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George’s Fort Bend Congressional reps weigh in on Venezuela strike misdemeanor trial postponed By Ken Fountain
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Reaction among Fort Bend County’s representatives in the U.S. Congress to the U.S. military operation on Saturday, January 3 that ended with the extraction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to be taken to the U.S. to face narcotics trafficking charges fell, perhaps predictably, along party lines.
The misdemeanor trial of Fort Bend County Judge KP George has been postponed after defense attorneys filed a motion for continuance. Here, George is seen during an early court hearing. File photo
By Ken Fountain
The Trump Administration cited Maduro’s alleged participation in so-called “narcoterrorism” for the strike, the legality of which has been hotly contested across the political spectrum. In a press conference, Trump said that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela, which would be paid for by proceeds from production of the country’s vast oil reserves by American companies. On Monday, Maduro and Flores were arraigned in a federal court in New York City.
U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls of Richmond, a Republican who has long served as President Donald Trump’s most stalwart supporters on Capitol Hill, said in a Facebook post on Saturday, “I fully support this move.” “Nicolás Maduro and his illegitimate regime have flooded our country with deadly drugs, taking the lives of Americans,” Nehls said. “Thanks to the leadership of President Trump, his administration, our brave servicemen
and women, and law enforcement, Nicolás Maduro will face justice. “This is America First leadership in action. I applaud President Trump for doing what’s necessary to protect the American people,” he said. In November, Nehls, who was first elected in 2020, announced that he will not seek reelection to his 22nd District seat this year.
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The trial of County Judge KP George on a misdemeanor charge of misappropriation of identity has been postponed after his defense attorneys filed a motion for continuance so that they could analyze new evidence provided by prosecutors on Friday, practically the eve of the long-awaiting trial. In the case, which was indicted in October 2024, George is accused of conspiring with a former staff member in a “fake hate” social media campaign during his 2022 campaign for reelection. The trial was set to begin Tuesday. A new trial date will be made available then, Wesley Wittig, Fort Bend County Second Assistant District Attorney and spokesman for the office, told the Fort Bend Star in an email. In the motion for continuance, filed late Friday, Jared Woodfill, George’s lead attorney, writes that on December 30, prosecutors told the defense “it had recently obtained new evidence, which would be available by the close of business” on Friday. “On January 2, 2026, there was a Zoom Status Conference to discuss the transfer of evidence. The State informed Defendant’s counsel and the Court that the new evidence would be ready by today; however, it was not ready until late Friday. Additionally, one business day is not enough time for Defendant’s counsel to analyze the evidence,” Woodfill writes. He requested that County Courtat-Law No. 5 Teena Watson grant a continuance so that he and Terry Yates, his co-counsel, could fully review the “voluminous” new evidence. The motion was unopposed by prosecutors, Wittig said. In a motions hearing last fall, the defense had strenuously argued that the misdemeanor trial, which had originally set for March, be pushed up so that it could be held before the March primary season got fully underway. George, who last June announced his switch in political affiliation from Democratic to Republican, is running for the Republican nomination to seek a third term in November. At the time of this writing, it was unknown how the continuance of George’s misdemeanor trial might impact his trial on felony money laundering charges, which is set to begin in March. The judge in that case, 458th District Court Judge
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Officials and other dignitaries take part in the ribbon-cutting of the new Robert & Bertha Edison Cultural Arts Center at a long-dormant shopping center in Fort Bend Houston on Monday. Photo by Juhi Varma
By Juhi Varma CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nearly 200 people attended the Monday ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Robert & Bertha Edison Cultural Arts Center, a renovated, longdormant Kroger supermarket and shopping center in the area known as Fort Bend Houston. The celebration marked the opening of the Edison
Afterschool Arts Academy, a key phase of the center’s multi-year, multi-phase revitalization project. It is now ready to serve children in the community. “Afterschool-time is the most dangerous time of the day, when latchkey children are at home unsupervised,” said City of Houston Mayor Pro Tem Martha Castex-Tatum, who acted as emcee of the event. “Parents are
working, and sometimes children have a little bit more freedom to do some things that may not be the right thing to do. Now they have this facility to learn music, dance, and do all the things that will be provided here in our afterschool program.” Founder and executive director Charity Carter named the project in honor of her parents, who used to bring her to the former Kroger store
and shopping plaza. When asked what gap the program fills, Carter said the Edison Cultural Arts Center creates a sustainable arts hub in a historically Black and brown community – connecting Fort Bend and Houston artists to professional pipelines, affordable space and
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Layne’s Chicken Fingers expands in Fort Bend with new Rosenberg location By Juhi Varma CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Texas-based fast-food chain Layne’s Chicken Fingers has softopened a new location in Rosenberg ahead of an official ribbon-cutting scheduled for January 10, said franchise owner Masroor Fatany. Fatany, a long-term franchise op-
erator known for bringing The Halal Guys to Texas, owns ten Layne’s locations in the Houston area, four of which are in Fort Bend County. All the Layne’s Chicken Fingers owned by Fatany are certified as Halal, meaning the food is prepared
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Layne’s Chicken Fingers has soft-opened a new location in Rosenberg ahead of an official ribbon-cutting scheduled for January 10. Contributed photo
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The two Democrats who serve parts of Fort Bend County in the U.S. House were critical of the operation. “President Trump’s military action in Venezuela violates the United States Constitution and sets a dangerous precedent for national sovereignty,” U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, whose Houston-based XXX District includes part of Sugar Land and other portions of the county, said in a written statement. “President Maduro’s authoritarian government was illegitimate and oppressive. But President Trump’s statements today made clear that he believes he has the unilateral authority to depose foreign leaders and take over foreign countries. He does not. “The Constitution gives the Congress – the representatives of the American people – the sole authority and the solemn responsibility to declare war. The Trump administration did not seek Congress’ authority to launch the strikes on Venezuela and Congress did not authorize it. The multiple rationales the administration
U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, a Republican who represents the 22nd District, voiced his support of the U.S. operation in Venezuela.
