Ken Fountain

How was your Thanksgiving? All things considered, mine was pretty good. The vagaries of newspaper publication being what they are, I had an early deadline for last week's edition, which meant I had a bit more time off from thinking about the paper than I'm used to (which is, truth to tell, next to none at all).

Cindy Amaya of "I Plant in Clay" displays some of her art pieces for Sugar Land residents Cynthia and Kalyssa Lauer.

Ricardo Gray, 25, an inmate in the Fort Bend County Jail who was awaiting trial on a murder charge, died by suicide in early November, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.

Music Director and Conductor Dominique Røyem leads the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at their "Deck the Halls" holiday concert at the Stafford Centre.

Children enjoy a bit of "snow" in the plaza of Sugar Land Town Square during the Christmas Tree lighting event on Friday.

While the temperatures cooled in November, the Houston housing market remained temperate, with homebuyers seemingly undeterred by rising mortgage rates. Home sales surpassed 2023 levels for the third consecutive month,

A capacity audience attends a public hearing over a proposed concrete batch plant in Missouri City at the city's Houston Community College campus last week. All of the speakers at the event opposed the proposed plant.

A capacity audience attends a public hearing over a proposed concrete batch plant in Missouri City at the city's Houston Community College campus last week. All of the speakers at the event opposed the proposed plant.

A group of Palestinian supporters hold signs at the back of the Sugar Land City Council chamber during Tuesday's meeting.

Fort Bend County commissioners this week voted to approve a legislative priority calling for the Texas Legislature to ban the open carrying of firearms in public libraries. Here, they are pictured in an earlier meeting.