The 1000-year-old Himalayan community now facing an existential threat.

I was in bed, listening to the radio.

The Texas surveillance network authorities want to keep quiet.

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This is certainly not a major news flash, but in politics, a lot can happen in a month. It’s been nearly a full month since I ended my tenure as editor of the now-closed Fort Bend Star, a new…

Greetings from the Fort Bend Report, an independent blog about goings-on in Fort Bend County, Texas, one of the fastest-growing and most diverse counties in the United States. My name is Ken Founta…

I've mentioned before in this space that as a young man I served in the U.S. Navy. The older I become, I find my service in the military means more

I have some bad news to report. After nearly a half-century, the Fort Bend Star is closing.

A federal judge last week ruled that a Fort Bend County Sheriff's deputy wrongfully arrested a self-styled "citizen journalist" for allegedly interfering during a welfare check while videotaping the i...

"Look at me! Hello?"

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After just about two-and-a-half hours, a Fort Bend County jury convicted former Missouri City police officer Bladimir Viveros of three counts of aggravated assault by a public servant in the

After more than five hours of deliberations over two days, jurors in Fort Bend County Judge KP George's money-laundering trial came back into the 458th District Court and rendered guilty

At the end of a long day, 14 jurors chosen for George's trial

One thing was clear from last week's primary elections in Fort Bend County: voters are eager to be rid of County Judge KP George, who was trounced in a five-candidate

In a one-paragraph ruling Monday morning, a three-judge panel of the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston rejected a virtually last-minute appeal by defense attorneys for County Judge KP George

In a seemingly routine vote at their February 12 meeting, members of Fort Bend County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to appoint Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers as the county's primary

I can name the time, almost to the month, when I decided that I wanted to become a journalist. It was while I was in the eighth grade in Alief,

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comment from the prosecution.

Another January, another dang winter storm.

So, we made it to 2026. Whew! For a while there, it seemed kind of touch and go.

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Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

Despite headwinds such as a cooling labor market, geopolitical uncertainty and a new uptick in inflation, the Houston region's economy is positioned to expand next year, albeit at a slower

As the trials in Fort Bend County Judge KP George's misdemeanor and felony criminal cases approach early next year, prosecutors and defense attorneys have engaged in recent weeks in a

A Fort Bend County judge on Tuesday denied motions by lawyers for County Judge KP George to remove District Attorney Brian Middleton and his office from prosecution of George's two

Even as attorneys for Fort Bend County Judge KP George are doubling down on their allegations of prosecutorial misconduct against District Attorney Brian Middleton, prosecutors have filed motions of t...

In court filings last week, the Fort Bend County District Attorney's office vociferously denies allegations by attorneys for County Judge KP George that District Attorney Brian Middleton acted out of

The vagaries of print deadlines being what they are, I am writing this about a week before Thanksgiving but you're probably seeing it the day before or just afterward. Whichever

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday issued an opinion stating that Fort Bend County County Attorney General Bridgette Smith-Lawson does not have exclusive authority over the hiring of outsi...

The sky was bright with a scattering of clouds on Saturday morning as hundreds of people gathered at Bates M. Allen Park in Kendleton to celebrate the dedication of the

The early fall weather couldn't have been nicer November 4 as dozens of people gathered at Bates M. Allen Park in Fort Bend County's far southwestern edge for the groundbreaking

Fort Bend County Tax Assessor-Collector Carmen Turner is being investigated for allegations she directed county employees to provide care for her elderly mother while they were on the county's clock,

In court filings late last week, attorneys for Fort Bend County Judge KP George are seeking dismissal of the several criminal charges he faces because of what they claim is

The outside attorney who advised Fort Bend County's citizens advisory committee in the recent, highly contentious redistricting effort is challenging County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson's assertion...

The battle over the redistricting of Fort Bend County precinct lines may have ended – barring any future litigation – but a related skirmish continued last week as the Republican

In summer 2024, I wrote a column about my longtime love of the Houston Shakespeare Festival at Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park and, during the 1990s, Fort Bend County

Just a week after a federal magistrate dismissed a Sugar Land woman's federal lawsuit against the Fort Bend County medical examiner, filed a new one – with new allegations –

In a meeting that was unmatched for drama during Fort Bend County Commissioners Court's months-long battle over redistricting precincts, a Republican majority on Monday passed a new map with two

"You don't have a First Amendment right here."

Few people in the United States – or indeed, in all the Western world – are unaware of the Ten Commandments, the laws given by God to Moses during the

Last week, I took a long-awaited vacation to New Orleans, a city that has long figured in my imagination. In addition to covering a court hearing and doing some of the usual tourist stuff, I had an…

I hadn’t been in New Orleans since 2002, three years before Hurricane Katrina swept through and wrought havoc. Though I have several relatives in South Louisiana, most of my experiences here …

In a court document filed on Wednesday, Fort Bend County prosecutors for the first time provide specific details in their felony charge of money laundering against County Judge KP George,

Over the past few months, the big story in Fort Bend County has been the effort by Fort Bend County Republicans to do a rare, mid-decade redistricting of the county's