put forward to justify its actions raised more questions than they answered,” Fletcher said. “The Trump administration must immediately and fully brief Congress and answer questions from the representatives of the American people. Americans deserve transparency, accountability, and leadership that honors and protects our democratic system of government, our
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U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, a Democrat who represents the 7th District, voiced opposition to the U.S. operation in Venezuela.
Constitution, our fellow citizens, and our national security,” she said. U.S. Rep. Al Green, whose 9th District includes much of Missouri City and other parts of the county, said in a written statement, “I oppose putting boots on the ground in Venezuela.” “We cannot allow President Trump to continue engaging our military in strikes against nations without consult-
ing Congress. I have asked the Speaker of the House to provide a congressional briefing that will explain the President’s authority to bomb another country and capture its president without consulting Congress. Also, know that I will not allow the President’s actions in Venezuela to distract me from fighting to provide necessary healthcare for the American people. For some, these subsidies are a matter
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Maggie Perez-Jaramillo, has yet to make a ruling in a hearing held last week in which prosecutors sought a judicial sanction against Woodfill based on what they say are the defense’s “flagrant and repeated misstatements of law and fact” in court briefings and media statements. Of particular issue was a Facebook posting that appeared on George’s political campaign Facebook page which was highly critical of prosecutors’ hiring of special prosecutor Brian Wice with up to “hundreds of thousands” of “taxpayer dollars.” The posting was made on December 15, shortly after another pretrial hearing after which George and Woodfill made the same representations to reporters. Wesley Wittig, second assistant district attorney and spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, later told reporters that Wice was being paid through asset forfeiture funds, and that the amount was not to exceed $20,000. Wice also said that statements in the Facebook posting that he was hired because there were no lawyers in the prosecutor’s office competent to handle the case were defamatory. Much of the case presented by George’s defense attorneys in their pretrial filings has revolved around the early 2010s prosecution of former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, of Sugar Land, for money laundering, the same felony charge facing George. Wice served as DeLay’s lead appellate lawyer in
U.S. Rep. Al Green, a Democrat who represents the 9th District, voiced his opposition to the U.S. operation in Venezuela.
of life and death. I will vote to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies for the millions of Americans affected.” Several Fort Bend County residents were among the oil company executives who became knowns as the “Citgo 6” when they were imprisoned abroad for nearly five years by the Maduro government. The men were all executives at the Houston-based oil-and-gas company who were called to a
the case and ultimately prevailed. At last week’s hearing, Wice told PerezJaramillo that Woodfill in his court filings has made repeated misstatements in the law, primarily from the DeLay case, going back at least to August. Among those misstatements, Wice argued, are purported quotations from legal opinions that in fact don’t exist in those opinions. Wice told the judge that there were only three possible explanations for this: that the quotations were generated by artificial intelligence, or AI; that an associate of Woodfill’s drafted the briefs including the false quotations, which Woodfill negligently failed to correct; or that Woodfill or someone at his direction knowingly created the false quotations. Even after prosecutors pointed out these false quotations in their own filings, he said, the defense team continued to use them in subsequent filings and in “the well of this courtroom.” Wice scoffed at the notions, included in a last-minute filing by Woodfill, that the quotations were an example of “interpretive attribution” or “interpretive advocacy” of the legal opinions that were permitted in legal arguments. Wice said he could find no case law that supported this notion. David Medina, a former Texas Supreme Court whom George’s legal team hired to make arguments at the hearing, countered that Wice and the prosecutors had not offered sufficient evidence that Woodfill intended to mislead the court in his filings. He made repeated references to Brewer v. Lennon Hearth Products, LLC, a 2019
business meeting in Caracas, a few days before Thanksgiving in 2017, when they were arrested by the government, according to previous coverage by the Fort Bend Star. The years-long drama ended in October 2021 when then-President Joe Biden announced that all the men who were still being held had been released and were returning to the U.S.
