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Houston Police Union Endorses Richard Raymond Fort Bend DA’s Race

The Houston Police Officers Union this week endorsed Republican candidate Richard Raymond in his bid to unseat Fort Bend County District Attorney John Healey.
 
Fort Bend County resident and HPOU Executive Director Mark Clark and HPOU President Gary Blankenship made the announcement.
 
Clark is a 31 year veteran of the Houston Police Department and has resided in [...]

Weston Lakes City Council Set To Discuss Emergency Preparedness Measures

Emergency preparedness measures are expected to dominate the discussion at tonight’s meeting of the Weston Lakes City Council.
 
Council members will hear an update on emergency preparedness for Fort Bend County’s newest municipality, including information on unauthorized releases, a mitigation plan, the status of a FEMA grant and the submission of a grant to the Houston-Galveston [...]

High School Attendance Zone Discussion Dominates KISD Board Meeting

The hottest topic at Wednesday night’s school board meeting was not even on the agenda – the possible rezoning of some Cinco Ranch High School students to neighboring Taylor High School.
 
A total of nine speakers signed up to address Katy ISD board members, all of whom implored trustees to consider the impact on students affected [...]

New FBISD Chief Sworn In

The Fort Bend Independent School District has sworn in new police chief, David W. Rider, as the replacement for J.L. “Bubba” Campbell, who retired at the end of last year.
 
Rider has more than 19 years of experience in law enforcement, with 16 of those in management, supervision, investigations, disaster preparedness and emergency response. Before joining [...]

Fort Bend Sheriff’s Office Investigating Attempted Traffic Stop By Police Impersonator

Detectives with the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a Sunday incident in which a police impersonator attempted to stop a female motorist.
 
The female driver was followed Sunday evening at around 9 p.m. for a short period of time in the Tara Subdivision. The woman reported she became concerned when an unmarked white car [...]

Fulshear Council, Planning Commission To Hold Goal-Setting Meeting

The Fulshear City Council has set a tentative date for a joint workshop with the Fulshear Planning Commission to set city goals for 2010.
 
At this week’s meeting, council members penciled in Feb. 4 as the date for the joint meeting. That date is subject to change depending on the availability of planning commission members.
 
Councilman Derek [...]

Fulshear Council Looking To Equip Community Center As Emergency Shelter

At this week’s Fulshear City Council meeting, Mayor Pro-Tem J.B. Collins urged his colleagues to begin the planning process to equip the Irene Stern Community Center for use as an emergency shelter for area residents.
 
Collins said he began thinking about the need to better equip the facility as a shelter in the wake of Hurricane [...]

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Fort Bend Libraries Providing Newborns With Baby Book Bags During Children’s Book Week

Next week, in celebration of Children’s Book Week, Fort Bend County Libraries will continue the annual tradition of welcoming newborns to the wonders of books by giving each baby born in the county a special baby book bag.
 
Each book bag contains a book, a bib, special certificate, list of suggested reading for children and information [...]

AG Consumer Alert: Beware Of Charitable Scams During Haiti Relief Effort

Even as aid from around the world makes its way into earthquake-stricken Haiti, the Texas Attorney General’s Office is cautioning well-meaning residents to use great care when donating to earthquake relief efforts.
 
The international Red Cross estimated on Thursday that 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesday’s magnitude-7.0 earthquake, and charitable organizations are asking for [...]

Graney Challenges Paul To Stop ‘Antics And Self-Promotion’ And Agree To Debate

Congressional candidate and Katy resident Tim Graney is calling out long-time incumbent Congressman Ron Paul (R-Lake Jackson) to take part in a series of debates across the 14th Congressional District.
  
That district includes parts of Fort Bend County, including most of Cinco Ranch, and much of the upper Texas Gulf Coast.
 
Graney is challenging Paul in the [...]

Fort Bend Adopts New Fees, Regulations For Septic Systems

The Fort Bend County Commissioner’s Court has adopted a revised on site sewage facility fee schedule, as well as a regulatory framework to help better control poorly maintained septic systems.
 
County commissioners adopted the new schedule on Dec. 8; its provisions became effective Jan. 1.
 
In addition to the revised fee schedule, a new annual maintenance contract [...]

FB District Attorney Candidates To Debate At Cinco Ranch Library

The Katy Area Republicans will be hosting a political debate at the Cinco Ranch Library Jan. 12 featuring the three announced candidates for Fort Bend County District Attorney.
 
The debate will begin promptly at 6:15 p.m.
 
Long-time incumbent John Healy will field questions, along with challengers Richard Raymond and Nina Schaeffer. All are running as Republicans.
 
According to [...]