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  • Service-driven family loses home to fire

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:16 am ET  

    CUT AND SHOOT – A barbell poked out of piles of ashes, charred wood and metal. The weightlifting item and a water heater were about the only recognizable pieces left Sunday at the home belonging to a family dedicated to serving the community and country. Full Story »

  • Grade-schoolers honor veterans and grandparents

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:16 am ET  

    When it comes to learning the importance of patriotism and honoring those who protect our freedoms, you’re never too young. Full Story »

  • Special delivery

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:16 am ET  

    Neither rain, sleet nor gloom of night is supposed to keep letter carriers from completing their appointed rounds – but if they do, the new head of the postal service wants to know. Full Story »

  • Man arrested in connection with burglary

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:16 am ET  

    The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call around 5:50 a.m. Friday about a burglary in progress at a Check ’n’ Go in the 2500 block of Interstate 45 in South Montgomery County. Full Story »

  • Supreme Court turns down Conroe-area killer

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:15 am ET  

    HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a Montgomery County man condemned for shooting a woman and dumping her body in a lake so he could steal her red convertible. Full Story »

  • MCHD to provide Spanish course for employees

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:15 am ET  

    With Montgomery County’s Spanish-speaking population growing every day, the language barrier can be a problem – if not a danger – when trying to communicate with emergency medical workers. Full Story »

  • Merkel thanks Gorbachev on Berlin Wall anniversary

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:15 am ET  

    BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of “Gorby! Gorby!” as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity. Full Story »

  • Hunting season: practice gun safety

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:15 am ET  

    Hunting season is upon us. There is nothing like the smell of gunpowder in the morning! I’ve been noticing that for the last two months, about one-third of all vehicles on the roads were pickups pulling trailers loaded with deer stands, feeders, four-wheelers or some other type of hunting contraption. Full Story »

  • Late-season hurricane takes aim at US Gulf Coast

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:15 am ET  

    NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. Full Story »

  • TWA winding down toward transition

    The Conroe Courier – Tue Nov 10, 2:15 am ET  

    THE WOODLANDS – With the transition of governance just around the corner, The Woodlands Association is winding down. Full Story »

  • Poses and Postures

    The Conroe Courier – Mon Nov 9, 1:57 am ET  

    THE WOODLANDS – Gracefully bending and twisting in and out of positions, yoga practitioners from across Texas moved in ways that to the inexperienced eye look physically impossible. Full Story »

  • Community to honor veterans

    The Conroe Courier – Mon Nov 9, 1:57 am ET  

    Future soldiers will honor veterans with a traditional Pass and Review on Veterans Day. Full Story »

  • Montgomery County Food Bank honors founding member

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:59 am ET  

    A founding board member couldn’t hold back the tears when she learned the building for the organization she helped mold will now bear her name. Full Story »

  • US Army shooting suspect said methodical goodbyes

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:59 am ET  

    FORT HOOD – As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment and called another to thank him for his friendship – common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead. Full Story »

  • MCRW celebrates 30th anniversary with Dick Morris

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:58 am ET  

    Just as it takes for a pearl to form, the Montgomery County Republican Women’s Club took 30 years to reach a milestone celebrated Saturday night. Full Story »

  • Animal lover takes billboard case to trial

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:58 am ET  

    CUT AND SHOOT – Every day Bruce Dailey keeps up a billboard advertising an end to euthanizing dogs and cats due to overpopulation, he is paying the price to promote his cause. Full Story »

  • 2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:58 am ET  

    WASHINGTON – Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors’ races in a cross-country Democratic wave. Full Story »

  • Minimizing the financial fallout of divorce

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:58 am ET  

    Divorce is difficult, both emotionally and financially. As you navigate the challenging territory of divorce proceedings, it’s important to protect your financial interests. You can save yourself time, money and additional strife down the road by being proactive and informed and doing your best to arrive at a fair settlement the first time around. Full Story »

  • Military briefs

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:58 am ET  

    Graduate: Air Force Airman Justin A. Smith graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Full Story »

  • Business briefs

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:58 am ET  

    Business expo: The Greater Conroe/Lake Conroe Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Business Expo from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the Lone Star Convention Center. Admission is free and open to the public. Full Story »

  • House narrowly passes health care bill 220-215

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

    WASHINGTON – In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. Full Story »

  • Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces

    The Conroe Courier – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

    KABUL – U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country’s west. Full Story »

  • Mitchell student approached by man

    The Conroe Courier – Sat Nov 7, 2:28 am ET  

    For the sixth time in a month, a parent has reported a suspicious man preying on females exiting a bus after school. Full Story »

  • Montgomery Intermediate School honors veterans

    The Conroe Courier – Sat Nov 7, 2:28 am ET  

    MONTGOMERY – Fridays’ patriotic salute to American servicemen and women by Montgomery schoolchildren was particularly meaningful to an Army veteran who was at Fort Hood Thursday – the day an officer opened fire on his own men. Full Story »

  • Montgomery County Sheriff’s blotter

    The Conroe Courier – Sat Nov 7, 2:28 am ET  

    District 1 – North County • A deputy assisted a 57-year-old Montgomery man Oct. 29 after the man, driving recklessly, nearly hit several wrecker trucks on the scene of an accident. The deputy was assisting DPS at an accident scene in the area of Texas 242 and Stone Hedge. The trooper working the accident scene radioed to the deputy that a man driving recklessly in a black pickup truck was headed ... Full Story »

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