Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The adoption of a home charter by Willis residents during the May 10 election gives the city greater authority and flexibility in annexing new land. More importantly, the charter's passage may have occurred just in time. "Conroe was on the verge of surrounding Willis," said Jim McAlister, city administrator.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... people are driving by and watching, we'll hear about a lot of car accidents," he said.The Texas Department of Transportation has ruled cities may limit the signs usage, but "just to make it safe to ban these signs we need an ordinance," said Leonard Schneider, city attorney."We can ban these signs as a stopgap measure," he said. "The previous ordinance with the definition of 'spectacular...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The official seating of the new Conroe mayor and a councilman was delayed Monday because the results have yet to be certified.
Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
JEGS CONROE , Texas (May 13) Josh Hernandez's victorious final-round pass against Tony Pontieri at the recently-completed O'Reilly Midwest Nationals in St. Louis marked his 100th elimination round in the JEGS ProMod Challenge. The win capped a weekend where Hernandez improved many of his long-established class records, including most wins (14), most top qualifiers (10), and best overall...
Barley Vine (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
YES! Finally the time has arrived. Texas's newest brewery Southern Star out of Conroe has released it's first beer. If you've read this blog much you know we've followed them since day one, and I've been extremely excited to try their beers. Before I get into the tasting a bit more on the package. The beer is packaged in cans, but not just any cans mind you, but Big Boy cans (for a visual...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Lone Star Honor Flight's inaugural trip will truly be a once-in-a-lifetime journey for many on board. The nonprofit organization is on a mission to give area World War II veterans an all expense paid trip to see the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Home Theater Shops (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Price: $399.00 Sale: $280.63 Free Shipping! The Onkyo TX-SR576 7.1-Channel High-Definition Home Theater Receiver features Audyssey technologies that let you tailor surround sound to your home and ensure an enveloping soundscape. The TX-SR576 is capable of receiving and switching 1080p video, as well as processing multichannel surround sound via an onboard Dolby Digital Plus decoder. The [...]
Lone Star Times (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Voters had their say Saturday. The results were not so good for conservatives, as Texas marches slowly but surely to the left of center in politics. In Katy ISD, voters declared that they were happy with the way the district is performing as they sent back into office three incumbents despite a hard fought campaign by [...]
PR Leap - Recent News Releases (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Frontline Source Group, Texas' premier temporary staffing and direct-hire placement agency, announced this week that it is officially opening a new office in Sugar Land, TX. The company that has won #1 Best Places to Work, two years in a row, by the Dallas Business Journal, is bringing that excellence south to Sugar Land, TX.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
When Imperial Oaks resident Erin Scott gave birth to her little girl Finley on Dec. 1, it ended up being a double miracle of sorts.
Late Rounds: A Boxing Blog (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zajHkvkCs78 Ray Ximenez in black sweats, 106 llbs, 14-years-old, Dallas TX Joshua, 119lbs, 17-years-old, Irving TX Author: lafamiliaboxing Keywords: Ray Ximenez La Familia Boxing Club Dallas TX Added: May 11, 2008
PalmAddicts (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
[From MB, North Carolina - USA] I now use a Blackberry 8703 as my organizer after being a long time user of Palm products (Pilot through TX), largely due to my company's decision to support only Blackberry devices for email....
PalmAddicts (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
[From Judy (Waterford, Michigan, USA)] Last week I was out of town at a hotel for a conference. My roommate and I could not figure out the alarm clock in the hotel room. That was quite embarrassing because we both...
PalmAddicts (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
[From Mark Schutt Nebraska, USA] Vacationing in Florida a couple weeks ago, my faithful TX was off the work treadmill. I seldom use it for anything else. Having known the TX will also serve as an MP3 player, I thought...
