A Jasper County controlled burn got out of control Friday morning on FM 777 west of Jasper, destroying a travel trailer and threatening a nearby home and tire pile while a National Weather Service Red Flag Warning kept conditions ripe for fast-moving fire through 7 p.m.
Montgomery County deputies arrested a parole suspect in south Montgomery County on Oct. 5 after a traffic stop turned up eight catalytic converters, all reportedly cut from Toyotas, along with a reciprocating saw.
Montgomery County Commissioners Court on Oct. 8 approved selling $35 million in bonds to pay for roadway projects through next summer, drawing from the $480 million road bond voters approved in May 2025. Municipal interest rates are at 5.21 percent.
Conroe ISD police are searching for a 17-year-old Grand Oaks High School student last seen on campus at 12:50 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. Documents left behind suggest the teen may have headed toward Oregon or Washington with a plan to cross into Canada. Tips go to 936-709-8911.
The Huntsville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, Oct. 6, to pull three tracts totaling about 1,018 acres south of town into the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The land stays unincorporated, but future subdivisions there now have to meet city rules for streets, drainage and platting.
Republican Ag Commissioner nominee Nate Sheets brought his “Texans Should Feed Texans” bus tour to the former Loco Feed Mill building near Livingston on October 11.
Burn bans in three 936 counties (Sabine, San Augustine, Newton). No road closures, no rivers at flood stage, no active NWS alerts. Lake Livingston 93 percent full, Lake Conroe 94 percent, B.A. Steinhagen 95 percent.
Burn bans in four 936 counties (Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Newton). No road closures, no rivers at flood stage, no active NWS alerts. Lake Livingston 93 percent full, Lake Conroe 94 percent, B.A. Steinhagen 98 percent.
Saturday, Oct. 10, is World Mental Health Day. Call or text 988 any time, free. Here are the local crisis lines, clinics, free therapy options and support groups across Deep East Texas.
Lamar State College Port Arthur, Associated Builders and Contractors and Gated Rentals are running a free eight-week NCCER Core and Level 1 Carpentry course in Jasper with 12 dollars an hour during the on-the-job portion.