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The Amber Alert for a missing 16-year-old Fort Bend County girl has been cancelled.
Authorities cancelled the alert for Alyssa Rehfield after she was found unharmed. No other details were released.
The alert had been issued Tuesday after the girl was discovered missing from her home in the Pecan Grove subdivision near Richmond.
She was believed to be [...]

The Brookshire City Council will meet in special session tonight to work on the city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Council members will discuss budget priorities for the cash-strapped city for the 2010-2011 budget year.  The new budget cycle begins Oct. 1.
The council is not expected to take any formal action on the budget during [...]

Representatives from the Princeton Review will conduct a free practice GRE test at the Fort Bend County Libraries’ George Memorial Library in Richmond.
The practice test will be held at 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7 in Room 2B.
A follow-up strategy session will take place the following Saturday, Aug. 14, from 10 a.m. – [...]

Kosmos Coffee Shop has given nearly $500 from its April sales to Breath of Life Children’s Clinic locally, and partnered with Grand Lakes Presbyterian to support its global charity of the month, Medical Benevolence Foundation.
Both organizations benefited from the coffee shop’s April cause – “disease” – one six causes Kosmos has adopted.
Located on Peek Road [...]

 Ray Webb has joined Fort Bend County as its new director of information technology. He will lead the County’s Information Technology Department and will report directly to the Commissioners Court.
Webb’s work experiences include 16 years with the Bell System in which he held various technical and management roles in Central Office operations, Network Engineering and [...]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has linked the bank robbery suspect killed in a shootout with Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office deputies May 22 to more than 20 robberies over a two-year span.
Katy resident Mouafak Kazzaz, 26, was shot and killed after robbing a Sugar Land Bank of America.
He was known as the “Reckless Robber” [...]

Fort Bend County Libraries’ computers and telephones will be down on July 30 and Aug. 1 because of upgrades to the library system’s computer network.
Patrons will not be able to use the libraries’ computers, WiFi, catalog, databases, printing services, self-check or the Internet, nor will they be able to access their library account.
Services are scheduled [...]

During this week’s meeting, the Katy City Council approved two tourism funding grants, one for advertising in a tour manual and the other to cover change orders for repairs to the Depot Visitor Center.
A third, potentially controversial grant request from the Katy Area Chamber of Commerce was pulled from the agenda prior to council action.
The [...]

Four deputy marshals may soon be patrolling the streets of Weston Lakes following city council’s vote to approve the creation of the unpaid positions during Tuesday night’s meeting.
Council approved creation of the unpaid peace officer positions at the request of City Marshal Ron Horowitz.
Horowitz said the reserve officers will be used to provide security for [...]

In response to an open records request filed by InstantNewsKaty, the City of Brookshire has released the names and qualifications of the 12 applicants for that city’s vacant police chief position.
Applicants include two current and three former members of the Brookshire Police Department, including one former Brookshire police chief.
Current Brookshire police officers applying for the [...]

The Jonathan D. Rozier American Legion Post 164 will turn back the clock this evening when they host their annual “Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social” at the Katy Elks Lodge.
The event will include ice cream stations where those attending can build their own sundae or select from a choice of ice cream cones.
In addition to [...]

Keep Katy Beautiful brought home multiple honors at the recent 43rd annual Keep Texas Beautiful conference, and those awards were showcased during Monday night’s city council meeting.
Among the awards highlighted was Keep Katy Beautiful’s third win of the Governor’s Community Achievement Award for cities with a population of between 15,001 – 25,000 residents.
That award came [...]

The Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra is looking for musicians to perform with the symphony during the upcoming 2010-2011 season.
The orchestra is currently accepting applications for auditions to be held Aug. 21.
The orchestra is particularly in need of additional string players. 
Candidates should prepare a three- to five-minute solo and be ready to demonstrate their sight-reading skills. [...]