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Pecan Grove residents share concerns about taste and smell of water
RICHMOND – A community in Fort Bend County says they have concerns about the taste and smell of the water. “It’s not normal. We’ve lived here for 17 years, and we have never had the smell, the taste and skin issues that we are having now,” Tamara Lipani said.
Arcola mayor receives threatening package containing noose, police say
The “threatening package” was sent to Mayor Fred Burton and contained a paper reading “Get out of the race now!!” along with the noose, according to investigators. The mayor of a small town in Fort Bend County received a package on Tuesday containing a noose and a letter demanding he withdraw from the city’s upcoming mayoral election, according to the city’s police department.
Fort Bend County residents can appeal 2024 property appraisals
Fort Bend County property appraisals have begun to be distributed and can be appealed. (Courtesy of Fort Bend Central Appraisal District) The Fort Bend Central Appraisal District has begun distributing property appraisal notices via mail, and residents have until May 15 to appeal local values. “The market appears to have...
Investigation into Fort Bend ISD bond shows leaders failed to adjust for inflation between 2022, 2023 proposals
The investigation showed administration leaders made a “conscious decision” to not increase cost estimates for anticipated compounding inflation on projects between the 2022 and 2023 bond proposals. (Dave Manning/Community Impact) A law firm’s investigation shows Fort Bend ISD’s $132.6 million shortfall for its May 2023 bond was primarily...
Fort Bend County collecting bids for design, build of jail renovations
The Fort Bend County Jail will see renovations to its interior and exterior security. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact) The Fort Bend County Jail will have increased security with entry renovations and additional fencing for the East and West Towers. The details. At an April 19 meeting, Fort Bend County commissioners approved...
New EPA air quality standards could impact Katy area
Experts said transportation-related sources can contribute to fine particulate matter, a pollutant the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently tightened standards on, pushing Harris County to nonattainment. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact) Harris County and nine other Texas counties don’t meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new national air quality standards for fine...
Report: FBISD decisions, not a missing email, to blame for bond program overruns
Months after the news broke about a projected $136.2 million cost overrun for Fort Bend ISD's record $1.26 billion bond program, a report of an outside investigation released Tuesday finds that the main culprits behind the overrun are the prior administration's failure to account to new inflation costs while not incorporating changes in the scope of many projects into the budget - not the failure of one former employee to forward an email about cost projections to others in the administration.
Houston man receives 45 years in 2018 stabbing death in Katy
A Fort Bend County jury on April 16 sentenced a Houston man to 45 years in prison after convicted him of murdering a friend of his estranged wife in 2018. Godson Olayiwola Akran, 44, was charged in the stabbing death of Taofeek Anifata during an argument in his wife’s Katy home, according to a news release from the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office.
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