Texas Supreme Court opinion authored by then-Justice Eva Guzman, with whom Medina once served. Wice himself quoted from the Brewer case, saying it supported his position that attorneys can be sanctioned for “bad faith” conduct, even when there is no direct evidence of bad faith, which can be inferred from attorneys’ conduct. Wice asked that at the very least, PerezJaramillo would sign a “findings of fact” thaat would memorialize that Woodfill had acted in bad faith. Perez-Jaramillo asked Wice whether requiring George or members of his political team to refrain from posting about the case on social media would run up against his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Wice said there is ample U.S. Supreme Court precedent stating that as cases come closer to trial, judges are more empowered to impose restrictions on participants. The judge asked Wice if he was asking her to impose a gag order on the case’s participants. “Absolutely not,” Wice said, adding that he was sure that she could make a ruling that would strike a balance between preserving the right to free expression and ensuring a fair trial. At the conclusion of the hearing, PerezJaramillo told the lawyers on both sides that the case would be tried in the courtroom before a jury, not in the media or in the courthouse lawyers, and asked all the participants to refrain from making extraneous statements.
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EDITORIAL Like entering another world
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To Understand the U.S. in 2026, Travel to Texas.” “For better or worse, this year the state will be the prism through which much of the world experiences the complexities of our union.” “If California is the future of America, as is often claimed, Texas is where we are now.” Sounds like something the Governor’s Press Office might proclaim, but, no, those are from an article in the Jan.1, 2026, issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. Kind of makes us proud, and a bit nervous. Are we the trendsetters for the upcoming year? What a burden. In a lengthy and mostly flattering article by Hannah Elliott, who “went to university in Waco” which either means Baylor or Texas State Technical College, but left 20 years ago. In it, she gives us and herself an update on the state of the Lone Star State, which she says “feels like entering another world.” What if she is right? OK, we can handle it. Thus we need to look at our future situation which may determine
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your jobs, your kids’ education and why next year you should start your Christmas shopping in July. Let’s start with us. Everyone knows that Texas’ population is growing. Ever tried to get a parking spot at the H-E-B or at your favorite barbeque joint at lunchtime? There are now almost 32 million Texans, but it’s still early in the day, because the state’s population grows each day by – get this – 1,543 people. Our natural increase, births over deaths, accounts for 28%. Domestic migration – folks from other states – 15 percent, and international migration 57%. This last figure may not include the afternoon roundup by ICE. We need to note that these percentages have changed mightily in recent years. Not long ago our births-over-deaths made up
half of our population growth. Now it’s hardly over a quarter. This huge population growth is not evenly distributed. Between 2022 and 2023, 75 of the state’s 254 counties actually shrank in population. Most newcomers go to the Metroplex and down south I-35 to Waco, the Austin area to Santone, and to the Houston region. Austin is now the 10th most populous city in America. Indeed, of the 10 most populous cities, Texas has four. Houston’s population will reach 2.521 million by this coming July, but the real growth is in the surrounding counties like Fort Bend and Montgomery where massive housing developments are sprouting in flood zones. Why should you care? After Hurricane MaryLou inundates Wood Wood Estates, check your home insurance rates. One reason for our massive population growth is due to – what else? – money (aka jobs). So let’s see what Bloomberg Businessweek has to say. “Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other finance heavy hitters are descending on Dallas in droves, and the state is becoming a global artificial intelligence hub, with its vast land and electricity stores
luring multibillion-dollar data centers for OpenAI, Oracle and Meta Platforms, among others. Dallas has 380,000-plus finance workers, second only to New York City. From 2020 to 2025, more than 200 companies moved their headquarters to Texas. More than half came from California.” Dallas is getting Texas’ own stock exchange, called “Y’all Street” by those jealous Yankees. One of my brothers was a New York City banker who told me that after his colleagues were told to move to Texas the firms faced two major problems: (1) They didn’t want to come and (2) When ordered back to New York, they didn’t want to leave. About our politics: “Texas has become a standard-bearer for Republican policies on guns and immigration. Then again, Kamala Harris earned more votes in Texas in the 2024 presidential election than she did in reliably blue Illinois and Colorado combined.” Moving on, we can talk food: “With more than 13,000 restaurants drawing on the cuisine of 70 countries, Houston boasts a deep diversity that makes it one of America’s most enticing culinary cities. (Combined, minority groups first came to represent more than half the
state’s population in 2004. Texas is home to the secondlargest Indian and Latino populations in the U.S. after California.)” I found some interesting tidbits from Hannah Elliott’s take on us: Salvatore Lucchese co-founded the brand in San Antonio in 1883 to supply the cavalry at Fort Sam Houston. Seven restaurants in Austin have earned Michelin stars. Fort Worth runs the oldest annual livestock show and rodeo in America, held since 1896. She notes, “Everything is bigger in Texas.” This, of course, brings us, but not her, to football. The University of Texas at Austin’s athletic program is now Number 1 in the nation, worth $1.48 billion, 16% more than last year. In fiscal 2024, the program generated revenue of $332 million, more than any other school. The biggest source of revenue was $137 million from donors. Despite all that money, the Longhorns didn’t even make the football playoffs. The Texas A&M Aggies, who ranked third, got there – briefly – with a measly $1.32 billion for its athletic program. The University of Houston ranked 73th at $222 million but that’s a 5 % increase from last year,
so the Coogs are climbing. OK, it’s nice for others to know and appreciate that Texas will be the nation’s trendsetter in 2026, but to be fair we must drop the other boot. Bloomberg Businessweek does note: “Texas A&M University is curbing discussions on gender and race, and current Governor Greg Abbott is endeavoring to redraw more Republican districts…” Our state government is led by Larry, Moe and Curly: Gov. Abbott, Lite Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton. They spend time negotiating which students can use which bathrooms, and take one billion of our tax dollars away from our public schools and give that money to private schools. Partisan politics (congressional redistricting) get a higher priority than what’s good for Texans. We’ve got hurricanes, river rampages and pollution that would gag a maggot. Still, my fellow trendsetters, if we are so bad, why does everyone else want to move here? Ashby trends at ashby2@ comcast.net
A fine start to the new year
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o, we made it to 2026. Whew! For a while there, it seemed kind of touch and go. I think I can safely say on behalf of nearly all of us .... 2025 was a long year. So much happened, so quickly, with news events piling up on us at a seemingly geometric rate, that it seems almost unfathomable that all of them could have happened in the space of only 12 months. And as the year moved toward its close, it seemed the pace just picked up even more. As we say in the business, that's the thing about news: it just keeps coming at you. I've been a working journalist (with a few professional digressions) for a long time, and you'd think that nothing at this point could faze me. But there have times during the course of the year that I have in fact felt utterly bewildered by what's been happening. And it's not just politics.
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Utterly heinous crimes (many of which almost inevitably become politicized), natural disasters, world-altering technological advancements that leave us questioning our own place in the world ... all of them cascading upon us like so many thunderstorms. As the lead news reporter for the Fort Bend Star as well as its editor, I strive to avoid partisanship, both in my news coverage and my occasional column. It's a tough line to walk. But while trying to maintain that sense of objectivity, I must say that events on the national level over the
past year have been more than a little disconcerting, as I discussed in another column following President Donald Trump's second inauguration almost a year ago. I began writing this column last Friday. On Saturday morning, I woke up very early (something that happens all too often) and, as I often do, turned on the radio. Houston's NPR affiliate plays BBC programming overnight, and the first news I heard was that of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela and the capture and extraction of that country's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. After the months-long campaign that the Trump Administration had already waged against alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and a strike against a dock facility inside that country's territory, the news perhaps shouldn't have come as a surprise. But it did. The legality of this ac-
tion will be the subject of intense debate, in the media and in the corridors and hearing rooms of Congress. Trump's pronouncement at a Saturday press conference that the United States will "run" Venezuela until such time that a government to our liking is installed, his repeated references to our right to take and sell the country's vast oil reserves, his casual dismissal of Marina Corina Machado, head of the leading Venezuelan opposition party and recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, as a "very nice lady" who doesn't command enough "respect" among the population (based on no stated evidence) to lead it – all of these would seem to indicate that the Administration's intentions are something less than democratic. Many of you know that as a much younger man, I served in the U.S. Navy, stationed aboard an aircraft carrier based in San Diego. I was a
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Navy Journalist, working in the ship's public affairs office, which also served as the ship's television station. There was nothing particularly dangerous about my job, but I did sail into harm's way during a war – the first Persian Gulf War, officially called Operation Desert Storm. That war was set off when Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein, after months of threats, invaded neighboring Kuwait in 1990, ostensibly to settle a longstanding territorial dispute between the two countries but really to grab Kuwait's own oil reserves and to position Iraq to potentially roll into Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. Then-President George H.W. Bush (a WWII Navy pilot) and his administration acted swiftly. Over the next several months, they moved U.S. military assets and personnel into Saudi Arabia, tried to engage in diplomacy with Hussein while also working to gain support in the U.S. Congress and the United Nations, all while assembling a large coalition of nations, to push Iraq out of Kuwait. "This aggression will not stand," Bush famously said to reporters shortly after the crisis began. The diplomatic efforts were ultimately for naught, and the U.S. and its allies began operations in the early morning hours of January 16, 1991. I was standing watch in one of the ship's battle stations, manning an internal communications system. I could hear Bush's live announcement of the beginning of the war as it was piped over the loudspeakers. Thankfully, the war was brief and we achieved our announced aim of ousting Iraq from Kuwait in relatively short order. I had never been a particularly gung-ho person, not even after enlisting, but by and large I was proud of what we had accomplished. Since then, our nation has become involved, directly or indirectly, in several wars,
including two very big ones. Whatever the rightness or wrongness of the causes, those two wars went on for decades, killed or maimed untold thousands, and left a lot of wreckage, literal and figurative, in their wake. In both instances, we went in with the stated goal of nation-building, a concept that has since fallen out of favor in many circles, including, notably, a large portion of Trump's own Make America Great Again base. What was clear to me almost immediately after hearing the weekend's news – and has been confirmed repeatedly since – is that the Administration went into this operation with next to no plan for what happened the day after. (Maybe there are "concepts of a plan"?) On Saturday, Trump was telling us in Saturday's press conference that Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez was amenable to doing whatever we want. On Sunday, in an interview with The Atlantic, he was saying that Rodriguez might face a fate "worse than Maduro" if she doesn't go along to get along. One wonders what might be worse than being ripped from your home, flown to another country and thrown into a federal lockup. As the President like to say, we'll see what happens. (As I was wrapping this column up on Monday, Rodriguez was being sworn in as the new president and making statements indicating is she is now more amenable to the U.S. line.) In addition to what's happening with Venezuela, we're hearing that Colombia might be next, and even perhaps Trump's long-coveted Greenland, which just happens to be a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, our ally of more than eight decades. With all of this in mind, it might be worth asking: in the new world order that seems to be taking shape, which aggression will, in fact, stand? Fountain stands watch at KFountain@fortbendstar.com
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The 79,525-square-foot Robert & Bertha Edison Cultural Arts Center in Fort Bend Houston was redeveloped at a cost of approximately $35 million. Rendering courtesy Robert & Bertha Edison Cultural Arts Center.
