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This map shows the proposed attendance boundary for Sonal Bhuchar Elementary School in red. Additionally, the area outlined in purple will be rezoned from Commonwealth Elementary School to Sullivan Elementary School. (Courtesy Fort Bend ISD)

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In 1921, the first Harris County Public Library opened at the Harrisburg School in Harrisburg, where students could access free books. (Courtesy Harris County Public Library)

Harris County Public Library system honored on ...

According to the Katy Heritage Society, at 177 feet tall, the J.V. Cardiff & Sons rice dryer was the tallest in the country when it opened in 1966. (Courtesy Cardiff Rice Dryer)

Historic Katy rice dryer to be restored; ...

The passage of time in Meyerland brought a row of tall trees to a segment of South Rice Avenue between Runnymeade Drive and South Braeswood Boulevard. (Photos courtesy Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Savannah Kuchar/Community Impact Newspaper)

Residents, community leaders reflect on 65-year history ...

(From right) JD Doyle, Sara Fernandez and Kirk Baxter are the founders of The Banner Project. (Courtesy Kirk Baxter)

Published 5:24 PM | Jun 28, 2021 CDT

Traveling installation tells the story of Houston’s LGBTQ history

The text of General Order No. 3, which Gordon Granger issued from Galveston in June 1865 to explicitly liberate enslaved Black Texans, runs across the bottom of the mural. (Colleen Ferguson/Community Impact Newspaper)

Updated 6:53 PM | Jun 19, 2021 CDT

‘I am filled’: Houston-Galveston area celebrates first Juneteenth as federal holiday

Published 11:47 AM | Feb 5, 2021 CST

Black History in Houston: Explore sites, neighborhoods, moments, resources to know

This will be the 43rd annual event known as the nation’s original MLK Day parade sanctioned by Martin Luther King Sr. in 1978. (Courtesy Black Heritage Society)

Published 1:35 PM | Jan 13, 2021 CST

Houston’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade goes virtual for 2021 event

Volunteers Hunter Pyle and Eddie Pierce, along with missionaries from the Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-Day Saints, kept the wood chipper going all day to fill the dumpster. (Courtesy John Meredith)

Published 12:20 PM | Nov 26, 2020 CST

Volunteers make progress restoring historic Black cemetery in Conroe

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Published 5:55 AM | Oct 31, 2020 CDT

For 75 years, Houston builds Texas Medical Center into a 'powerhouse'

Myer-Hall House Good Brick Tour

Published 3:14 PM | Oct 9, 2020 CDT

Good Brick Tour offers virtual visits of historic homes, Esperson buildings

A 1920s home in Boulevard Oaks is undergoing renovations under the supervision of Houston’s historic preservation law, which first took effect in 1995. (Matt Dulin/Community Impact Newspaper)

Published 6:00 AM | Oct 5, 2020 CDT

After 25 years, Houston's historic preservation law faces Supreme Court test

Staff members will lead virtual tours in real time at The Alamo. (Courtesy The Alamo)

Updated 12:07 PM | Aug 28, 2020 CDT

Remember the Alamo through virtual tours

The Smithsonian Institution operates a number of museums in Washington, D.C. The most recent one built is the National Museum of African American History and Culture, pictured here. (Courtesy Smithsonian Institution)

Published 1:24 PM | Jul 27, 2020 CDT

Sen. John Cornyn's Smithsonian museum for American Latinos bill passes House vote