Conroe City Council voted Aug. 28 to rename the Oscar Johnson Jr. Community Center as the Oscar Johnson Jr. Enrichment & Recreation Center ahead of its September opening and add four new staff positions. What you need to know Along with the name change, Conroe City Council members also approved adding four new staff positions—a…
CONROE, TX — On Thursday, August 28, 2025, at approximately 12:30 p.m., Conroe Police Traffic and Motor Units responded to a fatal crash in the 500 block of N. IH 45. While en route to the scene, Motor Unit Officer J. Dugas was traveling westbound in the 1200 block of N. Loop 336 W with…
Amazing Window Cleaners launched a new division called Amazing Christmas Lights, which will specialize in full-service Christmas and holiday lighting installations in and around Montgomery County, according to an Aug. 25 news release. Booking for the holiday season will begin Oct. 1. Amazing Christmas Lights will offer free estimates, design consultations, maintenance and takedown after…
The men were from Katy, Willis and Cleveland, Texas.
An interagency crackdown on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs in the Houston area began Aug. 28 for the extended Labor Day weekend, Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen announced. The gist Constable Precinct 1 deputies and officers from other law enforcement agencies will be out across Harris County to find and arrest drivers…
Details surrounding the officer’s condition or the circumstances of the crash were not immediately available.
Sam Houston State University’s College of Oseopathic Medicine in Conroe and OakBend Medical Center officially launched their new residency program in Richmond, Texas, according to an Aug. 25 news release. In a nutshell The four residents who make up the first class of the new residency program began training Aug. 1, according to the release.…
On July 25, I departed to London with Viking River cruises to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France and to honor my paratrooper dad, Lt. Kenneth E. Marsh. This journey was a year in the making and I followed in the footsteps of my parents and brother’s family as they had journeyed…
The Home Depot has filed plans for work at a new site in Conroe, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The details Construction is expected to begin in September 2025 and wrap up in October 2026, according to the filing. The project has an estimated cost of $17 million.…
The Conroe ISD board of trustees named David Vinson as the lone finalist for CISD’s superintendent of schools in a unanimous vote during a special board meeting Aug. 27. The decision follows a three-month search to fill the position. What you need to know Vinson has been the superintendent for Wylie ISD since 2011, which…