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A one-vehicle accident south of Magnolia resulted in a fatality the morning of May 6. Department of Public Safety officials said that two coworkers were traveling on FM 1774, when the truck left the road way and crashed into a ravine, before rolling over. One man is dead and the other is now charged with Intoxication Manslaughter.

Alcohol suspected in fatal Magnolia area crash

Written by Caleb Harris Tuesday, 14 May 2013 18:09

Early last Monday morning May 6, Montgomery County 911 dispatchers received a call about a bad wreck on FM 1774, south of Magnolia. When Magnolia firefighters arrived around 1:30 a.m., they found a white 2008 Dodge pickup truck in a ravine off the side of the road, near Hunters Lane. Officials said that the truck veered off the road and cut through several trees, before ending up on its side. Firefighters and EMT's found the driver, Ramiro Castillo-Juarez, 25, still eat belted inside the cab with minor injuries. His coworker, Louis Alcala, 47, was not seat belted and was found…

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Magnolia woman charged with embezzlement

Written by Caleb Harris Tuesday, 14 May 2013 18:02

A Magnolia woman has been arrested and charged in Harris County, after she allegedly embezzled nearly $200,000 from her Tomball employer. Cindy Lee Berry, 44, was charged with Theft of greater than $100,000, but less than $200,000, after officials allege she stole the money over a period of a year-and-a-half fromher employer Johnston Water Well Service. The thefts allegedly took place from Jan 2011 through August of 2012. The owners of the company have also filed a civil suit in Montgomery County against Berry. Their attorney in the civil case, Field Hudgens, said that the Johnston's discovered some irregularities when…

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Tomball clean up week deemed a success

Written by Caleb Harris Tuesday, 14 May 2013 17:58

The Tomball City Council heard about the successful week long clean up effort during their regular meeting May 6. The Tomball public works department recently held a clean up week and consolidated recycling day for city residents. "This is just one of those events that are at the top of the list of things that I do that are rewarding," said Tomball Public Works Director David Kauffman. The department has held a clean up week for 14 years now, according to Kauffman. The week consists of city workers chipping and disposing of yard brush and removing various bulk items like…

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Tomball Rails n Tails Mudbug festival draws record crowd

Written by Caleb Harris Tuesday, 14 May 2013 17:56

Magnolia resident Thomas Reynolds took first place in the Hushpuppy Eating Contest presented by Snookie's Fish Camp & Grill at the recent "Rails & Tails Mudbug Festival" in Tomball. Snookie's owner Rachael Holyfield looks on as Reynolds finishes off another one. Tomball Marketing Director Mike Baxter said that more than 2,400 pounds of crawfish, 300 pounds of shrimp and 100 pounds of alligator were consumed by the record crowd of nearly 7,000.

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Visitors learned about disaster preparedness at the East Montgomery County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Emergency Preparedness Fair in the Home Depot parking lot May 4.

Organizations focus on how residents can survive emergencies

Written by Cheryl Garcia Tuesday, 14 May 2013 17:52

Citizens in Magnolia and the surrounding area have experienced some serious emergency situations in the past few years. These included floods, wildfires and hurricanes, most notably the Tri-County Fire of 2011 and Hurricane Ike in 2008, both of which affected hundreds of residents and their properties. There are some critical steps that residents can take to help themselves and their neighbors in case of another disaster, and two organizations want to help be sure that happens. This month, the U.S. Forestry Service is sending out surveys about evacuation actions taken during the Tri-County (or Riley Road) fire to Magnolia residents…

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Shattered Lives of Tomball staged their semi-annual mock drunk driving crash scene April 16, at Concordia Lutheran High School. The scene is worked by actual EMS workers, firefighters and police and strives to communicate the real life consequences of drunk driving.

Shattered Lives hits home with students

Written by Caleb Harris Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:19

A horrific scene unfolded in a parking lot behind Concordia Lutheran High School, April 16, as crunched metal, pieces of cars and bodies lay sprawled across the pavement. Fortunately the scene was staged, but for many it looked all too real. Shattered Lives of Tomball staged its annual mock, multi-victim crash scene for students and family of the high school, to bring awareness about drunk driving. "Victims" are either pronounced dead at the scene or transported by both helicopter and ambulance to Tomball Regional Hospital. "Perpetrators" are then transported to jail to face consequences for "driving drunk". "We try to…

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Tomball council moves to regulate donation boxes

Written by Caleb Harris Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:16

The Tomball City Council took steps to begin regulating donation canisters that are located within the city, while also hearing about a proposal for a new multi-family apartment building, during their regular meeting April 15. The council unanimously passed an ordinance that will regulate donation boxes in Tomball. "This will set the regulations for the type of containers that are allowable, who can operate them, where they can exist, a permitting process and then a process for violations," said Christal Kliewer Weber, Tomball Assistant City Manager. The new ordinance will require that the containers must be operated on behalf of…

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Tomball Bunny Run draws record number of runners

Written by From our staff Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:15

Overall fastest finisher D.J. Snyder is pictured with the Bunny Run Bunny and Tomball mascot Rusty Rails. For the second year in a row, Snyder set an all-time fastest Bunny Run record with 16:52.7, five seconds faster than his 2012 record breaker. Tomball Marketing Director Mike Baxter said this year's event had a record number of runners, with almost 400 participants racing.

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City of Magnolia focuses on promoting town center

Written by Cheryl Garcia Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:11

The Magnolia City Council approved a resolution April 9, to brand the central business district within the city limits as "Magnolia Town Center." This is good news for City Administrator Paul Mendes and former Economic Development Coordinator Deborah Rose Miller, both of whom have spent the better part of the last two years working on the city's comprehensive plan, which included a recommendation to re-brand the business area. Traditionally, the legacy area of Magnolia included the streets and businesses around the intersection of FM 1488 and FM 1774, east to Magnolia Ridge and south to Unity Park – the actual…

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Local college student Chase Parker had his 15 minute short film selected to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner next month.

Local film student to be featured at Cannes Film Festival

Written by Caleb Harris Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:07

A young man with connections to the area has been invited to the Cannes Film Festival in France, after making a powerful short movie about school shootings. Chase Parker, an 18-year-old student at Sam Houston State has seen a lot of Hollywood in his young life. He was a child actor, a child of actors and the grandson of a star from Hollywood's golden era. "Both of my parents were actors, my uncle is a writer and actor so I guess it runs in the family," he said. His grandmother, Eleanor Parker, was an academy award nominated actress that appeared…

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