Dr. George P. Noon, one of the world's most respected cardiovascular surgeons, passed away on April 30, 2026. A professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and longtime surgical partner to the late Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Dr. Noon spent decades at the forefront of organ transplantation and cardiac assist device technology, leaving an indelible mark on medicine and the patients he served.

Tensions are escalating in Fort Bend County after a contentious leadership shake-up that has sparked protests and raised broader questions about political maneuvering in Texas.

A new judge will take over Fort Bend County, at least for now, following the suspension of KP George after his recent felony conviction.

Pixar’s “Hoppers” held onto its spot atop the box office, bringing in $28.5 million in its second weekend.

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Incumbent County Judge KP George, who is set to face a felony criminal trial next Tuesday, fell to fifth place in the Republican primary, effectively ending his bid for a third term.

At 9 a.m. Wednesday, Fort Bend County Judge KP George will enter a courtroom, take a seat at the defense table, and witness the start of his criminal trial on money laundering charges.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George's attempt to disqualify District Attorney Brian Middleton and his office from George's criminal cases was denied by Judge Maggie Jaramillo. The motion, based on a claim that Middleton was under criminal investigation, was deemed insufficient in evidence, leading to the denial of the request. George faces trial for felony money laundering charges in March.

On Friday morning, Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George entered a courtroom just days before his criminal trial on felony money laundering charges was set to begin.

The redistricting meeting and vote on tap for Monday in a special Commissioners’ Court in Fort Bend County is flying below the radar for most residents.

Sarah Roberts says County Judge K.P. George violated her and another employee’s First Amendment rights and wants him removed from office.

Hall of Fame basketball coach George Raveling has died.

The felony money laundering case against Fort Bend County Judge KP George became more transparent on Thursday as prosecutors filed a, “STATE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO USE EVIDENCE OF PRIOR EXTRANEOUS CRIMES/WRONGS/OTHER ACTS” with the court.

Fort Bend County prosecutors have now alleged that County Judge KP George improperly used campaign funds for personal expenses, including property taxes and a home down payment.

Friends and family of a Maine woman whose killing on a rural pond shocked the community have celebrated her life with a maritime service.

Charli XCX and George Daniel, drummer of The 1975, have tied the knot.

The concert was announced on Strait’s X page and will be held in Boerne, Texas on July 27. An intimate donor dinner will also be held.

This shift adds to a notable trend in Texas politics, where several state lawmakers have changed party affiliations over the years. What do you think about this political shift?

Fort Bend County Judge KP George returned to court Friday morning to contest criminal charges in two separate cases.

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers,” has died.

George Kittle agreed to a four-year contract extension with the San Francisco 49ers that will make him the highest-paid tight end in NFL history.

David Jacob Bettsack, a medical radiologic technologist with Sugar Land MRT, had his license temporarily suspended after the board said they learned he was arrested and charged with two counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

Patel will now serve 24 months of probation, during which he must fulfill conditions such as community service and issuing a public apology.

KPRC 2 Investigates ended up in the Fort Bend County Jail on Wednesday to get a firsthand look at what happens when someone gets processed. We wanted to get a close up of what a person goes through once they are arrested or turn themselves into law enforcement.

The legal saga continues as another judge steps down from the high-profile case against Taral Patel, a former staffer for Judge KP George and a November 2024 candidate for Fort Bend County commissioner.

A Galveston County jury has sentenced 64-year-old Chad Anthony Dick to over 50 years in prison for the tragic 2021 shooting of his son and daughter-in-law in Dickinson.

It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.”.

As Election Day approaches, all eyes are on the Fort Bend County Commissioner Precinct 3 race.

Taral Patel, the Democratic nominee for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner, appeared in court Monday morning for a mandatory hearing.

The petition claims a high-profile Pakistani American Businessman teamed up with Fort Bend County Pct. 3 Commissioner candidate Taral Patel to hatch a smear campaign against another candidate they had "a common enemy" with during the 2023 primaries.

In these charged times (politically and in general) the only unifying element seems to be laughter. But how do we keep the laughter flowing when it seems inappropriate to be making jokes? That's why we turned to the professional jokester.

Last week, Judge K.P. Geroge was issued a search warrant where he was asked to turn over electronic devices. Records show George is accused of helping fake social media accounts influence an election.

Darryl George was kept out of his regular classes for most of the 2023-2024 school year at Barbers Hill High School. The school said his dreadlocks fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes and violated the district’s dress code. George spent that time out of his classes in in-school suspension or at an off-campus disciplinary program.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George will announce the awarding of Regional Mitigation Funds from the Texas General Land Office (GLO) during a press conference scheduled for 10 a.m.

Fort Bend County has been added to the list of counties eligible for federal funding in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.

The conference will address community concerns regarding FEMA assistance following Hurricane Beryl.