Troy and Charity Carter, left, Texas Rep. Ron Reynolds and Houston Mayor Pro Tem Martha Castex Tatum take part in the ceremony. Photos by Juhi Varma
Tyler Mills and Charity Carter welcome attendees to the event.
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major arts institutions, while using the arts as a catalyst for economic development, small business growth and community revitalization. “Today is a reminder of what can happen with steadfast leadership, trusted partnerships and a shared belief in community coming together,” said Derek Sellers, deputy director of Houston’s housing and community development department, which invested $5 million in the project.. “(The center) reflects the city’s belief that when we invest in activities, education and culture, we strengthen the very fabric of our neighborhood.” Speakers expressed hope that the center would reverse the decline of the area that began 25 years ago when the Kroger closed, and the loss of foot traffic forced surrounding small businesses to shut their doors. The 79,525-square-foot project was redeveloped at a cost of approximately $35 million, said Carter. The initial seed funding came from Carter’s father. The Carters credited U.S. Rep. Al Green for securing federal funding, along with community partners and
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in accordance with Islamic law. “With Layne’s specifically, it started during the pandemic,” Fatany said. “Layne’s corporate awarded me the exclusive Houston market, to develop the Layne’s brand in this area. We started with Katy as our first store (in 2021). We then went into the inner city, the Heights area, and then expanded eastward towards Beaumont, and then kept growing.” Missouri City officially welcomed their new Layne’s Chicken Fingers on December 5; it is located at 5801 Highway 6 S. The Missouri City location employs 30-40 people. The newest location in Rosenberg is at 28225 Southwest Fwy. Both stores are still hiring. “We’re excited to have this many stores in Fort Bend, and you know this newest store being right next to the EpiCenter is going to be great,” Fatany said. Founded in 1994 by Mike Layne, the restaurant serves chicken tenders, crinkle-cut fries, Texas toast and a signature sauce. Fatany said the core menu has remained largely unchanged since the brand’s
Sisters Jasmine and Jailah Coleman speak during the event along with Houston Mayor Pro Tem Martha Castex-Tatum.
More than 200 people attended the unveiling of the Edison Cultural Arts Center in Fort Bend Houston.
anonymous donors. “Congressman Al Green, not only did he contribute financially, but he dubbed this project ‘revitalization without gentrification’,” said Castex-Tatum. With two theaters, dance studios, a performance hall, a grand lobby, festival park, restaurants, a food hall, a coop kitchen, retail space and more, the center is expected to draw more than 208,820 visitors annually, said Carter. The celebration featured a testimonial from sisters Jasmine and Jailah Coleman,
was undergoing chemotherapy, passed away in August 2023 at age 34. “I lost my wife a few years back, and I remember at the homegoing service, the preacher told everybody that cared about my family to step up,” said Brandon Scott, Sharron Scott’s son. “After you go through something like that, who the people in your life are that actually step up? And I can say with 100% confidence that it was Charity Carter.” “The Edison Cultural Arts Center is a direct reflection of the people it serves, the
who thanked Carter for helping them become confident, centered young women. Jasmine, 16, attends Hightower High School and Jailah, 18, attends Prairie View A&M University. “We learned what it means to beautiful, Black women with confidence and strength,” said Jailah Coleman. “I remember when I was little, I used to be very wild-- Miss Charity taught us grace.” Sharron Scott credited Carter with providing a safe after-school space for her three grandchildren during a difficult time. Their mother, who
founding. While Layne’s is often compared to Louisianabased Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, he noted that Layne’s opened two years before Raising Cane’s. Fatany, a graduate of Kempner High School, said growing up in Sugar Land gave him a strong understanding of the area and its rapid growth. Fatany introduced the first Halal Guys to Houston in 2016, confident it would succeed in a city with a large Muslim population. Fatany said he is optimistic about Layne’s future, pointing to Houston and its surrounding suburbs as fast-growing markets. “The company has had 100% growth in the last year (2024), and is anticipating another 100% growth for 2025,” he said. “So Layne’s is just now getting started. Next couple of years, there probably will be a Layne’s in every major city across the country, but we’re the Houston franchise developers, and we have one of the best markets – Houston, Harris County, Fort Bend County – bigger, growing markets. And we’re excited be part of it.” Varma can be reached at juhi.varma@gmail.com.
