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    Nothing happens quickly, does it?
    June 21, 2010 11:22 am
    by From the Archives

    It's already been 10 years ago this summer since five mayors from Fort Bend County sat down with then U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay to discuss the possibility of a commuter train on the rail lines along U.S. 90A.

    Roads and traffic, Fort Bend County
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    Remember the case of the Sugar Land madam?
    May 12, 2010 4:28 pm
    by From the Archives

    file photofile photoNext month will mark 25 years since a federal trial began in the case of Penelope Hatteras, who was convicted of organizing a network of high-priced call girls.

    Crime and courts
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    How did local paper cover World War II?
    March 14, 2010 6:25 am
    by From the Archives

    Richmond's newspaper in 1941, The Texas Coaster, didn't write about the war as much as you would have thought it would. Take a look at some of the stories that did appear in the first few weeks after Pearl Harbor was attacked.

    Fort Bend County
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    Is 1915 really much different than 2010?
    February 25, 2010 4:20 pm
    by From the Archives

    1915 ad from the Rosenberg News-Herald1915 ad from the Rosenberg News-HeraldNews clippings from 95 years ago show a Fort Bend school district worried about a lack of state funds and Sugar Land residents interested in baseball. But, when a local store installed a rest room, that made news, too.

    Fort Bend County
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    What was making news 100 years ago?
    February 12, 2010 1:49 pm
    by From the Archives

    A businessman was proposing an electric light plant to service Rosenberg, and a business was hoping to get farmers to grow cucumbers so it could locate a pickle factory here. Oh, and somebody shot off one of his fingers by accident.

    Fort Bend County
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