Conroe City Council on Sept. 24 approved a cheaper holiday lighting contract that moves the Christmas display from Candy Cane Park to a walking tour at Founders Plaza, plus a $20,000 marketing grant for the Oct. 9 to 11 Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival.
Willis is under a boil water notice after a major Wednesday water line break. Willis ISD campuses will get bottled water Thursday, and Montgomery County is helping plan an afternoon distribution for residents.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Thursday, Oct. 1: burn bans in eight 936-area counties, FM 354 and FM 3131 closed, no rivers at flood stage, lakes running mostly high, and no active weather alerts.
The TxDOT Lufkin District weekly update lists lane closures Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 on US 59 in Livingston, US 69 near Zavalla, FM 324 near Lufkin, and the Corrigan Relief Route.
The Walker County Hospital District board voted Thursday to adopt an $11.02 million budget and a lower 2026 tax rate for the district that serves Huntsville and the county.
Jasper County Commissioners Court hosts a second public hearing at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, on a proposal to move to countywide vote centers starting in 2027.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Monday, Sept. 28: burn bans in seven 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage, no active weather alerts, and lakes running high except Sam Rayburn.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Saturday, Sept. 26: burn bans in eight 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage, no active weather alerts, and lakes running mostly high.
Crockett police say two Nacogdoches men have been arrested in connection with a June 13 shooting in Crockett that injured four people, three of them bystanders.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Friday, Sept. 25: burn bans in seven 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage and no active weather alerts.