Let’s face it. The idea of anybody being appointed to any job “for life” is ridiculous. It’s important to remember when Alexander Hamilton and company came up with this notion of lifelong appointments for federal judges, the life expectancy was 33. To put it another way, they made this call at a time in our...
The Northside Lions football team is a team coached by a Conroe Police Night Shift Lieutenant Brent Stowe who is also the SWAT Commander. Stowe has been coaching for 8-years. His two sons went through the program at which time he was a dad coach. Since then he has been a volunteer coach/athletic director. This...
Greetings from the Greatest Lions Club in the World! We experienced another very successful and entertaining Wednesday Noon Lions Club meeting this week. It was a treat to have the three finalists for the Outstanding Youth Contest from Conroe High School. The best part about it was watching how impressive our youth are and how...
Some plans may have been slowed down by this year’s pandemic, but Conroe-based Walker Cable Productions is still in action on two movies and a TV project. Retired Conroe High School teacher Sam Cable and former Olympic boxer turned writer, producer and director Chuck Walker started their feature film company Walker Cable Productions in the...
A four-inch roll of cardboard, a bit of shiny holiday paper and a handful of hard candy. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? But for a group of needy children in Mexico, this is Christmas!. If I have counted correctly, this is year 25 of this fun and fabulous project… from yourconroenews.comclick here to view...
A cop who turned into a nationally headlining comedian, Billy D. Washington, 55, has returned to the Houston area to launch the new Script & Riff comedy club at Margaritaville on Lake Conroe. “I’m hoping that this is the business model that Margaritaville integrates all over the world,” Washington said… from yourconroenews.comclick here to view...
Local school districts are looking forward to a boost in COVID-related funding from Montgomery County. At its Oct. 27 meeting, county commissioners approved redistributing $4.4 million in CARES Act funds to local districts to help offset COVID-19 related expenses. While the funds from the county can’t reimburse all of the… from yourconroenews.comclick here to view...
On Nov. 14, the Heritage Museum, in conjunction with the City of Conroe, will celebrate National Native American Heritage Month with a gala event entitled “Gathering of the Nations.” From 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., exhibits will be on display in the museum while tents and canons will occupy the grounds stretching to the neighboring...
Dési Bittner knows what it’s like to be a single mom. She also knows how far a little generosity can go. So when Bittner was ready to donate her 2010 Toyota Corolla she wanted to make sure it was going to help someone in need. On Thursday morning she handed the keys to God’s Garage,...
In a historical and unprecedented year, former Conroe Councilman Jody Czajkoski can now focus on business after he was elected mayor Tuesday night. After COVID-19 forced the postponement of the city’s general election from May to November and with former Mayor Toby Powell’s death in September, the 2020 city election was anything by typical. from...