Three suspects have been arrested in connection with burglaries of electrical supply companies in Conroe.
Around 1:30 a.m. Sept. 5, Conroe Police responded to an alarm at HD Electric Supply, located in the 3500 block of N. Loop 336 West.
Officers arrested three male suspects in the process of removing coils and bundles of copper wire from the warehouse. An inventory valued the stolen items at approximately $14,000, said Sgt. Bob Berry, with the criminal investigations division of the Conroe Police Department.

Friends of Montgomery County Animal Shelter members Melanie Maison, of Oak Ridge North, Sandra Hanson, of The Woodlands, and Diane Lovepinksky, of The Woodlands, play with cats at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter, 8535 Texas 242. The Friends organization raise funds for medicine, surgeries, and furnished the cat play area. Photo by David HopperBY KIM MORGAN
Chronicle correspondent

Sam is only 3, but he's fashion savvy, preferring to match his bandana color to the dressing wrapped around his leg.

Two Montgomery County residents were arrested Friday morning after stealing a purse from a woman's minivan while she was inside a convenience store.

Around 5 a.m. Friday, a 62-year-old woman was inside the Exxon convenience store at Gleneagle Drive and Texas 242. While she was inside the store, 26-year-old Jason Byford of Willis took her purse from her minivan and got into a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Michael Wayne Johnson Jr., of New Caney.

This traditional billboard, located south of south Loop 336 on the east side of Interstate 45 in Conroe, will be converted to an electronic sign. Photo by David HopperBY KIM MORGAN
Chronicle correspondent

The city of Conroe has entered into an agreement with Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. to remove five billboards and convert one to a digital LED electronic sign.

Eight candidates have filed for positions on the board of trustees for the Conroe Independent School District in the November elections.

Voters planning to have their say in the Nov. 2 school board election have until Oct. 4 to register.

Incumbent Mel Brown, a 69-year-old Conroe resident, is unopposed in Position 1.

There's some competition for Position 2, with four candidates running.

BY KIM MORGAN
Chronicle correspondent

There's something new in the world of cyber crime.
The FBI calls it "sextortion."

"Basically, it's online sexual blackmail," said Cheryl Shaffer, a Houston FBI agent who spoke to a crowd of 80 recently during a session of Watch Talk Wednesday at The Woodlands Township. "I've got something on you and if you don't give me this or that, I'm going to send it to all your friends or I'm going to post this online about you."

A Conroe committee will study whether new red light cameras should be added to other intersections in the city.

Eight months after the city introduced a program to ticket red-light runners, the Conroe City Council is considering whether to add Loop 336 West at Plantation Drive to the list of intersection with camera to enforce the program.

That intersection would joins seven other intersections in the city where drivers could face a fine of $75 for running a red light.

The Conroe City Council passed a $99.6 million budget on Aug. 26 which will allow the city to hire four new employees and not raise taxes.

“The budget is a conservative plan to improve our community and our workplace while maintaining the current tax rate,” said Mayor Webb Melder in a letter to the council. “It includes money to replace vehicles and equipment, the addition of four new positions, and a moderate 5.35 percent adjustment to the sewer rate.”