Task Force votes for a DNA request to be sent to the Texas Historical Commission.
The recently appointed City Manager’s Task Force on the Convict Lease Memorial met for the first time on Sept. 5 and unanimously supported DNA testing of historical remains discovered on property owned by Fort Bend Independent School District. The task force requested...Suspects are shown on video shopping with a stolen credit card.
Sugar Land police are looking for two men seen on surveillance video using a credit card stolen during a robbery in Sugar Land on Aug. 23. Two women said they were in the parking lot at HEB, 530 Highway 6, just before 9:45 p.m. when two men grabbed them from behind...A Cemetery Task Force will provide a recommendation on interment and memorialization for historical remains.
Sugar Land City Manager Allen Bogard recently appointed a task force to provide a recommendation on the interment, memorialization and ceremonial funeral details of historical remains discovered on property owned by Fort Bend Independent School District. The city is...An Online Town Hall has been launched for Zoning Use Classification and Parking Feedback.
An Online Town Hall is being held to solicit feedback on updates to the city’s zoning use classification and parking requirements. The updates are being considered by the Sugar Land Planning and Zoning Commission during a series of workshops that began in August....
National Night Out registration is now OPEN!
From the Sugar Land Police Department: If you are hosting a NNO block party this year, and would like SLPD or SLFD to stop by, please register your location here: http://bit.ly/2wrgPKm Sugar Land Police Department is committed to building better relationships with our...
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Kick Off Party
Date/Time August 30 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Location Safari Texas Ranch Details You’re invited to the Fort Bend Walk to end Alzheimer’s New Team Kickoff. Come together with others committed to ending this disease to learn more about your local Walk, the mission...Three suspects were caught on video stealing designer glasses.
Sugar Land police are looking for two women and a man who stole 62 glasses totaling about $9,000 from LensCrafters, 16535 Southwest Freeway, on Aug. 3. Employees noticed the glasses were missing during a routine inventory of their Versace, Tiffany & Co. and...
Texas A&M Assistant Professor Andrea Roberts talks about black history and Texas law relating to the mass grave unearthed in Sugar Land.
A Texas city discovered a mass grave of prison laborers. What should it do with the bodies? After the Civil War, Texas’s sugar cane plantations were still farmed by unpaid black laborers – prisoners forced to work for free in a system called ‘convict leasing.’ Author...
Sugar Land Superstar Finale
Date/Time August 18 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Location Sugar Land Town Square Details Sugar Land Superstar is back for its 13th summer and you don’t want to miss it! Bring your lawn chairs to the Plaza and enjoy Sugar Land’s American Idol-like competition,...One study shows that red light cameras do not decrease crashes or improve safety.
KHOU reports that “a new study finds red light cameras do not cut down on wrecks or make intersections safer, and in some cases, they may lead to more crashes.” “Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio looked at thousands of collisions...A family’s cat was killed by roaming dogs in Sugar Land.
Two dogs that were roaming freely mauled a family’s cat in the Sugar Mill area. The horrible incident was caught on the family’s surveillance camera. KHOU reports that “home surveillance video shows two dogs, believed to have been pet pit bulls who...
Movie Under the Moon: Peter Rabbit
Date/Time August 11 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Location Sugar Land Town Square Details Bring your family, friends and lawn chairs to the Plaza to enjoy a free Movie Under the Moon brought to you by our friends at First Colony Church of Christ! This month’s movie...Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus in Telfair.
The city of Sugar Land has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus at a mosquito trap located on University Boulevard near the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land in the Telfair subdivision. The mosquitoes were trapped earlier this week, and Sugar Land...Sugar Land City Council approves a Land Use Plan update.
Sugar Land City Council approved an update to the city’s Land Use Plan on Aug. 7 after a five-year public process led by a citizen Land Use Advisory Committee. The plan includes goals and policies that focus on ways the city can develop and redevelop to remain a...City Council appoints Ethics Review Board.
Sugar Land City Council recently appointed members to a newly created Independent Ethics Review Board. The board includes Chair Conrith Davis, Krista Stegemiller, Ann Malecha, Andrew Wolf, Bruce Hicks, Naushad Kermally and Rachel Varghese. Appointed as alternate...Thief seen on camera steals more than $94,000 during a home burglary.
Sugar Land police are looking for a man seen on video during a residential burglary in the 2700 block of Cotton Stock Drive on Aug. 5. The homeowner told police his son was the last person to leave the house at 12:43 p.m. When the boy returned at 2:19 p.m., he found...Sugar Land Facilitates Coordinated Effort to Honor Historical Remains.
Sugar Land City Council approved a memorandum of understanding today for the future relocation of skeletal remains to the city’s Old Imperial Prison Farm Cemetery, 6440 Easton Ave. The action is the first step toward a formal agreement with the Fort Bend Independent...Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in New Territory.
The city of Sugar Land has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus at a mosquito trap located in the 6000 block of Walkers Park South in the New Territory subdivision. The mosquitoes were trapped on July 31, and Sugar Land was notified today that at least one tested...Thieves steal catalytic converters from cars at First Colony Mall.
ABC13 reports that thieves are targeting SUVs, trucks and vans in Sugar Land for their catalytic converters. It is easier to steal the parts from vehicles that sit higher off the ground. “According to Sugar Land police, as many as seven vehicles were targeted by...
