Tag: Missouri City
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Review: Seven25 Café & Daiquiris offers Southern comfort food and hospitality
One positive aspect to being a non-foodie restaurant reviewer is that it forces you to get out of your comfort zone. Left to my own devices, I usually stick to a fairly select number of places to go out to eat. But since taking on this role, I’ve had to go to a lot of…
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Review: Seven25 Café & Daiquiries offers Southern comfort food and hospitality
One positive aspect to being a non-foodie restaurant reviewer is that it forces you to get out of your comfort zone. Left to my own devices, I usually stick to a fairly select number of places to go out to eat. But since taking on this role, I’ve had to go to a lot of…
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Missouri City park and ride facility gets a $5M boost
METRO’s new Missouri City Park & Ride transit center will give both the city and Fort Bend County-area residents more access to transportation including commuter services that will run between the Texas Medical Center, while also providing connections to downtown Houston. It will also provide connections to the existing on-demand services, according to a news…
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Missouri City library to present program on avoiding scams on Aug. 4
Fort Bend County Libraries’ Missouri City Branch Library will present “Savvy Seniors Scam Prevention” – a program in the Active Adult series for older adults and their family members — on Friday, August 4, from 2-3 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 1530 Texas Parkway.
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Missouri City father frustrated after his daughter’s car was stolen, crashed in TikTok trend
A Fort Bend County father says he had no idea when he purchased a blue Kia for his daughter in 2021, it would become a target.
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Missouri City father frustrated after his daughter’s car was stolen, crashed in ‘Kia boyz’ TikTok trend
MISSOURI CITY, Texas — A Fort Bend County father says he had no idea when he purchased a blue Kia for his daughter in 2021, it would become a target. “I had no idea what kind of car to get and saw this cute Kia and said, ‘She would love this’,” said Joseph Young of…
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Missouri City library to present ‘The Aztec Princess’ on July 27
In conjunction with Fort Bend County Libraries’ 2023 Summer Reading Challenge, the Missouri City Branch Library will present a children’s bilingual theater performance of “The Aztec Princess,” by Express Children’s Theatre, on Thursday, July 27, beginning at 2 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 1530 Texas Parkway.
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Missouri City man sentenced to 60 yeas in prison for failing to register as a sex offender
A Missouri City man was convicted on June 30 and sentenced to 60 years in state prison for failing to register as a sex offender. Brain Walker, 53, was convicted of two charges of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, a second-degree felony, in the 268th District Court before Visiting Judge James Shoemake,…
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Missouri City branch library to host hip-hop dance performance on June 29
In conjunction with Fort Bend County Libraries’ 2023 Summer Reading Challenge, the Missouri City Branch Library will host a theatrical hip-hop dance performance by FLY Dance Company on Thursday, June 29, beginning at 2 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 1530 Texas Parkway. FLY Dance…
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Mo. City library holds African-American genealogy program
Researching African-American family histories often presents special challenges due to the enslavement of Black people in America. The way families were ripped apart willie-nillie by kidnappers and human traffickers, casually labeled by many historians as “plantation owners,” presents Blacks who want to find their “people” with tremendous hurdles. So too does the spotty record-keeping on…
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Suspect in road rage killing of Missouri City woman in custody
Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputies have taken into custody a suspect in the shooting death of a Missouri City woman from an unincorporated area near Stafford on Tuesday night, according to spokesperson. According to the statement, deputies responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 9:37 p.m. in the…
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Metro board approves new parking garage for Missouri City
Residents who commute to the Texas Medical Center from Missouri City and surrounding areas will soon have a new option, a brand new parking garage that the Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to lease near the agency’s present park-and-ride location at the intersection of Highway 6 and the Fort Bend Tollway.
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Actor and author Kirk Cameron to read newest children’s book in Houston area library
Former sitcom actor and author Kirk Cameron is hosting a book reading this weekend in Ford Bend. The “Growing Pains” actor will be reading what is billed as his latest Christian children’s book, “Pride Comes Before You Fall,” a story about the “dangers of being prideful and the importance of having a humble spirit instead,”…
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Metro OKs plan for $60M park and ride garage in Missouri City
Metro is moving ahead with a planned parking garage in Missouri City, aimed at bringing transit to the heart of a growing commercial development area, at a long-term cost of around $70 million. The Metropolitan Transit Authority board of directors on Thursday approved plans for a deal between the transit…
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Wildlife photographer to share experiences at Missouri City branch library on May 20
Award-winning wildlife photographer Chris Narvaez will share his expertise and experience at a special program, “Wildlife Adventure Photography,” at Fort Bend County Libraries’ Missouri City Branch Library on Saturday, May 20, from 2-3 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library. Narvaez will share his adventures capturing…
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Fort Bend County Libraries to stage ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’
Fort Bend County Libraries will present children’s theater performances of “Jack & the Beanstalk” at two locations to kick off the libraries’ annual Summer Reading Challenge, which begins May 29. The first performance will take place at the Sienna Branch Library on Friday, May 26, beginning…
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Katy, Missouri City lakes stocked with fresh fish for spring catfish season
Fort Bend County is about to get catfished. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will soon be restocking two area “Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes” with thousands of catfish, the TPWD announced Monday. Katy’s Mary Jo Peckham Park and Missouri City’s Community Park Lake are among the 18 fishing spots chosen for the program.
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Ex-DFPS employee who ran Missouri City group home sentenced to 50 years for sex abuse of 2 children
A former Department of Family and Protective Services employee has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls under his care, according to a release from Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. Under Texas law, Eric Normal Stewart, 66, of Missouri City must serve…
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Former employee of Department of Family and Protective Services receives 50-year sentence for sexually abusing adopted children
MISSOURI CITY, Texas – A man convicted of continuous sexual abuse of young children was sentenced to 50 years in prison, according to the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office. After hours of deliberation, the jury found 66-year-old Eric Norman Stewart guilty for sexually abusing two children for…
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Missouri City man sentenced to 50 years for sexually abusing two children
A Fort Bend County jury convicted a Missouri City man earlier this month of continuous sexual abuse of a young child and sentenced him to 50 years in prison, according to prosecutors. Eric Norman Steward, 66, abused two children over a period of two years. According to a press release…
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Former employee of the Department of Family and Protective Services sentenced to 50 years in prison for child sexual abuse
RICHMOND, Texas (KIAH) – A man who was licensed to take care of children, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for child abuse. Back on Thursday March 9, of this year, a Fort Bend County jury convicted defendant Eric Norman Stewart of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child and sentenced him.
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Former Family and Protective Services employee given 50 years for abusing adopted children
MISSOURI CITY, Texas – A former employee of the Department of Family and Protective Services was given a 50-year prison sentence for abusing adopted children. SUGGESTED: CPS employee caught on camera telling 14-year-old girl to become a prostitute. According to the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Eric Norman Stewart,…
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Fort Bend students advance to state in robotics competition
A community team made up of students from Sartartia and Fort Settlement middle schools and Elkins High School recently advanced to the state level of the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), a robotics competition for secondary students, taking place later this month in Belton, Texas, according to a Fort Bend ISD online story.
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Review: Texas Biergarten offers fine Hill Country food and atmosphere
I haven’t spent enough time in the Hill Country. Growing up in suburban Houston, I did go to the region several times with my family, and we sometimes went tubing along the Guadulape River. I have a vague memory of going to a beer garden-style restaurant during one of those visits, but it was a…