Suzanne Rehak photoThe 18th annual Boot Scootin' Ball organized by the Needville/Lamar Metro Subcommittee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was held Saturday at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds to raise money for scholarships for Needville ISD and Lamar CISD students.

The Grand Parkway expansion project may be moving faster than you think. Proponents will gather this Friday at Commissioners Court to brainstorm it. Also, H-GAC will present a regional transit study in Richmond.

Jimmy Loyd photoThe city of Sugar Land held its first Cultural Kite Festival on Saturday, with kites of all shapes and sizes flying high in the sky at Sugar Land Memorial Park.

A benefit raises $21,000 for a dying Fulshear teen's "bucket list." Horse falls out of trailer, runs down U.S. 59. Telfair sees a 10 percent increase in new home sales in 2009.