Sugar Land News

At the start of Keiji Parssinen's absorbing debut novel, "The Ruins of Us,'' 47-year-old Rosalie al-Baylani attempts to tuck her hijab over her distinctive red tresses after a strong desert breeze lifts up the folds of fabric.

In high school there are history projects, papers and lectures, lessons about life's flattering and sometimes unflattering past.

The opening of Uchi Houston last week was just the prelude to a rash of exciting, greatly anticipated openings across the city.

Spring is just around the corner. Outdoor activities and events are planned and anticipated.

Shown is the Exchange Club of Sugar Land "Sauce Wars" planning committee. Pictured - Doug Brinkley, Mary Jo Saviaggo, Howard Spencer.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department stocked Eldridge Lake with 500 rainbow trout on Feb.

Researched by Industrial Info Resources Australia -- Royal Dutch Shell plc , via Shell Development Australia, has signed a non-binding heads of agreement with Nexus Energy and Osaka Gas Company Limited to commercialise the Crux natural gas fields, with Shell taking operatorship of the project.

Sugar Land police are looking for two men who robbed another man at gunpoint near his home in the 2700 block of Grants Lake Boulevard.

Hate group leader Pamela Geller is spewing insults at me again, for pointing out her disgusting exploitation of a murdered Muslim woman.

Researched by Industrial Info Resources Australia -- In August 2011, the Australian Energy Market Operator argued that with medium economic growth, Queensland will reach its low-reserve condition in 2013.

Dollars in the amount of 13.8 trillion is a mighty big sum. Yet, for years, we hardly noticed it.

Helen Mae Parr, age 84, of Metropolis, Ill., formerly of Collinsville, Ill., passed away Wednesday, Feb.

"We plan on doing three times what we would normally do on a Sunday night," says Ryan Genthe with Coal Vines Pizza in Sugar Land.

Coming off a year that saw construction begin on a new $30 million dollar baseball stadium, a new $69 million dollar surface water treatment plant, a significant reduction in crime and the adoption of the city's first long range comprehensive mobility plan, officials say the city of Sugar Land is poised to undergo even more growth and development ... (more)

Sugar Land Artist Donald H.Walker will be exhibiting in the 16th Annual Citywide African American Artists Exhibition, Houston.

Doctors from Sweetwater OBGYN, a main sponsor: Back row left to right: Erica Noyes, Shanna Crain, Dr.

Valero reported $45 million in net income for the quarter, compared with a net loss of $438 million in fourth-quarter 2010, and $2.09 billion in net income for the year, compared with a $324 million gain in 2010.

A former Houston cell phone store owner-turned-concert promoter must repay nearly $10 million in a Medicare fraud investigation.

Researched by Industrial Info Resources -- Ford Motor Company has been quietly motoring along throughout the recession and the years of slow recovery.

After nine years of dating, Kimberly Griffiths and Richard Cicciarelli chose "At Last" for their first dance as husband and wife.