Tag: Sugar Land

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Heads up, Fort Bend County residents. This weekend, there will be a total closure of the Southwest Freeway at Sweetwater Boulevard. The closure will start at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 and last through 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20. ALTERNATE ROUTES: During peak hours,…

Retired NASA physicist F. Don Cooper will share his experiences creating the technology that helped launch Apollo 11 in 1969, and the efforts that his team went through to successfully bring the Apollo 13 crew home safely in 1970 in a program titled “Apollo to the Moon & Back with F. Don Cooper,” at Fort…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. The Honeyland Festival kicked off with a sobering note on Friday afternoon, as local leaders paid homage to the historical struggles rooted in the community’s past ahead of Sugar Land’s inaugural two-day celebration of Black culture. Local…

Sugar Land (Oct. 30, 2023) – The Sugar Land Cultural Arts Foundation has opened the call for artists to participate in the 2024 Sugar Land Arts Fest, a two-day festival highlighting the cultural and artistic diversity of Fort Bend County and beyond. Created by the Sugar Land Cultural Arts…

Fort Bend County Libraries’ University Branch Library will hold a special program providing a basic introduction to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia on Saturday, Nov. 4, beginning at 2 p.m., in Meeting Room 1 of the library, located at 14010 University Blvd in Sugar Land, on the UH campus.

There is a clash between 6A – Region 20 teams in Sugar Land, TX on Friday, October 27 (kicking off at 7:00 PM CT), with Dulles High School hosting Elkins High School – Fort Bend. Follow high school football this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family…

Early voting for the Nov. 7 election in Fort Bend County started Oct. 23. (Courtesy Adobe Stock) Early voting for the Nov. 7 election started Oct. 23. Here are the polling locations that will be available during the early voting period lasting until Nov. 3. A sample ballot for the…

Fort Bend ISD will hold an expo at the James Reese Career and Technical Center to showcase its career and technical education programs Oct. 18. at 6 p.m. (Courtesy FBISD) Fort Bend ISD will hold an expo at the James Reese Career and Technical Center to showcase its career and technical education programs Oct. 18.…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – Monday a Fort Bend County jury found Joaquin Adrian Lima, 29, guilty in the hit and run death of Austin Reese in 2021. Today the jury sentenced Lima to 20 years in prison. Austin Reese, 37, was killed in the hit and run on Dec….

The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s help in locating missing person, Tyler Mitchell, 44, who was last seen wearing a yellow shirt with khaki shorts and black shoes in the 14000 block of Bay Gardens Drive in Sugar Land. Mitchell is 6′2′’ and approximately 250…

SUGAR LAND, Texas — Fort Bend County deputies are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man with autism who has been missing since Thursday. Tyler Mitchell, 44, was last seen at his group home at about 10 a.m. on Bay Gardens Drive near Lakewood Oaks Drive in Sugar Land. His family…

The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating missing person, Tyler Mitchell, 44, who was last seen wearing a yellow shirt with khaki shorts and black shoes in the 14000 block of Bay Gardens Drive, Sugar Land. Mitchell is 6’2” in height and approximately 250 pounds. He was last seen…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — A Sugar Land teen was rescued with just minutes to spare before he would have boarded a train to Los Angeles and possibly become a victim of human trafficking. The story was told Thursday as the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and the Houston…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — A Sugar Land teen was rescued with just minutes to spare before he would have boarded a train to Los Angeles and possibly become a victim of human trafficking. The story was told Thursday as the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and the Houston…

Feature Illustration: Artist rendering of the new facility that will house programs from Cullen College of Engineering – Technology Division. Image: UH at Sugar Land. Sugar Land (Fort Bend County) — The University of Houston celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $65 million academic building in ceremonies at the UH at Sugar Land instructional site.…

Retired NASA physicist F. Don Cooper will share his experiences creating the technology that helped launch Apollo 11 in 1969, and the efforts that his team went through to successfully bring the Apollo 13 crew home safely in 1970 in a program titled “Apollo to the Moon & Back with F. Don Cooper,” at Fort…

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Sugar Land Branch Library will present “Medicare Basics for Seniors”on Monday, Oct. 16, from 6:30-8 pm, in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 550 Eldridge. Benefit consultant Eileen Westbrook will explain how Medicare works and will address many commonly asked questions….

The Fort Bend District Attorney’s Office will host its third annual “Bike Ride for Survivors” on Saturday, October 7, beginning at 7:30 a.m. in Brazos River Park in Sugar Land. The event is a ride and not a race, so riders are able to ride at their…

A Fort Bend man was arrested and charged Friday after striking and killing a pedestrian at a Sugar Land crosswalk. Bao Giang was charged and could be the first to face a prosecution under a new cross walk law, The Lisa Torry Smith Act, that finds a motor vehicle accident involving pedestrians within an area…

A Sugar Land man has been arrested for striking a pedestrian with his car in a sidewalk, resulting in the victim’s death. According to a news release from the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, it is believed to be the first arrest under the Lisa Torry Smith Act, commonly referred to as the Crosswalk…

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – A Massachusetts man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after he was convicted of solicitation to commit capital murder, according to the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. Andrew Burke, 36, was tried for planning and paying for a “hit man” to…

Fort Bend ISD will hold a hiring event for multiple roles in the district on Sept. 19. (Community Impact staff) Fort Bend ISD will hold a hiring event for multiple roles in the district Sept. 19, seeking to hire instructional and noninstructional candidates to support the district’s efforts in academic, medical and service areas.

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Fort Bend County Libraries’ University Branch Library will host a special presentation “The Under-Told History of Hispanic Texans” on Saturday, September 23, from 2-3:00 p.m., in Meeting Room 1 of the library, located at 14010 University Blvd in Sugar Land. Fort…