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After a discussion involving members from the Tomball City Council and Greater Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce, council members agreed March 2 that they would like to learn more about a recent study that targets the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) ra...
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Police are now reporting that a husband and wife found dead in a Magnolia home were victims of a murder-suicide. According to Lt. Bill Bucks of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the husband, Fredrick Threet, 54, shot and killed his wife, Suzette Thr...
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Few groups know how to tug at your heartstrings more than TOMAGWA.
At its annual Band Aid Breakfast Feb. 12, the clinic that services low-income uninsured residents of the Tomball, Magnolia and Waller communities showed why it is one of the area’s most...
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The Texas Department of Transportation is expected to receive $2.25 billion in federal funds approved through the economic stimulus package President Barack Obama signed on Feb. 17, but don’t expect that money to help cut down on your commute time.
Acc...
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Last week Tomball played host to more than 300 cowboys and cowgirls from the Sam Houston Trail Ride.
At left, Spider Carry, The “Broken Down Cowboy” of Aldine (left), Kasey Allen of Magnolia (center) and John Churchill of Montgomery (right), sit and...
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A plea bargain has been reached in the almost yearlong case involving former Magnolia Police Chief Ron Cunningham and former Captain Mike Smith.
The deal calls for the suspension of Cunningham’s and Smith’s Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer...
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Tomball Little League is having its annual Opening Day Parade and Grand Slam Festival on March 7. Events begin at 9 a.m. with a parade down Main Street featuring all the league’s teams to kick off opening day.
The parade stops at the Wayne Stovall S...
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A Spring man was recently arrested after he opened fire on a Harris County Constable’s deputy following a brief chase.
Brian Matthew Olivares, 24, of Spring was arrested and charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer after his involvemen...
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The City of Tomball has contracted with Emergency Communications Network, Inc., for its “CodeRED” high-speed telephone emergency notification system. The CodeRED system gives city officials the ability to deliver pre-recorded emergency telephone notif...
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After touring the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, last week Congressman Michael McCaul reaffirmed his statements to stopping the Obama administration from closing the center.
Cutline: Congressman Michael McCaul tours the Guantanamo, C...
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Hundreds of thousands of square feet worth of retail space lay vacant. Acres of land with nary an underground pipe installed remain barren. Construction equipment sits idle, as if waiting for a deal to be struck so they can crank up their engines again.
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Welcome to the new TribuneNews.com, your source for the latest local news covering the Tomball and Magnolia communities. The staff here at The Tribune has been hard at work for the last several weeks to bring you a new and dynamic website that we hope you...
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Most storm-damaged trees are cut down and turned into firewood, but one local artist is tackling such a tree in an effort to turn it into a masterpiece.Nathan Smith, Pinehurst resident and local artist, has been contracted by a Tomball resident to turn an...
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Like millions of other girls across the country, Breanna Noland received a bouquet of flowers for Valentine’s Day. But she also received something that won’t eventually wilt away: the title of Miss Magnolia 2009.
Held Feb. 14 at Magnolia High Sch...
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A project more than three years in the works is finally nearing completion as the City of Magnolia is finalizing plans to build a new city park.
During its February meeting, the Magnolia City Council passed a resolution officially designating 30 acre...
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A workshop to help pre-teens and teens make responsible choices concerning teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, drugs and alcohol abuse and other unhealthy behaviors is scheduled for April 3-5.
The Cooperative Extension Program at Prairi...
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While the Tomball Lady Cougars took their first step toward a deep playoff run Feb. 16, that one step may have been right into a deep hole.
The Lady Cougars knocked off the Conroe Lady Tigers 56-46 Feb. 16 at Magnolia West High School in the first ro...
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The Tomball Cougars and Magnolia Bulldogs did the area proud by making the playoffs, both in stylish fashion. Tomball, in its second consecutive post-season appearance, clinched a district championship by way of a fourth quarter comeback on the road again...
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The Magnolia High School girls swimming and diving team won its first Region 5 4A competition the weekend of Feb. 13, which was held at the Magnolia ISD Natatorium. The team will not compete in the 4A State Swimming and Diving Championships, scheduled for...
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Construction at Tomball ISD’s newest gem, Creekside Forest Elementary School, is on schedule, with the prototype school set to open in time for the 2009-10 school year. With a cost of more than $14 million, the school is being constructed in a portion o...
