By Kelli Cook, Special Guest Reporter to The Golden Hammer I am pleased to report Magnolia City Officials have admitted that they have shut down their unconstitutional red light camera program. They are not informing people that unpaid tickets are NOT enforceable, so I will take this opportunity to let people know. If you receive a […]
By Kelli Cook, Guest Reporter to The Golden Hammer All Across Texas, June 5 – Red Light Cameras are going dark all across Texas! Except in Magnolia… Governor Greg Abbott signed the Red Light Camera ban bill which Senator Bob Hall and Representative Jonathon Stickland sponsored. The popular bill passed with a 2/3rds majority in both […]
Magnolia Area, May 7 – On May 5, 2019, Deputies with the Montgomery County Precinct 5 Constables Department conducted a knock and talk investigation at a residence in Magnolia, Texas. Deputies were given information that narcotics were again being sold from a mobile home on Pleasant Valley Rd. Deputies arrived at the address on Pleasant Valley […]
Image: Quadvest President Simon Sequeira, most obviously the Bob Marley of Montgomery County’s fight for freedom from the San Jacinto River Authority’s monopolistic water prices as well as The Golden Hammer’s Power Top Ten #8 in 2018, has much reason to celebrate, as the Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear the mandamus petition of […]
Magnolia, January 30 – On January 29, 2019, Deputies with the Montgomery County Precinct 5 Constable’s Department stopped a vehicle which Chad Johnson drove in Magnolia. Mr. Johnson’s vehicle smelled strongly of Marijuana and he admitted to smoking Marijuana earlier in the evening at a friend’s house. When Deputies had Mr. Johnson step out of […]
Magnolia, October 10 – On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at about 9:25 pm, Deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office along with investigators with the Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office were dispatched to an explosion that occurred at a residence in the 31100 block or Timberloch Trail in Magnolia, TX. When Deputies arrived they entered […]
Austin, September 4 – On Friday, August 31, 2018, the Austin Court of Appeals ruled that the cities of Conroe, Magnolia, and Splendora, as well as certain utility companies serving various customers in Montgomery County, must respond to the San Jacinto River Authority’s (SJRA) lawsuit seeking to justify higher water rates to support revenue bond […]
Conroe, June 29 – On June 26, 2017, just before 12:30 pm, Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a burglary in the 6700 block of Durango Drive, Magnolia, Texas. Upon their arrival, Deputies learned that the victim, a 75 year old female, was inside her residence when she heard someone knocking […]
Conroe, June 11 – After a bit of shuffling around within the agenda, Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley have placed an agenda item to “consider, discuss and take appropriate action on resolution in support of the Montgomery County portion of the 249 tollway.” In the original draft agenda, […]
Meredith Hoffman, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans who control Congress and the White House have promised to slash the size of the federal government while easing regulations on guns, the environment and energy production. But in the nation’s largest conservative state of Texas, it may not be enough. A proposal in the GOP-led […]