Montgomery County is under a Code Blue alert due to ongoing freezing temperatures, leading to increased demand for heating services and the opening of shelters for those in need.

A Montgomery County school bus driver has been cited for negligent driving in a crash that killed an 11-year-old bicyclist last fall, concluding a monthslong investigation, police said. Investigators with the county’s Collision Reconstruction Unit presented the case to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office,

(Red Oak) -- Montgomery County officials heard the latest on a new counseling service based out of Villisca.

Montgomery County is under a Code Blue alert due to ongoing freezing temperatures, leading to increased demand for heating services and the opening of shelters for those in need.

The Code Blue emergency weather declaration was extended until 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, per Montgomery County officials.

As freezing rain and dangerously cold temperatures move toward Montgomery County ahead of much of Southeast Texas, the county’s rapid growth since the 2021 winter freeze is shaping how officials and residents prepare.

Here are the violations reported in food safety inspection reports from Montgomery County conducted the week of Jan. 18-24, 2026.

A former Montgomery County Auditor's Office employee accused of theft and the destruction of nearly $190,000 in licensing fees pleaded guilty ahead of her trial. Jodi Hockett, 62, of Miamisburg, pleaded guilty to one count of theft on Friday,