Where News Happens for Huntsville, TX
By Staff Writer 07-17-2025 Last night the Huntsville City Council passed a measure that could increase the City of Huntsville property taxes as much as 8 percent. The Texas Legislature capped cities from increasing property taxes by more than 3.5 percent. A loop hole is being used allowing cities in a Federal Disaster Zone to […]
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By Staff Writer 07-10-2024 TXDOT (Highway Department) will hold a public meeting on the future Interstate 14 project through Walker County. The meeting that was to be held at the Walker County Fairgrounds July 11th was cancelled. TXDOT released maps showing possible routes through the western part of the Huntsville / Walker County area. Included […]
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By Lance Lowry 07-09-2024 Hurricane Beryl caused widespread outages Monday morning. Over an estimated 2.1 Million CenterPoint customers in Houston alone were without power. Locally the storm produced major outages with over 10,267 Entergy customers and 3,754 Sam Houston Electric customers without power in Walker County. Elsewhere in the service area Entergy reported 152,048 Montgomery […]
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The National Hurricane Center now predicts the eye of Beryl to pass near Huntsville. The Huntsville Area is predicted to receive the dirty side of the storm which is expected to be upgraded soon. Huntsville area residents should secure all outside items to prevent flying debris and projectiles. Beryl shifts course closer to Huntsville. The […]
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The Huntsville Police is alerting people there is a new traffic pattern for tonight’s fireworks. The fireworks display start at 9:15 PM. Vehicle access to Kate Barr Ross Park ends at 8 PM. The Huntsville Police stated, “due to damage to the road between Kate Barr Ross Park and Airport Road, the traffic plan for […]
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Hurricane Beryl is tracking West / Northwest towards the Yucatán Peninsula and is expected to enter into the Gulf of Mexico by Friday. The storm is now a dangerous Category 5 Hurricane with sustained wind of over 150 MPH. The latest storm models show the storm making landfall along the Northern Gulf Coast of Mexico […]
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Ramiro Gonzales will likely face execution by lethal injection at 6 PM today June 26, 2024. The convicted sexual predator was found guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old female before fatally shooting her on January 15, 2001. The convicted predator received two life sentences for another aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon […]
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Progress is under way on the new Texas Roadhouse restaurant. The popular restaurant chain was issued city permits 1/26/2024 for construction on the new restaurant building that will be located at 918 Veterans Memorial Pkwy and IH 45 next to the Home Depot. Construction on the $750,000 building will be completed soon and is targeted […]
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