former colleague. Bart Grider, a retired Sugar Land police officer, shot his neighbor, Ozair Kazi, during a struggle that happened Aug. 1… Original Article: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/Family-of-shooting-victim-alleges-Sugar-Land-16667160.php

SUGAR LAND, Texas – The family of a man shot by a retired Sugar Land Police Department officer in August is now calling on Sugar Land City Council to conduct an investigation into the shooting independent of the police department. The case is currently under review by the Fort Bend… Original Article: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/12/01/watch-live-family-of-man-shot-by-retired-sugar-land-police-officer-call-on-sugar-land-city-council-for-independent-investigation/

Sugar Land Masonic Lodge No. 1141 members recently recognized Past Master Michael Tunnell with the Grand Lodge’s highest honor, according to a news release. The Golden Trowel Award began in 1990 to recognize Masons who commit time and service over the years and who selflessly display their commitment to Masonry teachers without regard for reward…

Hugo Aguilar was convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child by a jury of his peers on November 4, 2021, before that same jury sentenced him to 25 years in prison. The 49-year old Sugar Land resident was indicted for molesting a child in 2014. Evidence presented by prosecutors… Original Article: https://www.fbherald.com/news/sugar-land-man-convicted-of-sexually-assaulting-11-year-old-child/article_9fec44eb-86b7-5977-9a7e-d3c077735def.html

Fun in Fort Bend: Art Museum TX provides elevated artistic experience in Sugar Land. Ever since Art Museum TX, 16165 City Walk, opened under challenging circumstances in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in May, it has been a destination for creative people and art lovers who have flocked to the gallery to see some…

Sugar Land-based software company Heavy Construction Systems Specialists—commonly known as HCSS—was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, said Tom Webb, HCSS’ vice president of strategic initiatives and customer relations, at a Nov. 18 Fort Bend Economic Development Council meeting. Webb said while such acquisitions tend to have a negative… Original Article: https://communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/impacts/2021/11/18/sugar-land-software-company-hcss-to-expand-following-acquisition/

The Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce’s Education Division will host an informative event where participants will learn how The Holdsworth Center is empowering educational leaders. This session, moderated by Jim Rice, FBCC Education Division Chair, will be held Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at the Fort Bend Chamber office, 445 Commerce Green Blvd., Sugar Land, TX…

RICHMOND, Texas (KIAH) – A Sugar Land man was arrested and charged with a home robbery that happened last month. Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Abdisa Haji Abdi, 20, who is alleged to have committed a home invasion and aggravated robbery in the Village of Oak Lake on Oct. 29. Original Article: https://cw39.com/news/local/sugar-land-man-arrested-after-home-invasion-robbery/

The Fort Bend ISD board of trustees unanimously approved a $170,000 design contract Nov. 15 for an outdoor learning environment and revitalized cemetery at the James Reese Career and Technical Center—the site where the remains of 95 people were discovered in 2018. Known as the Sugar Land 95, these individuals… Original Article: https://communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/education/2021/11/16/fort-bend-isd-approves-design-contract-for-outdoor-learning-area-revitalized-sugar-land-95-cemetery/

Fort Bend ISD’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Department will host a community event to showcase its student-run businesses on Saturday, November 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at the James Reese Career and Technical Center (12300 University Blvd, Sugar Land 77479.) During the “Enterprise Fall-Ganza” event, attendees can learn… Original Article: https://defendernetwork.com/news/local-state/ft-bend-isd-hosts-event-to-showcase-student-run-businesses/

Officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning for Sugar Land’s newest high school. Harmony Public Schools, a Texas-wide system public charter schools, plans to open its Sugar Land campus by August 2022. Harmony School of Science-Sugar Land will be the seventh Harmony Public School campus in Fort Bend County. The… Original Article: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/sugarland/article/Groundbreaking-held-for-new-charter-school-in-16589501.php

As early as 2008, when civic leaders in Sugar Land first envisioned constructing a minor league baseball stadium in Fort Bend County, the long distant dream was to one day lure a Triple-A baseball team to town. Fast forward to 2021, and the Sugar Land Skeeters are coming off their… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/measuring-skeeters-impact-in-sugar-land-hard-to-do-experts-argue/article_93c8b562-3b67-11ec-956f-6f67d11a38a5.html

Construction will soon begin on Sugar Land’s newest high school. Harmony Public Schools will break ground on our newest campus in the Sugar Land area. This high school will be located at 13738 Old Richmond Road, Sugar Land, TX making it the seventh Harmony Public School campus in Fort Bend County. Original Article: https://thekatynews.com/2021/10/26/harmony-public-schools-to-break-ground-on-new-sugar-land-area-campus/

Last Sunday afternoon, I arrived at Sugar Land Baptist Church to find a packed parking lot and large inflatable bounce houses and slides and a gathering of dozens of families with young children holding pumpkins and buckets with candy. The occasion was the church’s annual Fall Fun Fest, a free… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/community/fun-in-fort-bend-bouncing-into-fall-at-sugar-land-baptist-church/article_6f2a3d72-35ed-11ec-945b-dbd07fe8d936.html

A Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital physician was the first in the Fort Bend area to use a breakthrough remote monitoring system to treat a patient with heart failure. Board-certified cardiologist Yassir Sonbol, M.D., implanted the new CardioMEMS device, manufactured by Abbott, in a patient’s pulmonary artery via a catheter in a non-invasive procedure. The…

A $1.9 million drainage project meant to reduce flooding in Sugar Land’s Greatwood subdivision by replacing inlets and installing new storm sewer infrastructure, among other improvements, will begin soon. The city council this week signed off on the project in Greatwood, using funds from the $90.76 million bond propositions that… Original Article: https://www.fortbendstar.com/countynews/sugar-land-to-begin-work-on-1-9-million-drainage-project/article_04aca270-328f-11ec-90c6-ef61249e3198.html

After poring through thousands of records, a Rice University researcher claims there are now nearly 300 victims of the convict-leasing program who died in Sugar Land and are possibly buried in the area. It’s a dramatic increase from the 95 bodies in unmarked graves, known as the “Sugar Land 95,”… Original Article: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Sugar-Land-95-could-become-Sugar-Land-300-16548613.php

The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex towered over me as I walked through the entrance of the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Sugar Land campus last Saturday. The museum is filled with modern and interactive exhibits — ranging from a touch-screen periodic table and molecule creator to movable magnets and pendulums — and is primarily…

SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Fort Bend Independent School District said a shortage of certain foods and products is creating challenges for its food service. “The meal’s nutritious. The meal’s free,” said Matt Antignolo, Director of Child Nutrition. “But it might not be what was originally advertised.”. He said issues… Original Article: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/10/15/shortages-of-certain-foods-products-creating-challenges-for-fort-bend-isd-food-service-district-says/