Calvary Episcopal Preparatory Teacher Receives Award

Calvary Episcopal Preparatory is proud to announce that one of their teachers, Mr. Chris Mullen, was honored with the “The Connie Wootton Excellence in Teaching“ award. Mr. Mullen was presented this award, specific to Early Childhood, on Friday, October 25th at the Southwestern Association of Episcopal...

The Needville Education Foundation’s Blue Jean Ball

The Needville Education Foundation (NEF) continues to soar into their sixth successful year helping Needville Independent School District (NISD). NEF has awarded over $250,000 in educational resources to NISD classrooms from pre-K through 12th grade and expects to be well over $300,000 in 2020. Executive...

Fort Bend County Law Library Celebrates 30 Years With Open House

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Law Library will celebrate its 30th Anniversary with an Open House on Friday, January 10th, from 9 am to 3 pm. The public is invited to enjoy light refreshments, tour the library and attend demonstrations of the library’s database resources. The open house is free and open to...

Richmond Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for Ten Consecutive Years

A Certificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation was presented to Maritza Salazar, Richmond’s Interim Finance Director, at the July regular Commission meeting.  When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an entity, a Certificate of Recognition is also presented to the individual...

City of Richmond Hires Emergency Management Coordinator

The City of Richmond has a new Emergency Management Coordinator, Anthony Pryor, who comes to the position with over 18 years of experience in the fire and emergency service field. Pryor most recently served as Captain with the City of Leander Fire Marshal’s Office. Prior to that, he was with the Fort Bend...

Johnson Development Communities Donate $17,000 Benefiting LCISD Students

The Lamar Educational Awards Foundation (L.E.A.F.) celebrates Johnson Development’s donation of $17,000 that will benefit hundreds of students attending schools in the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD). The grants, awarded by the Johnson Development communities of Veranda and Jordan...

OakBend Medical Center’s Patchwork Of Life 2019

OakBend Medical Center is excited to announce that the 2019 Patchwork of Life scheduled for Thursday, October 10th at Safari Texas Ranch. The event will begin at 6 pm with the program starting at 7:30 pm. This year’s event will benefit OakBend’s Women’s Imaging Department. Funds raised from the event...

Needville Harvest Festival Scheduled for October 18th and 19th

The 36th Annual Needville Harvest Festival will bring two days of fall fun to Harvest Park, located at 3001 Violet Street, on Friday, October 18th and Saturday, October 19th. Gates will open at 5 pm Friday for an evening of live music and the annual barbecue cook-off, sponsorship dinner and margarita...

Retired Nasa Scientist to Share Memories of Apollo Launches

NASA launched Apollo 11 to the moon 50 years ago on July 16, 1969. What exactly did it take to accomplish this successful, history-making mission? Hear a behind-the-scenes account from one of the NASA scientists who helped make that dream a reality, at a special program, “The Apollo Mission: To the Moon...

Fort Bend County Fair Honorees Named

The Schulze Family will be recognized as the 2019 Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo Honorees. Actively supporting the fair for decades as sponsors, buyers, exhibitors and fair-goers, the Schulze family has passed its commitment to the Fort Bend County Fair from generation to generation. The Schulze family owns...