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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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Daniel Sample, manager of FBCL’s Genealogy and Local History Department, demonstrates the ScanPro 3000 microfilm scanner in the Genealogy and Local History Department at George Memorial Library in Richmond. (Courtesy Fort Bend County Libraries)
George Memorial Library in Richmond adds microfilm ...
Katy resident Stanley Short discovered the Model B John Deere tractor in 2010 and began a six-year restoration project. (Rynd Morgan/Community Impact Newspaper)
1940 John Deere Tractor Comes to Johnny ...
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; Conroe shelter accused of abuse and more top Houston-area news
The ordinance aims to keep the area "historically accurate," Council Member Rory Robertson said. (Courtesy Adrienne Davitz)
City Council approves ordinance protecting Katy Heritage Park
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)
Katy-area resident to restore historic J.V. Cardiff & Sons rice dryer
(From right) JD Doyle, Sara Fernandez and Kirk Baxter are the founders of The Banner Project. (Courtesy Kirk Baxter)
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)
‘I am filled’: Houston-Galveston area celebrates first Juneteenth as federal holiday
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)
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)
Volunteers make progress restoring historic Black cemetery in Conroe
Staff members will lead virtual tours in real time at The Alamo. (Courtesy The Alamo)
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)
Sen. John Cornyn's Smithsonian museum for American Latinos bill passes House vote
Locals support Black Lives Matter on June 2. (Nola Z. Valente/Community Impact Newspaper)
Q&A: Houston area expert speaks on institutionalized racism, racial trauma, protests