A Pearland Junior High South team won as grand champions in this year's Pearland school district Quiz Bowl. The Feb. 19 event drew an enthusiastic audience of about 240 to watch 156 middle school and junior high school students answer questions about general trivia and France, this year’s topic.

Francisca Ortega takes her turn at listing her favorite five among Pearland restaurants. What are yours?

Register now for the Family Night Indoor Drive-In Movie scheduled March 19 at the Pearland Community Center, 3523 Liberty Drive.

University of Houston Professor of Archeology Ken Brown (cq) shows what is a part of a toy doll found at the Jordan Plantation.: Nick de la Torre/Chronicle
Part of Brazoria County's heritage is that of slaves and freedmen who coped with overwhelming obstacles in the antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction periods. But because those residents didn't leave written accounts, much of that story has been a mystery, which University of Houston anthropologist Kenneth Brown has worked for years to unravel. Brown will lead a tour of the plantation's cabin sites on Saturday, with the bus leaving from St. James Church, 3129 Southmore, Houston, at 9 a.m.