Major weekend construction planned for I-69 Brazos River bridge project
RICHMOND, Texas — If you're planning to drive on I-69 Southwest Freeway in Fort Bend County next weekend, you might want to find another route. The Texas Department of Transportation is closing multiple lanes nightly in both directions for three days starting the evening of Friday, Dec. 19. TxDOT...
Union Pacific to develop new 2,000-acre industrial park near Rosenberg
The Mainland Texas Industrial Park is slated for a swath of land between U.S. 90 and State Highway 36 and close to Interstate 69, officials said.
Gulf States Weather Watch 2026: Texas–Louisiana Could Challenge Late-December Heat Records
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. The Gulf States are shaping up to be one of the hottest focal points in the country as the calendar flips toward 2026, with Texas and Louisiana squarely in the path of a late-December warmth surge. Forecast...
Large crowds of shoppers evacuate Katy Mills Mall after fire breaks out at food...
KATY, Texas — Christmas shoppers rushed for the exits at Katy Mills Mall on Saturday as fire alarms blared throughout the building. Videos shared online showed massive crowds moving toward the doors while the sirens went off inside the mall. One witness said she was in the food court...
Wrong-way driver crashes into family of 4 on Grand Parkway, only a 3-year-old survived,...
A wrong-way driver crashed into a family of four on the Grand Parkway near FM 1464, killing all occupants except a 3-year-old, FBCSO says.
Woman Charged After Children Were Found Living Surrounded by Dog Feces and a Baby...
The home also had no electricity, according to authorities
Grand Parkway expansion, local schools closing: 5 trending stories in the Greater Houston area
Grand Parkway is slated to include a ramp to the Bay Colony Town Center, which is located on the south side of League City. (Jamaal Ellis/Community Impact) Need to catch up on Community Impact’s coverage from this week? Check out five trending stories in the Greater Houston area from Dec. 15-19.
Man receives 10-year probation with jail time in auto-pedestrian death case
A Fort Bend County man recently received a maximum 10-year probation plea with jail time in the first arrest in the county under the Lisa Torry Smith Act. Bao Lung Giang was charged in a 2023 auto-pedestrian crash in the New Territory subdivision which resulted in the death of pedestrian Donald Yeager.
Fort Bend Seniors program postpones cuts to Meals on Wheels service after the community...
A Meals on Wheels program that helps seniors in Fort Bend and Waller counties said it's postponing cuts that were days away from starting, thanks to the community.
Fair pay for contract workers in Fort Bend County guaranteed after commissioners vote on...
With the start of a new year, Fort Bend County introduces a policy to ensure contractors working on county projects pay their workers appropriately.
