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On Feb. 22, RICE MELISSA LYNN||LYNN RICE MELISSA||MELISSA LYNN RICE||KENNETH RONALD RICE||RICE KENNETH RONALD||RONALD RICE KENNETH purchased a property at 1934 Golden Creek Lane, Richmond from TAYLOR MORRISON OF TEXAS INC.

17406 Sauki Lane, Richmond sold on Feb. 22

On Feb. 22, YTSMA KATHRYN ANN||ANN YTSMA KATHRYN||KATHRYN ANN YTSMA||YTSMA POWELL BOB||BOB YTSMA POWELL||POWELL BOB YTSMA||YOUNG JULIE ANN||ANN YOUNG JULIE||JULIE ANN YOUNG purchased a property at 17406 Sauki Lane, Richmond from LENNAR HOMES OF TEXAS SALES AND MARKETING LTD||US HOME LLC||US HOME CORPORATION appraised at $325,740.

2839 Falcon Knoll Lane, Katy sold on Feb. 22

A property at 2839 Falcon Knoll Lane, Katy was sold on Feb. 22 by DAWSON JAY B||B DAWSON JAY||JAY B DAWSON||DAWSON JAY BARTON||BARTON DAWSON JAY||JAY BARTON DAWSON||DAWSON JENNIFER L||L DAWSON JENNIFER||JENNIFER L DAWSON||DAWSON JENNIFER LOUISE||LOUISE DAWSON JENNIFER||JENNIFER LOUISE DAWSON for $209,424. The buyer was KERLICK I RAY JR.

PRUETT CAREY||WU DAN buys 3710 Lakeridge Canyon Drive, Sugar Land

A property at 3710 Lakeridge Canyon Drive, Sugar Land was sold on Feb. 22 by WATSON MICHAEL for $270,912. The buyer was PRUETT CAREY||WU DAN.

17107 Amber Ridge Drive, Sugar Land acquired by MANSURI HAMIDABIBI

A property at 17107 Amber Ridge Drive, Sugar Land was sold on Feb. 22 by NATIONAL RESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SERVICES INC for $101,264. The buyer was MANSURI HAMIDABIBI.

4726 Montclair Hill Lane, Fresno sold by MOORE MARY WRIGHT||WRIGHT MOORE MARY||MARY WRIGHT MOORE

On Feb. 22, WRIGHT THOMAS C||C WRIGHT THOMAS||THOMAS C WRIGHT||WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER THOMAS||THOMAS WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER||CHRISTOPHER THOMAS WRIGHT purchased a property at 4726 Montclair Hill Lane, Fresno from MOORE MARY WRIGHT||WRIGHT MOORE MARY||MARY WRIGHT MOORE appraised at $160,900.

Week ending Feb. 17: Fort Bend County home sales

There were 111 reported residential sales in Fort Bend County in the week ending Feb. 17, according to BlockShopper.com.

Louisiana Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Woman in Double Shooting

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Congresswoman De La Cruz (TX-15) Calls Out Mexico for Sugar Growers Closure