County leaders updated the community Thursday on Day 4 of recovery efforts after Hurricane Beryl

The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring.

Janeese Lewis George defeated a pair of challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary and will head into November’s general election as a heavy favorite to retain her Ward 4 seat on the D.

Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham will be holding a press conference to announce the allocation of regional mitigation funds. Sugar Land Mayor Joe Zimmerman and Judge KP George will also be present.

Rescue teams in South Africa are searching for any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed.

Rescue teams are continuing to search for dozens of construction workers who are believed to be buried in the rubble of an unfinished five-story apartment building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday.

Rescue teams searching for dozens of construction workers missing after a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have brought out more survivors as the operation entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the mangled wreckage.

Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his border property will be allowed to visit the scene of the killing.

George, Mo and Erik are chatting all about how you can help the them give service dogs to veterans.

Multiple Fort Bend County voters were given ballots for the wrong precinct during early voting due to issues regarding 2021 redistricting, Fort Bend County officials said on Monday.

Naithan George scored a go-ahead layup with 7.7 seconds remaining and Georgia Tech beat No. 3 North Carolina 74-73 to end the Tar Heels’ 10-game winning streak.

It’s time to tee off for a great cause! Houston Informer Foundation Inc.’s “September-2-Remember Charity Golf Classic,” sponsored by H-E-B, is a poignant tribute to the pioneering Black newspaper publishers and history-makers who have left an indelible mark on society.

In a small South Carolina town, a community is getting ready to show off a little-remembered part of the history of the segregated South.

It's annual tradition for our friends over at 100.3 The Bull Houston. George, Mo, and Erik have been asking for your help collecting thousands of cards to send to our troops.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George, along with Fort Bend area nonprofit organizations, will hold a news conference to announce the Community and Economic Development Agreement between the county and the nonprofit Attack Poverty.

SKYLAR GEORGE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE DISTRICT’S MOST ATHLETIC HITTERS SINCE SHE WALKED ON STRATFORD’S CAMPUS FOUR YEARS AGO.

Sarah Hartsfield, a Chambers County woman who has been married five times, is accused of murdering her most recent husband. She also fatally shot her fiancée in 2018, an investigation Minnesota prosecutors have reopened.

The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has fired the attorney general of the U.S. territory who led a lengthy legal case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that resulted in a $105 million settlement.

The Fort Bend County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is preparing for a Hard Freeze and Wind Chill Watch in effect from Thursday to Saturday.

Incumbent KP George has been officially declared the winner in the race for the Fort Bend County Judge seat, earning a second term.

The “heart and soul” of a film is an often-overused term, but it’s practically unavoidable when it comes to Anthony Hopkins in James Gray’s “Armageddon Time.”.

Judge KP George encourages Fort Bend residents to receive their annual influenza vaccination, and is also encouraging eligible residents to get their COVID-19 booster while supplies are available.

During an area playoff game against Tompkins last year, Stratford outside hitter Skylar George, then a junior, hit the pivotal point of her high school career.

A prosecutor says a custody dispute between two families that ended with the massacre of eight people in Ohio started with a plan to kill just one of them.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George, along with Fort Bend County officials, held a news conference Monday to address Fort Bend County residents on the Electric Reliability Council Of Texas’ request for consumers to conserve energy.

On Tuesday morning, Texas Children’s Hospital became the first location in Houston to begin vaccinating toddlers and babies as young as six months old.

Several counties have issued an outdoor burn ban due to drought conditions and the high risk of fire dangers.

The Navy says newly analyzed documents show 13 World War II sailors previously believed to have been unaccounted for after a Japanese submarine torpedoed their ship were actually buried at sea.

Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will retire in January, as required by the Fed’s mandatory retirement rules.

Would you want an outpost of “the most magical place on Earth” down the highway on 59? Fort Bend County Judge KP George says, “come on down!”

Fort Bend County Judge KP George, along with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Emergency Management, will hold a media briefing Monday to give an update on lowering the county’s COVID-19 risk level.

An American oil executive freed from custody in Venezuela says that even as he celebrates with his family the end of a long “nightmare,” he’s praying for the release of five colleagues who are still imprisoned and “deserve the same blessings.”.

On the anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Fort Bend County, Judge KP George will lower the county’s COVID-19 risk level during Friday’s press conference.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George will join personnel from the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to provide an update on the progress of the county emergency operations center.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George is holding a dedication and renaming ceremony for the library honoring Civil Rights pioneer Willie Melton.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George will join county law enforcement and elected officials Thursday to introduce new body cameras for all Fort Bend County officers.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George held a press conference Friday afternoon to raise awareness of the new election process following the passing of Senate Bill 1 and address concerns over mail ballot application discrepancies.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George said Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George lowered the county’s COVID-19 Threat Level Indicator from yellow, the system’s second-lowest threat level, to orange, the system’s second-highest threat level, citing a surge in COVID cases and the increasing presence of the omicron variant in the county.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George announced the recipients for the second round of Comcast RISE Investment Fund $10,000 grants for small businesses owned by people of color in the Houston area.

