Huntsville Happens

By Lance Lowry 08-26-2024 Huntsville, Texas – Here are the findings from the July 2024 City of Huntsville Health Department restaurant inspection on the China House restaurant located at 2105 Sam Houston Avenue : The overall score for the China House was 78.  A re-inspection of the restaurant will be required by the City of Huntsville […]

By Staff Writer 08-25-2024 Huntsville, Texas – Tuesday night a suspicious individual disconnected the electricity to several air conditioning units going to the Covenant Fellowship’s church building located on FM 1791, near Highway 30 West. The alleged would-be thief left without further damaging the units after a citizen spooked them away.   If you recognize this […]

By Staff Writer 08-25-2024 AUSTIN – The Executive Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety announced Friday he is retiring from the agency after 15 years.  In a letter sent to more than 11,000 Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers and employees, Director Steven C. McCraw announced that after leading the agency for […]

Huntsville- An 18 wheeler loaded with hay caught on fire around 5 this afternoon (08-24-2024), north of Huntsville on FM 247 near Lost Indian Camp Road. FM 247 was closed for almost 4 hours while fire crews contained the fire. The Crabbs Prairie Volunteer Fire Department and the Huntsville Fire Department responded to the scene […]

A bus with dozens of migrants leaves an El Paso shelter and heads to New York City on Aug. 31, 2022. The city and county of El Paso sponsored the voluntary bus trips to relieve pressure on local shelters that summer. Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune

08-16-2024 OFFUTT, MARK WILLIAM DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED UNL CARRYING WEAPON Hernandez, Cristian Yoel PUBLIC INTOXICATION LEWIS, MICHAEL VAN TERRORISTIC THREAT REACTION EMERGENCY NELSON, SHANE ALLEN, JR CRIMINAL TRESPASS SANCHEZ, BROOKE MINOR – POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL FAILURE TO APPEAR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED Sykes, Gary Don, JR INTERFER W/PUBLIC DUTIES BROWN, BRANDIE LEIGH INTERFER W/PUBLIC DUTIES POSS […]

Huntsville, Texas  – This week the City of Huntsville Council approved the purchase of two new 60 ton air conditioner units for the Huntsville Public Library. The existing library air conditioners, which are over 12 years old, went out this year creating hot conditions for library employee and visitors.  After unsuccessful maintenance attempts on the units, it […]

08-14-2024 BRIDGES, MARION CHARLES, JR PUBLIC INTOXICATION GRIFFITH, CHRISTOPHER ERICK UNL POSS FIREARM BY FELON Gauthreaux, Stephanie Elizabeth CRIMINAL TRESPASS/MONTGOMERY CO. Thompson, Lewis R, JR ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJ WHITTING, DOUGLAS WAYNE, JR Parole & Pardon Board Violation WALKER, STEVEN DAVID TERRORISTIC THREAT CAUSE FEAR OF IMMINE DICKEY, VALERIE KAY EXPIRED DRIVER’S LICENSE DRIVING WHILE […]

By Lance Lowry 08-20-2024 Huntsville, Texas – The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced that a “cadet” lost her life in the line of duty at the Robertson Unit Training Center in Abilene, Texas. The officer was identified as 46 year old Michelle Strube.  The agency states she died during “routine pre-service training” on August […]

By Staff Writer 08-20-2024 Huntsville, Texas – Yesterday the filing period for City Council ended at 5 PM.  All four Council member at-large positions have an opponent running against the incumbent candidates. Here is how this year’s election will look: Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 Position 4 The City of Huntsville last week posted a […]

Arrest 8-11-2024 GIBSON, HUNTER RAY PUBLIC INTOXICATION MCCOY, MICHAEL GLENN PUBLIC INTOXICATION JOHNSON, ASCHSTEION SYMONE EXPIRED REGISTRATION DRIVERS LICENSE – DRIVING WHILE LICENSE IN’ EXPIRED REGISTRATION INSPECTION – EXPIRED NOT MORE THAN 60 DAY INSURANCE – FAIL TO PRESENT PROOF TERRY HARVEY, MATTHEW WALLEI PUBLIC INTOXICATION BROWN, HANNA RENEA DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED/OPEN ALCH CON CHANDLER, […]

The are new traffic patterns for student drop off and pick up patterns for Huntsville High School, Mance Park, and Scott Johnson. (See Video)