Montgomery County’s newest Texas Historical Commission state marker honors one of 12 Black state legislators who served in the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. J. Goldstein DuPree is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave at the Montgomery Memorial Cemetery. Last week, historians, elected officials and local leaders celebrated the dedication of a state historical marker…
Updated 12:15 p.m. April 28 The leaders of Camp Mystic said they felt they “acted reasonably” in the early hours of July 4, as rain poured and the Guadalupe River rose. “I believe, based on what we knew then, we acted reasonably,” Britt Eastland, one of the camp’s directors, told lawmakers April 28. “But now…
Updated 4:30 p.m. April 28 After about 1.5 hours of testimony from Nim Kidd, who leads the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the joint committee began hearing testimony from the families of young girls who survived the July 4 flood at Camp Mystic. Julie Sprunt Marshall, an Austin surgeon, urged lawmakers to take action to…
Updated 7:30 p.m. April 28 CiCi and Will Steward’s 8-year-old daughter, Cecilia “Cile” Steward, has been unaccounted for since July 4, 2025. In her first year at Camp Mystic, Cile was a camper in Twins, a pair of cabins that housed some of the camp’s youngest visitors. “Tomorrow will mark 10 months since I hugged…
Updated 11:15 p.m. April 28 About 11 hours into the marathon hearing, legislators began asking questions of officials with the Department of State Health Services, which is tasked with evaluating and licensing all Texas youth camps. Investigators said a day earlier that Camp Mystic did not have a written, posted disaster evacuation plan at the…
Across communities in Montgomery County, it’s not uncommon to feel surrounded by people but still a little disconnected. Between work, […]
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In a one-year snapshot of changing attitudes in Greater Houston, residents expressed the largest drop in confidence about regional job opportunities in more than four decades, according to survey results released April 27 from the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Increased financial pressure, coupled with concern about extreme weather and pollutants, indicates residents across the…
Conroe City Council hit pause April 23 on a proposed stormwater utility fee that would have added a new monthly drainage charge to utility bills, opting instead to defer the item. This comes after council members raised concerns about exemptions, financial projections and how the policy would work for commercial properties. What happened Council opened…
In the early hours of July 4, 2025, an intense rainstorm pummeled communities in the Texas Hill Country, submerging low-water crossings as segments of the Guadalupe River rose more than 30 feet in 90 minutes. Twenty-seven young campers and counselors died at Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls summer camp located along the river in…
The Houston-Pasadena region rose one spot and is now ranked No. 6 out of 226 metropolitan areas for its number of high ozone days, according to the 2026 State of the Air report released by the American Lung Association on April 21. The region was ranked No. 7 in 2025, Community Impact previously reported. Between…