community it sits in and surrounds, and the cultural behavior, beliefs, values, customs, arts, and social patterns we inhabit,” said Charity Carter. “The artists and audiences will see themselves reflected in the arts, because they are the art and their storytelling, and stories are the art.” The Afterschool Arts Academy serves children ages 5–13 in grades K–8 from schools within a 10-mile radius, offering training in visual and digital arts, dance, music, theater and academic support.
People with experience in the arts, theater, production, retail, restaurant, hospitality, or management who are interested in applying should submit a resume to charitycarter@edisonartsfoundation. org. Afterschool Arts Academy also welcomes volunteers to perform community service. Learn more at edisonartsfoundation.org/our-programs/ after-school-arts-%20academy/. Varma can be reached at juhi.varma@gmail.com.
Missouri City officially welcomed a new Layne’s Chicken Fingers on December 5, located at 5801 Highway 6 S. Courtesy City of Missouri City
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Fort Bend welcomes first babies of 2026 By Juhi Varma CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With the arrival of 2026, the Fort Bend Star is delighted to introduce the county’s first New Year babies – tiny bundles of joy who arrived in the morning hours of January 1. The first baby of 2026 born at St. Luke’s Health–Sugar Land Hospital is Louis Barcak. Parents Jakob and Robyn Barcak welcomed their little one at 8:45 a.m. on January 1. The newborn weighed 6lbs.,15.8 oz and measured 19.7 inches in length, the hospital said. At Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital the first 2026 baby is Rowen Allen Reed. Parents Mackenzie Harper and John Reed III welcomed their son at 3.14 a.m. Houston Methodist hospitals across the region each welcomed a New Year baby as 2026 began. By order of arrival time, the first newborns were delivered at 12:26 a.m. at Houston Methodist The Woodlands, followed by 12:45 a.m. at Houston Methodist Cypress. At 3:14 a.m., baby boy Rowen Allen Reed was born at Houston Methodist Sugar Land. Houston Methodist West welcomed its first baby of the year at 7:28 a.m. Varma can be reached at juhi.varma@ gmail.com.
Rowen Allen Reed, pictured with mother Mackenzie Harper, was the first baby born in 2026 at Houston Methodist-Sugar Land.
Louis Barcak, pictured with parents Jakob and Robyn Barcak, was the first baby born in 2026 at St. Luke’s Health–Sugar Land Hospital.
Sugar Plum Market raises $317,000 for local charities
Representatives of nonprofit organizations receiving grants join 2025 Sugar Plum Market cocChairs, representatives of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, and members of Fort Bend Junior Service League at a recent check presentation of proceeds from November’s Sugar Plum Market. Contributed photo
Community Reports The Fort Bend Junior Service League, with the support of title sponsor Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, raised $317,000 during last November’s Sugar Plum Market, as announced during a check presentation on December 16. A total of 31 local nonprofits received grants from the funds. This accomplishment was made possible through the generosity of sponsors, patrons, and dedicated volunteers who managed the Market.
Among the sponsors for the event were Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital (tile sponsor), Momentum BMW (valet), Chiang Law Firm, PLLC and Christopher Meyer Law Firm, PLLC (ticket box office). Roadrunner Moving and Storage, Silt Solutions, Pierce Built Homes, Majestic Title, Origin Bank, The Audra O’Neal Team and HEB made significant contributions. The 31 local nonprofits that were awarded event beneficiary grants were: AccessHealth, Arc of Fort Bend County, Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone
Star, Blessed Be Hope For Three, Inc., Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston, Brazos Bend Guardianship, Catholic Charities, Child Advocates of Fort Bend, CollegeCommunity Career, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Family Houston, Family to Family Adoptions, Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center, Fort Bend Habitat for Humanity, Fort Bend History Association, Fort Bend Hope, Fort Bend Rainbow Room, Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels, The George Ranch, God’s Garden, Houston Museum of Natural Science
at Sugar Land, Katy ARTreach, Literacy Council of Fort Bend, Mercy Goods, M.O.R.E. Possibilities, Parks Youth Ranch, Reining Strength T herapeutic Horsema nsh ip, Rosenberg Railroad Museum Inc, Sire Inc, Texana Center, and the FBJSL Community Assistance Fund. The Community Assistance Fund allows the remaining Sugar Plum Market proceeds to continue helping our local nonprofits with smaller or emergency grant needs throughout the year. The Fort Bend Junior Service
League is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and to improving the Fort Bend County community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Proceeds from various events and fundraisers have made it possible for FBJSL to donate more than $6.4 million to non-profit agencies in the Fort Bend community since its inception in 2001. For more information, visit fbjsl.org.
