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Fort Bend Area H-E-B Stores Recalling Hill Country Fare Brand Bread

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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H-E-B grocery stores has issued a recall notice because of the possible presence of “foreign material” in its Hill Country Fare bread.
The recall affects bread sold in all H-E-B stores sold throughout the Fort Bend area.
The grocery chain stressed the move is “only a precautionary recall” and “no illness have been reported,” according to a [...]

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Kempner Senior Murdered In Mexico

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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After receiving reports of the death of an 18-year-old Kempner High School senior, FBISD has sent counselors to the campus for any student that feels the need to speak to someone.
Mexican police say the investigation is continuing into the apparent bludgeoning death of Elisabeth Mandala after her body was found along with two men in [...]

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Fort Bend Gasoline Prices Remained Stable Last Week, Local Average At $2.70 Per Gallon

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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Average retail gasoline prices remained almost stable last week, with pump prices in Fort Bend and the Houston area going up by just 0.1 cents per gallon.
The current local average price is now $2.70 cents per gallon.
Nationally, the average gas price also remained relatively flat, increasing just 0.1 cents per gallon to remain at $2.87 [...]

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Katy ISD Job Fair Draws 3,000 Teacher Hopefuls, Including Some Laid Off From Other Area School Districts

Monday, April 26, 2010

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Some 3,000 hopeful educators showed up at Saturday’s Katy ISD Teacher Job Fair at the Merrell Center, including a number who will be losing their jobs as a result of layoffs at other Houston area school districts.
District personnel said the crowd was the largest ever for a Katy ISD teacher job fair, attributing the large [...]

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Amber Alert Cancelled, Two-Month-Old Found Dead Along Buffalo Bayou

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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Houston Police have cancelled an amber alert issued late Wednesday for a two-month-old boy after finding the child’s body buried in a shallow grave along Buffalo Bayou near Woodway.
Investigators issued the Amber Alert for Misoh Gulabbaksh after his mother reported a black male took the infant from his stroller near the 8000 block of Woodway, [...]

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AMBER ALERT: Houston Police Report Two-Month-Old Boy Abducted

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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Houston Police have issued an Amber Alert for a two-month-old boy who they say was taken from his stroller late this afternoon in southwest Houston.
Misoh Gulabbaksh was abducted at approximately 5:30 p.m. Wednesday by an unknown male in the 8000 block of Woodway Drive.
Police describe the suspect as a black male between 5-feet 4-inches and [...]

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Fulshear Residents Invited To ‘Meet And Mingle’ Event With City Council Candidates

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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Fulshear residents are being invited to an ice cream and cookie social to “meet and mingle” with candidates in the upcoming city council election.
The social will take place this Thursday, April 22, at the Irene Stern Community Center. It will begin at 6:30 p.m.
In announcing the social, organizers Dr. Pamela Carr and Melisa Roberts stressed [...]

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Fulshear Simonton Fire Department To Hold Open House For New Fire Station

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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The Fulshear Simonton Fire Department will host a dedication ceremony and open house this Saturday, April 17, for its new Fire Station #3 on Fulshear-Gaston Road.
The public is invited to attend, tour the station, handle firefighting equipment, get an up-close look at the fire trucks and talk to firefighters about their job.
Firefighters will also be [...]

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Fort Bend County Extends Voting By One Hour In Today’s Primary Runoffs

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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BREAKING NEWS
At the request of Fort Bend County Elections Administrator John Oldham, District Judge James Shoemake has ordered Fort Bend County to extend polling hours throughout the county by one hour until 8 p.m. tonight. 
The request of an extension results from technical problems encountered this morning with the electronic poll books connected to the verification of voters [...]

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Fort Bend County Reports Problems With Electronic Poll List, Glitch Forces Manual Verification Of Voters

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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Voter turnout is reported to be light in today’s primary runoff election, but some Fort Bend County polling places are experiencing delays due to a malfunction with the county’s electronic poll list.
Fort Bend County Elections Administrator John Oldham said the electronic poll book – commonly called the “voter list” – was not working properly.
Because of [...]

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Former Sugar Land Police Chief Lisa Womack Forced Out As Chief of Chicago-Area Police Department

Friday, April 2, 2010

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Former Sugar Land Police Chief Lisa Womack has been forced out as police chief of a fast-growing Chicago-area suburb.
Womack officially resigned late Thursday afternoon after being placed on administrative leave March 10 by the Elgin, IL, city council.
She had been given 21 days to accept a buyout offer from the city and resign or face [...]

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Inaugural Cross Creek Ranch Fine Arts Festival To Debut April 10

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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Ten Katy area artists will be among those featured at the inaugural Cross Creek Ranch Fine Arts Festival on Saturday, April 10, in Fulshear’s Cross Creek Ranch.
In addition to the local talent, the festival will also feature artists from across Texas, all displaying their work in an outdoor setting.
Houston art promoter Mitch Cohen organized the [...]

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Telfair Named One Of The Top Selling Developments In The Nation

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Sugar Land’s Telfair has been named one of the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities for new home sales in 2009 according to a survey by RCLCO, an independent real estate advisory firm.
Telfair, developed by Newland Communities, was ranked fourth in the national survey. That ranking was up from sixth the prior year, with 450 new-home sales, [...]

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