Lake Jessup to Be Stocked With Rainbow Trout for Local Anglers in December
The City of Meadows Place will take part in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Rainbow Trout Stocking program. Lake Jessup is scheduled to be stocked during the week of December 8, 2024. The planned date is December 11, but this may change if weather conditions require it.
Late-Night Thunderstorms Sweep Across Southeast Texas Bringing Heavy Rain and Minor Flooding Threat
Houston, Texas — A line of late-night thunderstorms has developed across southeast Texas, bringing bursts of heavy rain, frequent lightning, and the potential for minor flooding as the storms drift northeast. As of 11:35 p.m. Central, radar imagery showed widespread rain and embedded thunderstorms stretching from...
Texas Implements Controversial ‘Bathroom Bill,’ Prompting Mixed Reactions and Confusion in Public Institutions
Texas has implemented Senate Bill 8, also called the "bathroom bill." The law requires that multi-occupancy restrooms in public schools, universities, and state and city buildings be used based on a person’s sex assigned at birth. Private businesses are not affected. Shayla Anderson with Fort Bend County Pride told...
Texas ‘bathroom bill’ goes into effect, but how will it be enforced?
Starting Dec. 4, a state law goes into effect restricting how people can use bathrooms in state-owned facilities.
Sugar Land widow takes first step across crosswalk that changed her life after landmark...
SUGAR LAND, Texas — For more than two years, Teresa Yeager says she could drive past the crosswalk in her New Territory neighborhood, but she couldn't bring herself to walk it. That changed this week, after the driver who hit and killed her husband, Don Yeager, pleaded guilty under...
Navasota woman sentenced to prison for stealing from emergency services district
WALLER COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - A Navasota woman has been sentenced to a decade in prison after admitting she stole thousands of dollars from a local emergency services district while working as a trusted bookkeeper. Miki Suzanne Ellis, 52, pled guilty Monday in Waller County to theft between $30,000 and...
Recent Increase in Thefts and Police Alerts: Meadows Place Police Report for Late October...
The Meadows Place Police Department released its activity report for October 22 to November 17, 2025. The report covers incidents such as assaults, thefts, residential burglaries, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. It also compares these incidents to the previous month. Meadows Place is located in Fort Bend...
Severe risk increases: Check out when to expect storms to fire up late tonight
HOUSTON – Rain returns midweek, with flood risk near the coast. There is a risk for severe storms across SE Texas Wednesday night. The risk is a 1 out of 5, with the biggest threat being hail. While that is on the low end, there is a chance that some isolated storms could fire up heavy downpours and even some small,...
First crosswalk fatality conviction under Lisa Torry Smith Act in Fort Bend County
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas - A tragic accident in 2017 has sparked statewide change, as the family of Lisa Torry Smith sees the first conviction in Fort Bend County. Lisa Torry Smith was hit and killed in a crosswalk while walking her son to school. Her loved ones fought for stronger protections for pedestrians, which...
Cold morning, more rain on the way tomorrow
Need to Know Chilly start Bundle up this morning! We are starting off cold across Southeast Texas after the system that moved through yesterday. Most spots dropped into the upper 30s overnight, and a few locations in the Piney Woods were near freezing. On top of that, we have wind chills near freezing around sunrise!...
