Water quality technicians for the City of Sugar Land collected water quality samples and transported them to an approved lab for water quality testing. (Photo from Facebook)Â
While temperatures rose above freezing Thursday, officials across the county urged drivers to exercise caution as the National Weather Service issued a hard freeze warning from midnight Friday to 9 a.m.Â
Wind chill temperatures are expected to dip between 15 to as low as 5 degrees in some parts of Southeast Texas.Â
As of 6:19 p.m. Thursday, 99.4 percent of CenterPoint Energy customers had their power restored, leaving 15,813 without electricity.
According to CenterPointâs outage tracker, the areas most affected by outages in Fort Bend County are near 1st Street and Highway 59 in Rosenberg and in the Trammels neighborhood of Missouri City south of Highway 6.Â
Farmer Willie Melton took on Fort Bend s whites-only primary system - and changed county politics forever
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Veronica Harris, holds a photo of her grandfather Willie Melton, a wealthy farmer who fought for the right to vote in the free primaries in Fort Bend County in Kendleton on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Former Kendleton, Texas mayor Carolyn Taylor Jones talks about the history of the town on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 in Kendleton, Texas.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Ft. Bend Co. Sheriff-elect after 2 teen brothers killed: We have more work to do
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On Tuesday, State Representative Ron Reynolds addressed violent crime in our area.
The news conference came days after a deadly double shooting in Fresno of two teenage brothers, 15-year-old Devin Massey and 17-year-old Jonathan Massey, on Saturday, Dec. 12.
Loved ones are still waiting for an arrest. They were good boys, family friend Shauntay B Favor said. They were boys that you would love to have as your own.
Friends spoke at the news conference where prosecutors and elected leaders expressed concern about the increase in violent crimes in Fort Bend County.