Splendora News

Awe...torn down...gone, but not forgotten..... Laughter flowed in the hall- At the beginning of school, in the fall.

A fire truck was stolen from a Liberty County volunteer fire department, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

The Alamo In Splendora, Texas Laughter flowed in the hall- At the beginning of school, in the fall.

Three people were killed Friday in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 45 in Madison County.

A $420 million bond referendum to build new facilities and infrastructure for fast-growing Lone Star College System sailed to victory Saturday night by a 62-38% margin.

A Splendora High School student was critically injured when she crashed her pickup en route to summer school classes on Wednesday morning.

RESOURCES AROUND THE AREA Some gas facts for Harris County Sheriff's Office: * From March 2007 to March 2008, the Harris County Sheriff's Office used about 1.8 million gallons of fuel.

Lori Malone was named Elementary Teacher of the Year and Patti Haley the Secondary Teacher of the Year at a North Lamar Independent School District 20th annual Employee Appreciation Dinner this week.

At the junction of U.S. Hwy 59 and Farm Road 2090- Is a little town, called Splendora, that is not as small as it used to be. via Houston Chronicle

Three things that happened back in Texas during 1896: 1. Judge Roy Bean staged the Fitzsimmons-Maher heavyweight title fight on a Rio Grand Island. via Houston Chronicle

“I'm not used to getting rewarded for a daily duty. "I just try to live my life to the best of my ability for my friends and family that have passed away”

ALPINE Alcee Tavarez of Presidio and Janice Mitchell of Round Rock were named Sul Ross State University's 2008 Man and Woman of the Year during the annual honors convocation Monday at the Sul Ross Marshall ... via Odessa American Online

“The candidate will still be on the ballot”

The name of a Splendora school board candidate who was killed over the weekend will remain on the district's May 10 ballot, a state elections official said Wednesday. via Houston Chronicle

“Of course, so is everybody else.”

While a top officer with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office doesn't believe crime is rising proportionately with the county's population, about 100 more MCSO deputies are needed to adequately cover all ... via Houston Community Newspapers Online

Splendora Independent School District's Police Department will soon have a new reporting system, CrimeCog. via Houston Community Newspapers Online

Madisonville has a new police chief. The hiring of Crockett resident Gary Clendennen, 53, was approved Monday night by the Madisonville city council. via KBTX-TV Bryan

“A bunch of the fire trucks got stuck”

Several fire departments spent Saturday battling a forest fire that spread quickly through a wooded area off of FM 2090 near Splendora, thanks to the dry foliage. via Houston Community Newspapers Online

“If we continued at a pace of about $3 billion a year, we would be in the hole $3.6 billion at the end of 2015.”

Building Katy Freeway frontage roads inside the Loop, widening U.S. 59 past Splendora and various road improvements in Lake Jackson are among $276 million in area highway projects state officials have shelved, ... via Houston Chronicle

“The search lasted most of the night”

A routine traffic stop Wednesday night sent a Department of Public Safety trooper to the hospital after he became covered in a potentially deadly drug that resulted in a multi-agency manhunt near Patton Village ... via Houston Community Newspapers Online

At exactly midnight on Tuesday, Tarkington firefighters were dispatched to a report of a structure fire on CR3011. via Cleveland Advocate

“They were in tough, cruel confinements”

Acting on a tip from the Liberty County Sheriff's Department, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seized dozens of animals from a Splendora-area home Thursday afternoon. via Houston Chronicle