Author: Aubrey Vogel

Federally-required renovations to the Sugar Land Regional Airport’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection building is set to begin in October.

Utah-based franchise Chip Cookies will open its doors in Katy in October, officials said.

A first-of-its-kind county health care partnership is set to begin between Fort Bend County and Lamar CISD this fall, officials said.

Fort Bend County’s fiscal year 2024-25 budget brings new parks, infrastructure improvements and increased employee pay, including for law enforcement and elected officials.

Huggins Road will gain a center lane with the commencement of a $6.5 million project to widen and extend the road from Fulshear Katy Road to FM 359, said Mark Dessens, program manager and consultant for Fort Bend County Precinct 1.

Pho Guru offers Vietnamese flavors to Old Katy, officials said.

Fort Bend County law enforcement employees will receive $10.2 million in raises in fiscal year 2024-25, funded by a hiring freeze of nearly half the vacant positions in the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office.

The budget, approved at a Sept. 23 City Council meeting, includes $73.13 million in expenses for FY 2024-25, a nearly $3.81 million decrease from FY 2023-24.

George is suspected of working with Taral Patel—the Democratic candidate for Precinct 3 commissioner who also served as George’s former chief of staff—by “acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of misrepresentation…

Opened in November 1974, the Mamie George Branch Library in Stafford was one of the first two branches to open in the system, alongside the Albert George Branch Library in Needville, according to a Sept. 17 news release.