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...
Over 100 employees have joined a lawsuit against Houston Methodist hospital in Texas for requiring all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The network, which oversees eight hospitals and has more than 26,000 employees, gave workers a deadline of June 7 to get the vaccine. If not, staffers risk suspension and termination, according to the...
About 10 pm Friday night Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of someone in the yard of a residence on North Hillcrest at Fatherly in Porter. Several deputies responded. The homeowner who has a fenced yard said his three dogs had been barking which they normally do not do. continued… click here to...
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 refuse to provide a blood specimen a warrant will immediately be drawn up and an...
The Lone Star College Small Business Development Center will dissolve July 31, but the SBDC will continue to provide its services to businesses in need in the Montgomery County and North Houston area, according to Steve Lawrence, executive director for the Texas Gulf Coast Network. “Despite the fact that we’re… click here to view the...
Early in his tenure as an associate superintendent with Oklahoma’s Tulsa Public Schools, Millard House II found himself thrust into an education administrator’s nightmare: closing campuses and redrawing school boundaries. Faced with declining enrollment, House’s boss moved in 2010 to shutter 14 campuses spread throughout the city under a plan… click here to view the...