Image: Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Elise Noriega, who has never had any fire training, and receives $142,000 per year, plus other benefits. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Magnolia, March 2 – Sex, diamonds, and the misuse of public funds have besmirched the Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) and created a leadership mess, […]
Image: Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon (right) eagerly began his third term as the community’s chief prosecutor when 9th District Judge Phil Grant (left) administered the Oath of Office shortly after midnight on Friday, January 1, 2021. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, January 4- 9th District Judge Phil Grant swore in Montgomery County […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports One of the major themes of The Golden Hammer has been consistently that people have many flaws but may still do good. That’s why this newspaper continues to harp on the five members of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, on the seven Board members of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation […]
Conroe, April 30 – The criminal jury trial of former San Jacinto County Judge John Lovett began yesterday in Conroe before the 9th District Court of Montgomery County, Judge Phil Grant presiding, after a change of venue in the case had moved the trial from Coldspring to Conroe. Lovett stands trial on indictments for burglary, […]
Conroe, April 5 – On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, jurors in the 9thDistrict Court, The Honorable Phil Grant presiding, handed down a life sentence to Defendant Jason Brian Hamlin, 37, for the felony offense of Stalking – Harassment. Assistant District Attorney Kristina Pekkala presented evidence that this defendant, on or about the dates of January […]
Conroe, December 19 – On Wednesday, December 19, 2018, in the 9th District Court, with Judge Phil Grant presiding, Defendant Brice Walker, 34, pled guilty to five felony charges of Promotion of Child Pornography, a second degree felony. Judge Grant sentenced Walker to 20 years confinement in Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division, […]
Image: Chief Administration Judge Jennifer Robin, the presiding Judge of the 410th District Court, led the historic meeting of the Montgomery County Board of District Judges on Friday, September 14, 2018, at which the Board refused to renew County Auditor Phyllis Martin’s contract, substantially lowered the Auditor’s Departmental Budget, and reasserted appropriate “separation of powers” […]
Conroe, July 21 – The Board of District Judges will finally have the long-awaited opportunity to make their financial mark on the Montgomery County government when they meet on Friday, August 10, 2018, at 12 noon, in the Overflow Courtroom (the old 410th) in the southeast corner of the Main Courthouse, Second Floor. The Board […]
Conroe, July 5 – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office announced that it has received training equipment as a result of a grant the NRA Foundation had approved earlier in the year. The equipment, 10 simunition rifle training bolts, and two 500 round cases of simunition training ammunition (non-lethal marking cartridges), will be utilized by the Montgomery […]
Conroe, May 15 – On Friday, May 11, 2018, Judge Phil Grant of the 9th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas sentenced Joshua Villagomez, pursuant to his plea agreement, to 45 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in connection with the murder of Johnny Hodum, Jr., on August 6, 2017, […]