Last Friday, the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center hosted a “New Year’s Noon” event that allowed for young children to have a countdown to ring in 2022 while giving their parents a chance to maintain their kids’ usual bedtimes. 

Atomic Gaming Cafe, 4747 State Hwy. 6, is inconspicuously placed between a Starbucks and a Star Cinema Grill. But the humble location has become a source of community for players from across Fort Bend County. 

The pilot of a small cargo plane and a paraglider were killed last week after the two collided near Fulshear, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Children in hundreds of Fort Bend County families will have at least one extra toy under the tree and a smile on their face this Christmas season, thanks to an annual holiday effort by the county to provide free gifts for children last weekend.

Vivaldi Music Academy's music classes at Sugar Land Town Square are a hit for many parents and their young children. 

An immersive entertainment concept has chosen Fort Bend County to open its first-ever brick and mortar location.

One of Fort Bend County’s biggest holiday spectacles is the Sugar Land Holiday Lights event. The eighth edition of the annual event began Nov. 19 and runs through Jan. 9. 

When Missouri City resident Monica Rawlins' teenage son leaves home at night, she just hopes he makes it back safely.

Fort Bend County Chamber of Commerce CEO Keri Schmidt has been elected to serve as the chair for the Board of Directors of the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives (TCCE),according to a news release from the local chamber.

For this week's Fun in Fort Bend Adventure, reporter Stefan Modrich tours Golem's Gate Gaming & Geekdom in Stafford and plays a round of Dungeons & Dragons. 

Residents of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County looking to get into the holiday spirit can come out to Sugar Land Town Square to get the fun started next week.

Some families could see their stories memorialized in art form.

One of a local nonprofit’s most prominent events is gearing up for another run this holiday season.

The annual Sugar Land Holiday Lights display is back at Constellation Field, opening to the public on Friday.

As Thanksgiving approaches, there are plenty of activities for Fort Bend County residents of all ages, persuasions, and passions to enjoy on the holiday itself and the week leading up to it.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George was briefly hospitalized, and is now recovering, after doctors found and removed a kidney stone in a surgery over the weekend.

The beautiful fall weather we’ve been having has been a great excuse for me to get outside and spend more time in local parks. 

Preparation Is Key

Last Sunday afternoon, I arrived at Sugar Land Baptist Church to find a packed parking lot and large inflatable bounce houses and slides and a gathering of dozens of families with young children holding pumpkins and buckets with candy. 

Last Saturday, in partnership with The Arc of Fort Bend County, the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Sugar Land campus tested some of the museum’s “sensory-friendly” features designed for the special needs community, particularly those on the sensory spectrum or Autism spectrum.

Sugar Land has named a new assistant fire chief to replace the recently-retired Javier Crespo, the city announced Wednesday.

An option for Fort Bend ISD students wanting to get real-world experience in the culinary arts is now reopen to the community.

The city of Sugar Land said Oct. 4 that longtime city secretary Glenda Gundermann died following a prolonged illness. Gundermann – who retired in 2019 – served with the city of Sugar Land for 35 years, according to a news release from the city.

Whether you’re looking for leisurely sightseeing or fishing or an intense full-body workout, paddling has something to offer to people at all levels. 

After announcing they were going to become the Houston Astros' Triple-A affiliate, officials with the Sugar land Skeeters said before the season that while many things would change and they hoped to bring their fan interactions to new levels, they wanted to remain an affordable source of fam…

For more than a decade, a group of Fort Bend County and West Houston residents have gathered together to watch movies, play cards, have holiday parties, and more. 

Last summer, Clements High School senior Sudharshini Prasanna was sitting with her younger sister brainstorming ideas for the Breakthrough Junior Challenge video competition when her stomach growled.

The Cullinan Park Conservancy, led by board president Robbin Mallett, hosted a series of guided bird watching events for people of all ages in celebration of Houston Bird Week, a program led by the Houston Audubon Society. 

A Fort Bend County resident was one of four veterans recently presented with the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal for their role as Chinese-American service members during World War II.

Just weeks before the Fort Bend County Fair is set to return, officials with the organization announced several changes and cancellations as cases of the delta variant of coronavirus spike around the state.

Fort Bend County residents can get a little bit of exercise while donating to help those in need during a 5K walk and run in Richmond’s Harvest Green subdivision later this month.

If you ask someone to think about trailblazers in Houston, they are likely to tilt their head to the skies, a recognition of the area’s legacy in the field of space flight and aeronautical engineering. 

One local first responder in particular will always remember the terrorist attacks on the United States after being on the ground in New York in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center 20 years ago. Cpt. Greg Hopper of the Sugar Land Fire Department was part of a select FEMA search-and-rescue team tasked with helping sift through the rubble after two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers and caused them to fall.

A well-known Instagram model with more than 2.6 million followers is dead in what Richmond police say might be is a case of murder-suicide.

Two men have been arrested in connection to what law enforcement say is a string of construction material thefts, including at least one in Fort Bend County, according to the sheriff’s office.

As Louisianans braced for Hurricane Ida over the weekend and media reports spoke about preparations in New Orleans, Joel Barrios began to wonder about his hometown of Lafourche Parish.

We paid a visit to the Imperial Farmers Market in Sugar Land, which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in the coming months.

If you’re looking for something to do on a night out that’s a little bit different than your typical evening out on the town at a bar or restaurant, CraftWorx owner Alexis Geissler may have a solution for you that unleashes your creative side. 

Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday seized more than 700 million pills and shuttered operations at a Sugar Land pharmaceutical distribution company as part of an opioid investigation, according to the administration.

This week’s paper includes our annual Reader’s Choice section, where we highlight the area businesses that have shined brightest, according to our readers.

In 2017, Faas founded Inspired Fitness, where she and other women bond over motherhood and their shared desire to live healthy and active lifestyles and be there for each other as friends. 

Three Fort Bend County students are set to receive $1,000 scholarships from a local American Legion group.

The Cullinan Park Conservancy is accepting submissions for its fifth annual photo contest, the organization said in an Aug. 2 news release.Photographers of all ages may submit up to five total photos across five different categories – birds, wildlife, flora (trees, flowers, plants), landscap…

I have only been to a movie theater twice in the last two years, with my second visit coming last Friday at Stafford’s AMC Fountains 18, 11225 Fountain Lake Drive. 

About two months ago, Cookie Joe Arthur learned she had Stage 2 breast cancer, just a short time after finding a lump during a self-examination.

 Oyster Creek Park feels like a cozy neighborhood park, and it is, largely because of its water garden with a fountain and a waterfall feature that is surrounded by rocks and tucked back comfortably in the shade. But it is also rather large, at 111 acres. 

Throughout the last year, finding a good arcade bar was not exactly top of mind during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 The rainy weather last weekend was the impetus for the last-minute change in plans which resulted in my discovery of Altitude Trampoline Park at 4550 State Highway 6 S. in Sugar Land.