Inside a packed room earlier this month, Galveston County residents gathered to speak in opposition to proposed new precinct maps.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George lowered the county’s COVID-19 Threat Level Indicator from orange, the system’s second-highest threat level, to yellow, the system’s second-lowest threat level, due to a decrease in COVID-19 cases, ICU visits and hospitalizations over the past several weeks.

Health and Human Services Deputy Director Dr. Kaye Reynolds, Fort Bend County Judge KP George, Precinct 2 Commissioner Grady Prestage, and other community and faith leaders are discussing the “Our Shot to Get Back to Normal” COVID-19 vaccine outreach public awareness campaign.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George announced this week that the county was lowering the COVID-19 threat level from red or “high risk” to orange which indicates “moderate/significant risk.”

Whatever the reason you’re here, whether you’re honest-to-goodness house hunting, you’re a die-hard Astros fanatic, you’re searching for images to tack to your dream house vision board, or you just need something to gawk at to pass the time cooped up indoors, enjoy a virtual tour of this Houston-area home.

Several Fort Bend County leaders are expected to announce the submission of a lawsuit that will challenge Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order GA-38, which bans local officials from mandating masks.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George and Fort Bend County Health and Emergency Management officials are scheduled to provide an update on the County’s COVID-19 risk level and recommended precautions.

Fort Bend County judge KP George announced some changes to how employees and residents of Fort Bend County can find information.

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is promising to keep manager Aaron Boone, general manager Brian Cashman and the core of his team.

Here are things to know for Wednesday, June 30:

Dashcam video from a Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Deputy’s patrol car captured Ft. Bend County Judge KP George being pulled over on June 18 at 8:30 a.m.

On Friday, Fort Bend County Judge KP George will recognize Juneteenth with an inaugural county-level celebration at the Fort Bend County Historic Courthouse in Richmond, Texas.

A push to preserve a burial site on land purchased by a freed Black man after the Civil War has garnered the attention of Fort Bend County officials.

On a warm October day in 2018, George and Mary Smith drove to police headquarters, where they had a 2 p.m. appointment to watch video of the death of their son Marcus.

Out of all of the counties in the state of Texas, Fort Bend County leads in vaccinations per capita, according to the county judge.

Fort Bend County officials and community leaders came together Saturday at the Unity Against Hate Rally, according to a press release.

George and Amal Clooney want you to join them for lunch at their home in Lake Como, Italy.

Houston area leaders, local officials and celebrities are reacting to Derek Chauvin - the former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck - guilty verdict.

HOUSTON – With all adults in Texas now able to sign up for the COVID vaccine, many employers are coming up with plans to encourage their employees to get vaccinated. We are 22,000-square-feet and it’s just we have to protect everybody.”For now, at the Rice Village salon, it’s not a mandate for employees to get the vaccine, but they are strongly encouraging it. We have to protect our clientele and we have to protect our business. AdWe’ve checked with several local businesses and most, for now, said they are strongly encouraging their employees to get vaccinated, but not requiring it at this time. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office said the Mayor is doing the same thing; encouraging municipal employees to get the vaccine, but not requiring it.

HOUSTON – Texas will receive more than one million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, state health officials said. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the state will distribute more than 818,410 first doses and 587,950 second doses to providers in 202 of the state’s counties. Harris County Public Health and Houston Health Department have 10,000 doses each allocated for this week. Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center has more than 12,000 allocated doses. As of Friday, Texas providers have administered more than 10 million doses of the vaccine, 1.2 million of those administered in the last week.

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The briefing was held just days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them Asian American women, in Atlanta-area massage parlors. “People simply went to work,” said Fort Bend County Judge K.P. “For over a year now, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have told elected officials, we have asked elected officials, we have begged elected officials, be careful how you talk because words matter,” said Wu. Fagan said has instructed patrol deputies to “step up patrolling” in the county’s Asian American communities following the events in Atlanta. “The Asian community is our community, is our families, is our loved ones,” said Fagan.

RICHMOND, Texas – Fort Bend County Judge KP George will announce the county has approved the Federal CARES Act funding to support families with eligible childcare expenses Monday in a press conference at 10 a.m. The announcement will take place at the Historic County Courthouse, located on the 2nd Floor Commissioners Courtroom in Richmond, Texas. Qualified families can receive a childcare voucher valued at $500per child. The childcare voucher can be used at any participating licensed childcare facility in Fort Bend County. AdTo learn more about the Fort Bend County Childcare Program, visit: https://bit.ly/3be1ZMU