September 2, 2010 3:30 pm

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Brookshire Mayor Makes Court Appearance, Trial On Felony Charges Set For Jan. 10

Brookshire Mayor Joey Vaughn has made an initial court appearance in 155th District Court on felony assault charges.
Vaughn and Jessica Vaughn, also known as Jessica Chavez, were both indicted in April on felony charges they assaulted a police officer who had been called to quell a loud party in Brookshire last October.
Both were indicted on [...]

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September 2, 2010 2:30 pm

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Houston Cougars Offering Half-Price Tickets For ‘Fort Bend County Day’

All Fort Bend County residents are being invited to an upcoming Houston Cougars football game for half price during Fort Bend County Day at Robertson Stadium.
Fort Bend County Day will be Saturday, Sept. 25 as the Cougars take on the Tulane Green Wave. County residents will be able to purchase tickets for $15.
Tickets can be [...]

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September 2, 2010 2:00 pm

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Katy Prairie Conservancy Invites Public To Sunday Hike In Barn Owl Woods

The Katy Prairie Conservancy will be hosting an unguided tour of Barn Owl Woods this Sunday.
Barn Owl Woods is a stand of upland forest in the middle of the Katy Prairie that serves as home to a host of wildlife.
Hikers will be able to walk along a mulched trail as they observe the wildlife within [...]

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September 2, 2010 12:30 pm

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Selection Of New Police Chief Again On Brookshire City Council Agenda

Brookshire city leaders may take another shot at naming that city’s new police chief during tonight’s city council meeting.
Part of tonight’s meeting agenda includes “discussion and possible action regarding hiring a police chief for the city.”
Brookshire has been without a permanent police chief since Joseph Prejean stepped down from the post in June in what [...]

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September 2, 2010 11:30 am

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Katy City Council To Hold Special Budget Workshop This Evening

The Katy City Council will meet in special workshop session this evening to discuss the city’s proposed 2010-2011 budget.
The workshop will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the city council chambers of the Katy Municipal Complex.
The meeting will be dedicated to discussion of the proposed budget, but no final action will be taken.
The city’s new fiscal [...]

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September 2, 2010 9:00 am

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Trustees ‘Officially’ Turn Down Tea Party, Say They Will Hold Three Public Bond Meetings Instead

In what has been termed an “official response,” the Katy ISD Board of Trustees turned down the Katy Tea Party Patriots’ invitation to take part in a planned October informational meeting on the district’s proposed $459 million bond issue.
In a statement e-mailed yesterday by Katy ISD spokesman Steve Stanford, board members told Tea Party President [...]

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September 2, 2010 8:00 am

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Waller County Sex Offender Arrested On Kidnapping Charges After Victim Escapes, Calls Police

A Waller County man remains in custody in the Harris County Jail after being arrested last weekend at his Buller Road home on kidnapping charges.
Waller County sheriff’s deputies, the Waller County SWAT team and Houston police officers arrested Michael James Deluca, 39, after his reported victim led officers to his home.
According to police reports, Deluca [...]

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September 2, 2010 6:30 am

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Sign Up For ‘Smartest Card of All’ During Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is Library Card Sign-up Month and Fort Bend County Libraries wants to make sure all area children are among the two-thirds of Americans that carry a library card.
Studies show that children who are read to in the home – and who use the library – perform better in school and are more likely to [...]

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September 1, 2010 4:15 pm

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Library System Looking For Oldest Library Card In Fort Bend County

Do you have the oldest library card in Fort Bend County?
September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month and in celebration, Fort Bend County Libraries is seeking the oldest library card in the county, which could date back as far as 1947 when the library system was founded.
The library patron with the oldest library card will [...]

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September 1, 2010 3:00 pm

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Amobi Okoye To Host Katy Defensive Tackle As Special Guest At Thursday’s Texans Game

Yesterday, Houston Texans defensive tackle Amobi Okoye sent the administrator of his foundation to surprise Katy High Senior Nick Narcisse with tickets to Thursday night’s Texans game against Tampa Bay.
Amobi Okoye Foundation Administrator Henry Dibrell presented the tickets to Narcisse on behalf of Okoye.
Okoye said he wanted to invite Narcisse to the game as a special guest [...]

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September 1, 2010 1:27 pm

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Sealy-Based BAE Systems Receives $629 Million Contract To Upgrade Caiman Military Vehicles

BREAKING NEWS
Sealy-based BAE Systems has gotten a new lease on life after being awarded a $629 million government contract from the Army’s U.S. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Joint Program Office to upgrade 1,700 military vehicles.
The upgrades and modifications will be made to a multi-terrain vehicle called the Caiman.
The modifications involve integrating a refurbished and improved [...]

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September 1, 2010 12:30 pm

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Fort Bend County Libraries To Close In Observance Of Labor Day

All branches of Fort Bend County Libraries will be closed Monday, Sept. 6 in observance of Labor Day. 
Regular library hours will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
The library system’s online library will remain open at www.fortbend.lib.tx.us for searching the catalog, renewing books or placing holds, downloading e-books or using the research databases.
For additional information, contact the [...]

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September 1, 2010 10:00 am

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More Katy ISD Trustees Turn Down Invitation To Tea Party Meeting

Four more Katy ISD trustees have turned down invitations to take part in the Katy Tea Party Patriots’ planned October informational meeting about the school district’s $459 million bond issue.
The bond issue will be decided by school district voters during the Nov. 2 election.  
In recent days, board members Chris Crockett, Rebecca Fox, Neal Howard and [...]

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