Sugar Land launches World Cup portal Community Reports Visit Sugar Land recently announced the launch of its Official Houston World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter planning portal, providing fans a one-stop resource for exploring special events and community experiences across Sugar Land for the world’s most celebrated sporting event. Sugar Land is an official Host City Supporter for the World Cup festivities in Houston. Throughout summer 2026, Sugar Land Town Square and First Colony Mall will serve as the primary centers of ac-
tivity, hosting a full lineup of match-day experiences, live entertainment, art installations for photo opportunities, international food and beverage stations, local merchant markets and cultural showcases celebrating the global spirit of the tournament. With the newly designated Sugar Land Social District, fans can gather, dine and celebrate responsibly in expanded outdoor spaces throughout the tournament. Visit Sugar Land will also debut pop-up stores offering Sugar Land–themed apparel and souvenirs. Throughout the tournament, visitors can enjoy
community activations, including Sugar Land Space Cowboys soccer week and youth soccer camps at Constellation Field in June, outdoor movie nights, cultural performances, and pop-up experiences highlighting Sugar Land’s diversity and local talent. “Launching SugarLand26. com is a big step in welcoming the world to Sugar Land. As fans from around the globe travel to Houston, this site gives them one place to easily discover our watch parties, cultural events, and community experiences so they can plan their World Cup jour-
ney with us,” Jordan Cutler, senior marketing manager, said in a news release. “Our community embodies the international spirit of the game, and we’re excited to showcase the energy, hospitality, and
spirit that make Sugar Land unforgettable.” Additional details on event s, ent er t a i n ment lineups, and participating businesses will be announced in early 2026. Fans can visit
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FORT BEND COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS FRUIT TREE SALE
Fort Bend County Master Gardeners are asking you to circle February 14 on your calendar. That’s when they will hold their annual fruit/citrus tree sale in Barn H at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, 4310 Texas 36 in Rosenberg. The sale will be open from 9 a.m.-noon or until sold out and will feature an estimated 75 varieties of fruit trees, berries and tropicals/subtropicals. A list of trees at the sale will be available soon. Give a gift that grows for Valentine’s Day!
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QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB
In conjunction with the Literacy Council of Fort Bend Bend County, Grand Parkway Baptist Church will offer ESL classes on Tuesday nights from mid-August 2025 through May 2026. We are located at 12000 FM 1464, Richmond, across from Austin High School. Our students speak several languages and encompass many faiths, all are welcome. For more information call 281-277-2200 and ask for ESL information. You may also email ESL@grandparkway.org
EMMY-NOMINATED FORT BEND BOYS CHOIR HOLDING AUDITIONS
The Fort Bend Boys Choir is seeking talented young boys who like music and singing. If know of one, encourage him to audition for our award-winning and Emmy-Nominated Fort Bend Boys Choir! No experience is necessary and boys should be around eight years of age or older with an unchanged voice. Auditions are by special appointment at the First United Methodist Church Missouri City, 3900 Lexington Blvd., Missouri City, TX. Visit the Fort Bend Boys Choir’s webpage at www.fbbctx.org or call (281) 240-3800 for more details about auditions. Benefits as a choir member include greater self-esteem and selfconfidence, better work ethic and a sense of belonging and community. A boy’s voice has an expiration date so it is important to audition when boys’ voices are still unchanged. Auditions are free! 311 Ulrich Street, Sugar Land meets the fourth Tuesday of each Month at 7:00 pm. All Veterans are welcome.
Lunches. are planned for the fourth Tuesday of the month at various local restaurants. Please contact Bobbie Tomlin at {281} 967-0718 For more information about us and to learn about this month’s planned lunch. We hope to meet you soon.
The Quail Valley Garden Club is very busy, not only with meetings, but with some fun “stuff” for our members and the community. Please find our fall schedule of events that the QVGC will be involved with this fall leading up to the holidays.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES AT GPBC
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LOVING FRIENDS IS A GROUP OF WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS THAT MEET MONTHLY FOR LUNCH, FRIENDSHIP, AND SOCIALIZATION
FT. BEND ACCORDION CLUB
Meets on the 4th Sunday of every month from 2:pm - 4:pm at: CHRIST CHURCH SUGAR LAND (in the Chapel) 3300 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX 77479 FREE and Open to the Public! We welcome everybody! If you play accordion, beginners to professional and would like to play Call, Text or email: Vince Ramos Cell: 281-204-7716 vincer.music@gmail.com.
LITERACY COUNCIL OF FORT BEND COUNTY
We enhance lives and strengthen communities by teaching adults to read. We need your help. Literacy Council is actively recruiting Volunteer Tutors to provide instruction for English as a Second Language (ESL) Levels 0-5, three hours a week. For more information, call 281-240-8181 or visit our website www.ftbendliteracy.org.
FBJSL IS ACCEPTING CAF GRANT APPLICATIONS
We provide grants of up to $5,000.00 to charitable causes serving Fort Bend County with requests to fund a critical need, pilot a program, or expand a significant service to the community. If your agency or organization is interested in applying for a CAF grant, please visit the Request Support page of the FBJSL website (www.fbjsl.org/request-support). All applications should be submitted via e-mail to brccom@fbjsl.com.
