Covering Fort Bend

08/01/2025

Another arrest has been made in the Katy McDonald's shooting that killed a man who was buying Happy Meals for his grandchildren.

08/01/2025

In the far northern corner of Fort Bend County, Police are investigating a tragic incident that occurred at the Katy Buc-ee's Thursday. Our thoughts are with everyone affected, from family members to witnesses. The story is now posted here:

Multiple police units and a fire truck responded to the scene. Crime scene tape blocked off several gas pumps during the investigation.

07/29/2025

Comcast Launches Xfinity Stream Store with Bundled Netflix, Apple TV and 450+ Streaming Apps
Read more here: https://coveringkaty.com/business/comcast-xfinity-streamstore-launch-new-streaming-platform-of/

07/26/2025

Numerous Fort Bend residents say Ezee Fiber installers have made a mess of their property, broken sprinkler lines, etc. Now, Ezee Fiber is getting sued by a MUD in Harris County.

West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 2 filed the lawsuit July 21, claiming Ezee Fiber bored through water mains on July 15 and July 17, forcing 1,150 homes to lose water access and prompting a boil water notice.

07/26/2025

Fort Bend commissioners clash over redistricting and the role of the county attorney. This story is from Houston Public Media.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George introduced an agenda item to hire an outside law firm to advise commissioners, instead of the county attorney, who is an elected official.

07/26/2025

Man faces potential deportation after finishing 5 year sentence for massive fake plate scam. Read more here: https://coveringkaty.com/news/state-and-national/undocumented-man-man-sentenced-for-huge-fake-license-plate-s/

07/19/2025

How is the rapidly growing Fort Bend County doing with Crime? Read what was revealed at yesterday's Fort Bend County Crime Summit.
https://coveringkaty.com/news/fort-bend/fort-bend-county-crime-statistics-presented-at-2025-criminal/

07/16/2025

The Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) found evidence that Taral Patel, a former candidate for Fort Bend County commissioner, violated the state’s election code, but declined to administer civil penalties since the defendant pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges earlier this year.

This story is from The Texan News.

The commission investigated Patel’s use of faked racist social media posts to influence elections.

07/16/2025

Fort Bend Library System still rebuilding after Cyberattack. We have an update here: https://coveringkaty.com/news/fort-bend/fort-bend-county-library-system-still-rebuilding-after-cyber/

07/15/2025

We are posting the Fort Bend Star's report on this issue. https://coveringkaty.com/news/fort-bend/commissioners-vote-along-party-lines-to-create-citizens-redi/

07/14/2025

Keeping an eye on The Gulf.

Today’s post discusses today’s rain chances, and what kind of weather we can look forward to for the remainder of July. We also address the potential for a tropical disturbance to develop in the northern Gulf this week.

https://spacecityweather.com/houston-faces-warmer-than-normal-conditions-for-the-rest-of-july-and-is-a-tropical-disturbance-forming-in-the-gulf/

07/13/2025

This is from KPRC.

Source: Cinco Ranch HS Shortstop Lucas Franco has pulled his name out of the MLB Draft, and will play college ball at TCU.

Franco was considered a Top 100 MLB Draft Prospect.

(Also was one of our Athletes of the Week!)