Houstonist is always partial to a good ghost story, and we'd nearly forgotten about one in our own back yard: the tale of James Briton "Brit" Bailey, the poor soul who has spent the past 175 years wandering around a field between Angleton and West Columbia in search of a drink. Fortunately, KTRK reminded us of Bailey — and if you'll gather around the campfire, we'll tell you a little about him. The Handbook...
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So it rained a lot yesterday, and it looks like we're not going to get much of a break today. Or tomorrow. Or — well, actually, it's looking like the rail will continue for at least the next seven days. The bright spot in all this is that the rain may hold off for the big fireworks show Wednesday night: "We have seen, the last four or five days, rain in the morning and rain...
Great news for fans of urban sprawl: two highway expansion projects in Fort Bend County are expected to push the suburbs even farther southwest. Highway 90A, which swings through Missouri City and Sugar Land before heading west to Richmond and Rosenberg, is being renovated, and a major reconstruction of Highway 59 will add lanes and widen the Brazos River crossing. It's the 59 expansion that should really open things up for the farther reaches of Fort Bend County:
