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Sugar Land to Host First Annual Memorial Day Ceremony

Sugar Land to Host First Annual Memorial Day Ceremony

By Staff • on April 6, 2009

The City of Sugar Land’s first annual Memorial Day Ceremony in association with Fort Bend Salutes America will honor those who have shown bravery while serving their country. The ceremony — planned for Monday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Sugar Land Memorial Park, 15300 University Blvd. — will include a benediction by various religious

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Fort Bend ISD to Host “Dynamic Dads” Conference, April 18

Fort Bend ISD to Host “Dynamic Dads” Conference, April 18

By Staff • on April 3, 2009

Fort Bend ISD’s Special Programs Department will host its first “Dynamic Dads” Conference to help promote the involvement of fathers in their children’s education through such activities as reading and helping with homework. The conference is open to fathers and other male role models (including

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Imperial Sugar Signs Up To Sponsor Lemonade Day

Imperial Sugar Signs Up To Sponsor Lemonade Day

By Staff • on March 19, 2009

Imperial Sugar, a Sugar Land company, has signed up as the sponsor of he Houston fundraiser Lemonade Day. The fundraiser is organized by Prepared 4 Life, a nonprofit grop that provides after-school programs and character enrichment experiences in seven inner city Houston middle schools. Profits from

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Sugar Land looking into publicly-owned baseball team, stadum

Sugar Land looking into publicly-owned baseball team, stadum

By Staff • on March 19, 2009

After voters recently signaled their approval for further exploration of a minor league baseball team in Sugar Land, officials have apparently been looking into whether the stadium and team should be municipally-owned. Franklin County, Ohio recently opened its own municipal baseball park and the County

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Teacher Resigns After Taping Student To Chair

Teacher Resigns After Taping Student To Chair

By Staff • on March 2, 2009

After FBISD officials discovered that a seventh-grade teacher had taped a student to a chair with packing tape,  the teacher resigned late last week. District spokeswoman Nancy Porter declined to provide the identity of the the teacher or to reveal how long the teacher had worked for the district. The

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Bank Robbers Target Sugar Land Grocery

Bank Robbers Target Sugar Land Grocery

By Staff • on February 26, 2009

Last Wednesday, robbers entered a Sugar Land Kroger grocery store with guns and demanded money.

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National Center for Educational Achievement selects 18 Fort Bend ISD Schools as 2008 “Just for the Kids” Higher Performing Schools in Texas

National Center for Educational Achievement selects 18 Fort Bend ISD Schools as 2008 “Just for the Kids” Higher Performing Schools in Texas

By Staff • on February 26, 2009

FORT BEND ISD — The National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) selected 18 Fort Bend ISD schools as 2008 Just for the Kids Higher Performing Schools in Texas. These schools were selected as higher performing based on analyses conducted by NCEA’s Just for the Kids campaign and are among only

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Sugar Land Singer Wows ‘Em In Houston Homecoming

Sugar Land Singer Wows ‘Em In Houston Homecoming

By Staff • on February 24, 2009

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Severe Weather Awareness Week

Severe Weather Awareness Week

By Staff • on February 19, 2009

Sugar Land, TX – The Sugar Land Office of Emergency Management is joining agencies across Texas in support of “Severe Weather Awareness Week” from Feb. 22-29. The goal of Severe Weather Awareness Week is not only to educate new residents and new generations about the dangers of weather, but also

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Celebrate Sugar Land’s 50th Anniversary with “The Golden Concerts in the Park” Series

Celebrate Sugar Land’s 50th Anniversary with “The Golden Concerts in the Park” Series

By Staff • on February 18, 2009

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