News
Missouri City, Seabrook Ramp Up Mosquito Spraying after Last Week’s Heavy Rains
Posted on · Last week's heavy rain lead to increases in mosquito populations, per officials
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Transportation
Houston-Area Communities Respond to Proposed Red Light Camera Ban
Posted on · We could see a bill in the next legislative session banning red light cameras in Texas. But some local leaders say they’re a valuable tool that keeps the roads safe.
News
Rice Archive Catalogs Fort Bend Advocate’s Efforts to Preserve Convict Leasing History
Posted on · "A lot of people don’t know about this history, so future historians will be interested to learn how did greater awareness of this history come about and what did it take?," Rice professor Caleb McDaniel said
News
Uncovered Remains At Forgotten Sugar Land Grave Site Tell Their Own Texas History Story
Posted on · Researchers say based on what they know so far, the graves were for African-American prison laborers who worked on sugar cane fields in the area
Houston Matters
Exhuming Unmarked Graves In Sugar Land: Inside The Process And What Can Be Learned
Posted on · Nearly a hundred unmarked graves in Sugar Land will be exhumed so Fort Bend ISD can build a new student facility. Houston Matters learns about the process and the concerns of one local anthropologist.
Immigration
Re-Registration Period For Honduran TPS Beneficiaries Starts
Posted on · People who are currently protected by the status, which will end in 2020, have until August 6 to submit their applications
News
City Seeks Answers In Sugar Land Sewage Spill
Posted on · The city says the spill is contained
Houston Matters
Decorated Taekwondo Athlete From Sugar Land Faces Numerous Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Posted on · Several women are suing taekwondo champion Steven Lopez of Sugar Land and his brother, Jean. Both are accused of assaulting women -- in some cases, minors.
Health & Science
Active Case Of Tuberculosis Is Detected In A Fort Bend County High School
Posted on · Kempner High School notified parents on Monday and says the county’s health officials have identified a small group of students and staff who will require testing
News
Research Projects Houston Region Will Have Added More Than 300,000 Jobs By 2022
Posted on · An economic forecast from The Perryman Group notes that services and trade will be the sectors with the biggest job growth, but the post-Harvey recovery will also be a factor
News
Houstonian Condemned In Family Murder Plot Loses High Court Appeal
Posted on · Whitaker offered to take responsibility for the killings and accept life sentences but his attorneys said prosecutors rejected it because it contained no expression of remorse for the shooting deaths of his mother and his brother
Business
Target Chooses Greater Houston For New Store Concept
Posted on · The discount retailer picked a new shopping center under construction near Sugar Land for a first-of-its-kind store.
Transportation
Sugar Land Becomes The Latest City To Ban Texting While Driving
Posted on · Police will issue warnings for the first 90 days. Then they'll start giving tickets that carry heavy fines.
News
A Houston Suburb Has A New Place For Concerts
Posted on · Sugar Land’s Smart Financial Centre is expected to bring big acts and big business.
Houston Matters
How Can Houston Suburbs Improve?
Posted on · A new report from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research examines ways Houston suburbs can improve.