A federal district court has ruled that a Texas judge’s practice of having a chaplain open court sessions with prayer violates the Constitution. Judge Wayne Mack, a justice of the peace in Montgomery County, Texas, created a chaplaincy program in 2014, allowing volunteer chaplains to “assist the Court system and Law Enforcement with grieving families...
A project to widen Kuykendahl Road from two to four lanes from Lake Woodlands to Research Forest drives is underway, according to Montgomery County Precinct 3 officials. A new bridge will be constructed over Bear Branch to accommodate the northbound lanes, and the existing two lanes will become southbound lanes. As of late May, contractors...
Early Sunday evening Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Metts was alerted to several vehicles hitting a large hole in the roadway on Old Houston Road between Village Way and SH 242. Commissioner Metts responded to the scene and found an area of roadway that floods. Vehicles going around the water had broken the shoulder down...
THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED EVERY FEW HOURS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY NO REFUSAL WEEKEND. Even with the rains Friday night and the DWI warnings several drivers decided to ignore the warnings. The Montgomery County District Attorney announced Friday that this will be a NO REFUSAL WEEKEND, meaning if you are stopped for DWI and...
After claiming the District 13-6A championship, Oak Ridge also paced the all-Montgomery County league with four superlatives. The Lady War Eagles had the Pitcher of the Year in freshman Savanna Conway and the Defensive Player of the Year in senior catcher Morgan Dutton. Freshman Ariel Redmond, an outfielder, shared the… click here to view the...
A Montgomery County Precinct 4 Deputy responded to reports of a car fire in the 25000 block of Needham Road in Porter. Upon arrival, he observed a vehicle fully engulfed and a male approached him claiming he started a fire near the vehicle but not in the vehicle. The male didn’t want to identify himself...
DOWNTOWN FREEPORT FIRE-LEES JEWELERS/CLOTHING GARDEN. A Monday morning fire destroyed a family-run jewelry store in Freeport and caused considerable damage in several adjacent stores. Lee’s Credit Jewelers Inc. near City Hall was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters reached the scene shortly before 10 a.m., said Freeport Police Chief… click here to view the...
A 7-foot alligator found in a Splendora ditch was relocated Saturday to the San Jacinto River, marking the third gator sighting in Montgomery County in a 24-hour period, authorities said. Deputies responded just before 5 p.m. to the deep ditch along Tram Road at Hill and Dale Avenue where the… click here to view the...
The inaugural Bear Crawl kicked off Saturday in Downtown Conroe and will continue Sunday in Montgomery. Sponsored by Office Evolution (Conroe/The Woodlands), the two-day event showcasing eight venues serves as a fundraiser to support the mission of Bear Etc to establish a bear and exotic animal sanctuary in Montgomery County. click here to view the...
Just after 630, Central Montgomery County Fire Department was dispatched to a swift water rescue in the back of the Magnolia Bend Subdivision off FM 1314 just south of Conroe. When they arrived on the scene they learned an 18-year-old male and female had gone swimming. Both got stuck in the extreme current. The female...