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What a month it was 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…

Sadly, this week the Fort Bend Star and its website are closing down. This week's edition of the paper is the final one.

If you don't get the paper delivered at home, you can pick up copies of the last edition at your nearest branch of Fort Bend County Libraries.

It's been an honor to serve you. We'll see you around the Bend.

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

In her latest, youth columnist Misha Khurram examines what it means for people to be labeled "over-sensitive."

Being sensitive isn't a flaw Empathy can fade quickly in environments where everyone is wrapped up in their own insecurities, identities, and shifting social roles. Middle school is one of the clearest places where that

Space Cowboys ride mid-game offensive, late homers to beat Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (3-1) kicked off their first Interleague series of 2026 with a 5-2 win over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (1-3) on Tuesday night

Free reservations are available online beginning April 13.

Stafford Centre to host AAPI Celebration on May 8 The City of Stafford, in partnership with the Asia Society Texas Center and the Asian Chamber of Commerce, will present an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) celebration in honor of

It's a fun time all around. Go check it out.

Baseball dreams: Dream League offers thrills for all On a crisp early morning last Saturday, a couple hundred people filled the stands and surrounding area of two baseball fields at the First Colony Little League complex on Austin

MCTX ChalkFest returns on April 11 The MCTX ChalkFest will be held April 11, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Recreation & Tennis Center, 2701 Cypress Point Drive, Missouri City.

Famous poets to 'visit' George Memorial Library on April 11 Special “guests” will be returning to Fort Bend County Libraries’ George Memorial Library in April for National Poetry Month. Library visitors will have an opportunity to interact with some of

In her latest, youth columnist Makenzi Cannon provides a spirited defense of the right-brained among us.

The other kind of team spirt There’s a quote by speculative fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin that I think about sometimes. It isn’t my lock-screen, nor my life motto – but when I feel ashamed

In his latest, columnist-at-large Lynn Ashby does a deep dive into ... grocery stores.

Thought for food RANDALLS – I’ll nip in here and pick up my usual six-pack, a gallon of Blue Bell Cookies N Cream and…uh? It’s closed? Yep, closed tighter than a MAGA’s mind.