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Bush High School Broncos Headed To State Championship Game
The Bush High School Broncos Boys’ Basketball Team is headed to the state championship game. The Broncos advanced to the Class 5A State Championship game after defeating the then nationally-ranked Bellaire Cardinals, 55-53, at the Class 5A Region III Basketball Tournament.
Led by head coach Ronnie Courtney, the Broncos currently hold an overall game average of [...]
14-Year-Old Girl Arrested For Pointing Toy Gun At FBISD Bus Driver
12. March 2010
A 14-year-old female FBISD student was arrested around 7:50 a.m. Thursday morning after she pointed what appeared to be a real gun at an FBISD bus driver, then tried to board the bus with another girl and a boy.
FBISD school bus #141 was empty, and stopped momentarily in a Kroger parking lot close to Independence [...]
‘Person Of Interest’ Cleared In Missouri City Murder
11. March 2010
A man originally thought to be a “person of interest” in a March 4 murder in Missouri City has been cleared as a suspect, according to police.
The man was arrested the day of the murder on unrelated narcotics violations, and is still in jail. Police are pursuing several leads in the investigation, but have no [...]
Johnson Development Names Goff As Chief Operating Officer
11. March 2010
W. Douglas Goff, senior vice president and director of land development of the Sienna Plantation community, has been named Chief Operating Officer of The Johnson Development Corp., a residential and commercial development company.
Goff has been with Johnson Development for 15 years, first as general manager of the 10,500 acre Sienna Plantation community. He holds a [...]
FBISD Names Employees Of The Month
11. March 2010
The Fort Bend Independent School District has named its Employees of the Month for March. Mylana Jackson, DATE Grant Coordinator in the Accountability Department, is the Professional Employee of the Month for March 2010, and Margo Duswalt, Community Relations Department switchboard receptionist, is the Auxiliary Employee of the Month for March 2010.
Jackson “clearly exceeds expectations [...]
TEA Revokes Accreditation Of Troubled Kendleton ISD, School To Close July 1
11. March 2010
The troubled Kendleton Independent School District has been notified by the Texas Education Agency it will have its state accreditation revoked due to continued substandard academic ratings.
The district was formally classified as “Not Accredited: Revoked,” according to an announcement from the TEA yesterday.
The revocation was not unexpected for the struggling one-school district in southern Fort [...]
Missouri City Police And Fire Auxiliary To Hold Benefit
11. March 2010
The Missouri City Police & Fire Auxiliary Annual Benefit is scheduled for March 12 at the Missouri City Community Center, 1522 Texas Parkway. The event will begin at 6 p.m., with live music from 8-11 p.m.
About $100,000 has been raised since the start of the annual benefit 15 years ago, with funds used to purchase [...]
Wal-mart Foundation Grant To Help Feed Hungry Seniors In Fort Bend County
11. March 2010
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels, headquartered in Rosenberg, has been awarded $15,000 through the Wal-mart Foundation’s grant to the Meals On Wheels Association of America. The money will provide a HotShot delivery truck which is able to hold up to 200 meals.
With the heating and cooling elements on the truck, the meals will be kept [...]
FBISD’s Community Relations Team Receives Nine State Awards
11. March 2010
The Texas School Public Relations Association presented nine awards to the Fort Bend Independent School District’s Community Relations and Partnerships Department for outstanding print media and electronic media during its recent annual conference.
TSPRA recognizes communicators in school districts, education foundations, education associations and organizations for outstanding work. This year, 1,032 entries were received. Of those [...]
Stafford High School Boys’ Basketball Team Advances To State For Second Consecutive Year
11. March 2010
Stafford High School boys will play Lubbock Estacado in the state semi-finals of the 3A state basketball tournament at 3:30 p.m. today in the Frank Erwin Center, located at the University of Texas campus in Austin.
Over the past weekend, the boys were crowned Region 3 champions in Corpus Christi by beating Corpus Christi West Oso [...]
Twin Brothers Arrested For Stealing Neighbor’s TV
10. March 2010
Twin 26-year-old brothers were arrested in Rosenberg Sunday after a witness allegedly saw one of them moving a television police say they stole from a neighbor.
Rosenberg police were called to a home in the 1000 block of Houston, where the resident said that her large flat-screen television had been stolen. A member of the victim’s [...]
Part 2: Broxson Talks Bonds
10. March 2010
This is the second story in a three-part series in which Fort Bend Independent School District Bob Broxson spoke exclusively with FortBendNow about the district’s current financial crisis. To read the first story, click here.
Despite public comments to the contrary, outgoing Fort Bend Independent School District Board President Bob Broxson said the district’s 2007 [...]
Rosenberg Sewer Project Will Bring Contractors Into Residents’ Back Yards
10. March 2010
Rosenberg residents in the Tobola Subdivision and Lucille Dyer Addition should prepare for a $441,000 sanitary sewer rehabilitation project that could bring crews into their back yards.
The project will improve approximately 9000 linear feet of lines in the area, many of which have been in the ground for nearly 50 years. Work on the project has [...]
12. March 2010
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