County News | fortbendstar.com
Nov 6, 2024 · By Ken Fountain [email protected]. Updated Sep 16, 2024. 0. With just weeks to go before Election Day, Taral Patel, the Democratic candidate for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner, was arraigned Friday on four misdemeanor charges of online misrepresentation of identity in a Fort Bend County courtroom.
Election results: Meyers defeats Patel in Precinct 3 race
Nov 6, 2024 · In still-unofficial results, posted after midnight, Meyers garnered 44.271 votes, or 58/87 percent. to Patel's 30,927 votes, or 41.13 percent, of votes cast. The Precinct 3 race was perhaps the most closely watched race in the county, especially after Patel, a former chief of staff to County Judge KP George, was indicted earlier this year on ...
Sugar Land | fortbendstar.com
Oct 23, 2024 · By Ken Fountain [email protected]. Updated Feb 12, 2024. 0. One man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Joseph Aponte, Sr., a city of Sugar Land employee who was killed in a collision with a car allegedly fleeing from police following a burglary in Missouri City on February 7.
Stafford | fortbendstar.com
Jan 31, 2024 · By Matt deGrood [email protected]. Updated Oct 11, 2021. 0. It’s usually the first thing most people learn about the place – Stafford is the city without a property tax. Ever since Leonard Scarcella – the longest-serving mayor in America before his death in June 2020 – eliminated the tax in 1995, the city has generated revenue ...
Health - fortbendstar.com
Updated Apr 15, 2024. 0. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic on Monday officially opened its expanded Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center, which includes a renovation of the existing building and a second, 135,000-square-foot building. The renovation and new construction expands current specialty care services, adding a cance….
Author Stacey Swann to headline FBCL's Book Festival on Nov. 16
2 days ago · Courtesy Fort Bend County Libraries. Fort Bend County Libraries will feature this year's "Community Reads" author Stacey Swann as the headliner at the annual Book Festival 2024 on Saturday, November 16, from 10 a.m.–2:00 p.m., at George Memorial Library, 1001 Golfview in Richmond. This year's event is themed "Myths & Legends."
Richmond | fortbendstar.com
May 13, 2024 · Richmond emergency management coordinator dies from COVID-19 complications By Landan Kuhlmann [email protected] The City of Richmond announced Monday that Emergency Management Coordinator Anthony Pryor has died of complications from COVID-19. Pryor is survived by his wife, Julie, and a son.
School News | fortbendstar.com
Nov 4, 2024 · FBISD staff recommends $828.6 million budget for 2024-25. By Ken Fountain [email protected]. Updated May 24, 2024. 0. Fort Bend ISD staff will present a $828.6 million operating budget for the 2024-2025 school year at a public hearing on June 3, with board action to adopt the budget set for June 10. +3.
Fort Bend voters approve $865.6 million in bond measures
Nov 8, 2023 · Fort Bend County voters on Tuesday approved two bond measures totaling $865.6 million for mobility and projects, concluding weeks of back-and-forth arguments about how much the bonds would impact taxpayers. In still-unofficial results, Proposition A, which includes $712.6 million for 98 mobility projects throughout the county, passed with ...
Six accused child abusers convicted or sentenced in October
2 days ago · Over the course of October, six accused child abusers in Fort Bend County were convicted and sent to prison for a combined 200 years, according to a news release from the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office. Justin Ray Gonzalez, a 40-year-old Needville man, was convicted by a jury of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child or Children ...