
Month: March 2011


Liberty County Sheriffs Office employee indicted
LIBERTY COUNTY– A Liberty County Sheriffs Office employee has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales March 2.Naneasse …

Barbers Hill trustees call for $75M bond election
MONT BELVIEU Barbers Hill Trustees voted unanimously Monday to call for a bond election May 14, in concurrence with the election for School Board positions 3 and 4.Board …

Annual Trash Bash cleanup set for March 26
EAST HARRIS COUNTY One of the states largest waterway cleanup events is just around the corner. River, Lakes, Bays n Bayous Trash Bash is celebrating its 18th year …

Highlands Chamber debates gambling
By BOBBY HORN JR.HIGHLANDSThe Highlands-Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce is expected to take up the issue of gambling during this weeks membership luncheon, planned for March 10.The gambling discussed …

Texas Army readies after 175 years
By LEWIS SPEARMANTEXAS The past week has been one of great remembrances from 1836 here and the saying that The past is always with us. has never …

Hooker, Creager, Fowler next to play Crosby Rodeo
By LEWIS SPEARMANCROSBY – Jake Hooker is signed to play the Crosby Fair & Rodeos April 30 Spring dance. Roger Creager and Kevin Fowler, two of the locally …


Barbers Hill ISD prepares to weather budget storm
MONT BELVIEU Barbers Hill ISD has weathered its share of storms. Typically, they are of the tropical kind. Hurricane Ike was the most recent to challenge the district …

Relay For Life co-chairperson killed in auto accident
LIBERTY COUNTYA longtime chair of the South Liberty County Relay for Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society, died in an auto accident Feb. 26.Last year, under Glover …