Category Archives: KSAM News

(AUSTIN) - Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.3 billion in local sales tax allocations for February, 1.6 percent mo...

Community Impact reports that during a February board workshop preliminary discussion of the 2024-25 budget, Conroe ISD trustees took note of a $16.2 million shortfall. Chief Financial Officer Darrin ...

Walker County Republican Women hosted a Meet and Greet for Republican primary candidates Monday night. Regarding races with opposed candidates: In the Republlcan Race for District 12 State Representat...

Melinda Miller Holt has been named the new dean of the Sam Houston State University College of Science & Engineering Technology (COSET), effective Feb. 16, following a national search. Holt, profe...

The Courier of Montgomery County reports that three in-person job fairs are getting underway this month to prepare for positions this summer at Margaritaville Lake Resort on Lake Conroe. A press relea...

In Huntsville Police news, looking back over the past few days: Last Friday, neighbors in the 1600 block of Pine Street assaulted one another. A vehicle was reported stolen in the 500 block of Palm St...

Doug Dretke, executive director of Sam Houston State University's Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT), has been named a recipient of the 2024 E. R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award by...

The Courier of Montgomery County reports that Conroe ISD will experience boundary changes with eight new schools, when those schools become active. The plans to build the schools were included in thei...

KBTX Channel 3 News reports that in a shooting Saturday in Huntsville two people have been arrested in connection with the death of one person. The victim, 35-year-old Kirsten Samuel, died in the hosp...

Our guest on our "Around Town" public affairs program over the weekend was the Director of the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, David Stacks. The museum reflects what offenders have created, as well...