America will honor the centennial anniversary for women gaining the right to vote later this month. However, members of the Walker County Commissioners Court got things started Monday, unanimously approving a proclamation in honor of the historic milestone. 

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, especially among a younger population, Walker County expanded its fight against the novel coronavirus Monday.

Alisa White began her role as president of Sam Houston State University Monday, becoming the 14th president of Texas’ third-oldest state university.

The school board for Huntsville ISD is expected to decide later this week whether to hold a multimillion dollar bond election in November.

Molding the minds of future generations is not for the weary. 

PINE PRAIRIE — The Walker County Historical Commission will soon place a historic marker at Pine Prairie Free Will Baptist Church and Cemetery in an attempt to pay homage to the small community. 

For the first time in nearly five months, visitors will be allowed in Texas nursing homes on a limited basis, state health officials announced Thursday evening, reversing a policy intended to keep the state’s most vulnerable populations safe from a pandemic that has proved especially deadly …

Longtime Huntsville car dealership Team Dodge is now Wischnewsky Dodge. 

The race for four seats on the Huntsville City Council now has only two candidates, according to the Huntsville City Secretary’s office. 

A Walker County grand jury  indicted an alleged escort and her boyfriend last week, after police say they lured a potential robbery victim into a residence on Gospel Hill Rd. in Huntsville. 

The statewide gas price average in Texas is $1.85 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is four cents less than on this day last week and is 59 cents less per gallon compared to this day last year. 

Cotton producers in the Rio Grande Valley took a devastating hit from Hurricane Hanna, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Local public health officials reported two new deaths attributed to the coronavirus disease and 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Huntsville City Council voted 6 to 3 to deny a measure that would raise the pay of council members during the next term.

Huntsville’s City Council authorized a conditional use permit with AT&T that paves the way for a service center in the heart of the city’s cultural district, after over an hour of public comment. 

Gov. Greg Abbott stressed Tuesday that only local school boards, not local governments, have the power to decide how to open schools this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Conroe/Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce recognized Sam Houston State University’s president, Dana Hoyt, as a 2020 recipient of the ATHENA Leadership Award.

Veteran elementary school principal Kimberly Fox will be starting a new chapter in her career as Estella Stewart Elementary’s new principal this fall, bringing with her more than 30 years of experience in education.

The first step in a multi-month budget period for the Huntsville City Council is expected to be presented tonight. 

Walker County on Monday allotted $200,000 in COVID-relief funds to expand community testing in hopes that August will stamp out a grim summer resurgence of COVID-19 that is now responsible for at least 7,000 confirmed deaths in Texas.

Texas weather is as finicky as it gets. Just a couple of weeks ago it seemed like it rained every day, but the problem is not all parts of the county were fortunate enough to get some of the wet stuff.

More than half a million in funding for indigent care programs could be cut under a plan requested by hospital leaders in response to budget cutbacks in the fallout of the Huntsville Memorial Hospital acquisition. 

Huntsville High School’s new principal, Paul Trevino, has always had a passion for working in education.

After 83 years, downtown Huntsville’s Cafe Texan has been a destination for locals and travelers of the Lone Star State, as Texas’ oldest cafe to remain in the same location without ever closing – until now. 

A lower tax rate is in the cards for Walker County

I am an eternal advocate for the 90-minute movie, because in an age when films of all genres frequently run north of two hours and even creep closer to the three-hour mark, putting out a 90-minute film tells me that you know exactly what you’re trying to convey. There’s a sense of directness…

Chien-Pin Li, former associate dean for Curriculum and Technology in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University, has been named the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Sam Houston State University, effective September 1.Chien-Pin Li

A lack of workers willing to run polling sites alongside an initiative to institute countywide voting in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Walker County Elections Office to scale back its voting locations for the Nov. 3 general election. 

The statewide gas price average in Texas is $1.89 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is one cent less than on this day last week and is 59 cents less per gallon compared to this day last year. 

After months of waiting, Hello Beautiful Nails & Spa opened their doors at the beginning of June, feeling ready and prepared to help loyal clients find semblance of a normal life.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service viticulture specialists reported early fruiting and overall good wine grape conditions were the norm across most of the state.