THE SANCTUARY FOSTER CARE SERVICES
We are a child placing agency that provides wrap around care support for foster children and foster families. We provide free therapy services, 24 hr. crisis intervention, respite/alternative care services and community-based support. For more info, www.sanctuaryfostercare.org
ALIEF AARP CHAPTER 3264
Meets the first Thursday of every month at 10:00 a.m. at Salvation Army Church, 7920 Cook Road, Houston, TX 77072. Educational Program/Entertainment at each meeting. Bus Trips every month. Seniors 50 and above invited. Call 281785-7372 for more information.
SUGAR LAND ROTARY CLUB
Sugar Land Rotary Club, the nation’s oldest community service organization, wants you to be its guest at a meeting that could turn out to be the best fit for getting involved with a local, non-political, humanitarian service organization with a global presence to satisfy your passion. We’re on a quest for new members! Call or email Dean Clark, 832-987-4193, sugarlandrotaryclub5890@gmail.com We just started a new evening club also. Contact me for more info.
GIVE A GIFT OF HOPE
Give a Gift of Hope one-time or monthly. Your help provides access to therapies and services children with autism might otherwise go without. Please consider Hope For Three in your Estate, Planned, or Year-End Giving. Register now, or learn more about exciting events: www.hopeforthree.org/events.
DVD-BASED ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS WITH NO HOMEWORK REQUIRED
Weekly class designed to help you understand and appreciate the Bible by giving you a better sense of the land and culture from which it sprang. The class meets at 9:30 am every Sunday at First Presbyterian of Sugar Land (502 Eldridge Rd.). For more information call 281-240-3195.
EXCHANGE
EXCHANGE, America’s Service Club, always welcomes guests and is in search of new members! Various Fort Bend clubs exist and can accommodate early morning (7 a.m.), noon and evening meeting time desires. For more info, contact Mike Reichek, Regional Vice President, 281-575-1145 or mike@reichekfinancial. com We would love to have you join us and see what we are all about!
MISSOURI CITY AARP CHAPTER 3801
Meets the second Monday of every month at 11:30 a.m., at 2701 Cypress Point Dr., Missouri City Rec Center. Lunch, education, and entertainment. All seniors over 50 invited. For more information, call 713-859-5920 or 281-499-3345.
Second annual Vows on Valentine’s Day Worship Directory ceremony set FORT BEND COUNTY
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METHODIST CHURCH
CHRIST CHURCH SUGAR LAND • 281-980-6888
STAFFORD CHURCH OF CHRIST • 281-499-2507
A United Methodist Community 3300 Austin Parkway • Sugar Land, TX 77479 Rev. Dr. Daniel Irving, Senior Pastor Sunday Schedule 9:30 am Blended Worship 9:30 am Sunday School for all ages 11:00 am Traditional & Contemporary Worship www.christchurchsl.org
402 Stafford Run Rd. -Stafford, 77477 Stephen Higley, Preacher Sunday Bible Study 9:30 am Sunday Worship 10:30 am Wednesday 7:00 pm www.staffordcoc.com
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • 281-240-3195
Fort Bend County Clerk Laura Richard, along with County Court-at-Law No. 6 Judge Dean Hrbacek and 434th District Judge Christian Becerra, will host the second annual Vows on Valentine’s Day Marriage Ceremony event on Feb. 14. Contributed photo
Community Reports On February 14, Fort Bend County Clerk Laura Richard, along with County Court-atLaw No. 6 Judge Dean Hrbacek and 434th District Judge Christian Becerra, will host the second annual Vows on Valentine’s Day Marriage Ceremony event at the William Travis Building in Richmond. This special, free celebration gives couples the opportunity to honor their commitment in a meaningful and memorable way. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event – which served eleven Fort Bend couples – the 2026 ceremony has expanded to welcome twenty couples, reflecting the County Clerk’s continued commitment to celebrating love, family, and community. Couples will be assigned to arrive at either 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. and will be officiated
by the Judge Hrbacek or Judge Becerra, both of whom have volunteered their services. Staff from the Fort Bend County Clerk’s Office will also be on-site to assist couples with marriage license filing to ensure a seamless experience. “Valentine’s Day remains a meaningful occasion to honor love and commitment. It is a privilege to witness this celebration for a second year, and I am proud that we are able to welcome even more couples as this tradition continues to grow,” said in a news release. The event is open to all eligible couples who have purchased their marriage license at least sevden days prior in advance from the Fort Bend County Clerk’s Office. Couples may register by visiting the County Clerk’s website www.fbctx.gov/countyclerk for participation details and to sign up. Interested couples are encouraged to register early, as space is limited.
502 Eldridge Rd. -Sugar Land, TX 77478 Reverend Dr. Fred Seay, Pastor Sunday Worship In Person 11:00 am / Nursery Available Worship Online on YouTube www.fpcsl.org
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