HISTORY
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
(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
The Missouri City Juneteenth Celebration Foundation holds a number of events each year commemorating the holiday, including a parade and concert in the park. (Courtesy Missouri City Juneteenth Celebration Foundation)
Missouri City's annual Juneteenth celebration to culminate with parade and concert, June 19
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
The Sugar Land 95 were reburied where they were found on the James Reese Career and Technical Center grounds. (Claire Shoop/Community Impact Newspaper)
Latest report on Sugar Land 95 lends insight into those who died under convict leasing system
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
Union General Gordon Granger came to Galveston in 1865 to announce the liberation of enslaved people in Texas; a nine-foot-tall statue of Granger is visible when driving along Broadway Avenue J, one of Galveston’s busiest streets. (Graphic by Justin Howell/Community Impact Newspaper)
National Juneteenth holiday has Houston-Galveston roots
In mid-December, the Sugar Land 95 grave sites were marked with stakes after reburial occurred. (Beth Marshall/Community Impact Newspaper)
Sugar Land 95 memorial ceremony postponed due to coronavirus; historic discovery to live on in statewide curriculum
The Sugar Land 95 are believed to have been convict laborers who died working in sugar cane fields in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Sugar Land 95 remains are one step closer to reburial
FBISD plans Sugar Land 95 curriculum as officials seek local control of cemeteries
Several artifacts were unearthed when the Sugar Land 95 were discovered last February at Fort Bend ISD's James Reese Career and Technical Education center.
Fort Bend ISD board unanimously in favor of working with county on memorialization of human remains found at district construction site
The train carrying the remains of former President George H.W. Bush passes through the city of Magnolia.
SLIDESHOW: George H.W. Bush funeral train passes through Spring, Magnolia on way to final resting place
Sugar Land, FBISD officials in favor of reburying human remains at Old Imperial Prison Farm Cemetery
Local officials favor DNA testing of historic human remains; task force to plan for reinterment over the next six months
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Sugar Land Task Force in favor of DNA testing remains discovered at burial ground
Sugar Land City Council to work with Fort Bend ISD, historical commissions on formal reburial of uncovered skeletal remains