Some years ago, when then Conroe High School math teacher Sam Cable was attending a senior awards night, he was inspired to start a new scholarship program. In 2016, he put an idea together to follow the progress of students with potential during their high school years and award them scholarships as a senior. This…
One of Montgomery County’s biggest crawfish events and the state championship of all Texas mud bugs returns to Conroe this weekend. The 6th Annual Crawfish Critic Cookoff is Friday and Saturday in the north parking lot of the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. This year’s event has more than 40 crawfish cookoff teams and features crawfish social media-celebrities “Stalekracker”…
It is interesting to sense that “A-HA” moment when someone finds out if you are what Tim Hanni, MW calls a “super taster.” It is not if you have educated yourself and honed your senses into being a “super taster.” Tim is America’s first Master of Wine and an innovator in pairing wines with people’s individual…
If you’ve ever felt that going to the theater might not be worth the hassle and cost, here’s an argument on the other side: “Primary Trust,” the most unassuming, quirky, true, and revitalizing experience to arrive on the American stage in many a tinsel moon. Eboni Booth’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize winning play, now…
The Montgomery County Fallen Firefighters Memorial was rededicated in Conroe on Saturday morning after its move to a more visible location in the city. The memorial recognizes those who have died in service as a firefighter in Montgomery County. It had been at Conroe’s Lone Star Convention Center since 1998. In 2017, the memorial was updated and a…
What an exciting meeting at this week’s Conroe Noon Lions Club! Lions, Sandy Apostolo, Sharene Carr, Gail Cain, and Tiffany Iadarola put together the annual Spring Style Show hosting the residents of Bridgewood Farms. With the help of Randy Doleman, Director of Bridgewood Farms, along with Pam Jones, and Miosha Sanders, eight models graced the…
The Rotary Club of The Woodlands is celebrating its 50th birthday during the entire month of May 2025. This Thursday, May 15th, they will celebrate their official birthday. They have put together a variety of commemorative events including a time capsule to open in 50 years which will be their 100th birthday. One of the…
The 2023-24 edition of The Creek, Caney Creek High School’s yearbook, has been named a winner of the National Scholastic Press Association’s prestigious Pacemaker Award, the highest national honor for student journalism. NSPA announced just 22 winners of its annual Pacemaker competition Saturday at the NSPA/JEA National Convention in Seattle, honoring the “best of the…
This is the second week of “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Owen Theatre. Seymour and his loving plant “Audrey II” make a mess of things in the comedy about the carnivore eating plant that thrives on blood beginning on May 9-25. Tickets are available at OwenTheatre.com. Events coming up this week is the phenomenal…
For Jessica Carter, running Carter’s Florist & Nursery is a way to connect to her grandparents who, in 1968, started the Conroe business that her grandmother, Gladys, remained involved with well into her 90s. “She loved the community, the flowers and what she did every day,” said Carter, 39, who runs the business now with…
