Waller County News

Ortiz says investigators failed to check for fingerprints after $35,000 in equipment was stolen from his farm near Hockley this month.

Memorial Day is the traditional start to grilling season. This year, enjoy the best barbecue ever by starting with the freshest tasting, locally sourced meat.

Waller County Precinct 3 Commissioner Sylvia Cedillo , arrested last weekend in an election misconduct case, said charges were filed against her to "discourage minority voting." "I believe they are prosecuting me for helping black people vote," Cedillo said Monday.

Montgomery County sheriff's deputies have arrested three men after a Tuesday afternoon raid on a mobile home and what appeared to be a tree farm actually uncovered a large hydroponic marijuana growing operation.

Tuesday, with help from Grimes County, they raided a property west of Magnolia off FM 1488 near the Waller County line where they found a mobile home converted into a grow house.

Mike Costello, a recovery volunteer for Waller County and the United Methodist Church, says he's still seeing evidence of last year's wildfires in Magnolia.