Fort Bend Star


The Fort Bend Star is a weekly newspaper headquartered in Stafford, Texas in Greater Houston.
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History

The newspaper was founded in 1978 by Beverly "Bev" Carter. Her newspaper included a column written by her, "Bev's Burner." Mike Glenn of the Houston Chronicle wrote that it "mixed homey personal anecdotes with sometimes biting political observations." She often criticized politicians including Governor of Texas Rick Perry and Congressman Tom Delay.
Carter died of cancer on Saturday July 6, 2013. As of that year, her son, Michael Fredrickson, published the newspaper. In 2017 it was purchased by McElvy Vasquez, LLC, with Jonathan McElvy serving as president and Frank Vasquez serving as publisher. In 2022, it, and other newspapers owned by McElvy Partners LLC, was sold to Los Angeles-based Street Media.
The current editor of The Fort Bend Star is Ken Fountain. Contributing writers include feature writer Juhi Varma and columnist-at-large Lynn Ashby.