Montgomery County sees drop in COVID-19 active cases as hospitalizations trend up. Montgomery County had a 231 case drop in its active COVID-19 cases but logged its 156th virus-related death according to public health officials. With just four new cases, the county’s total is now 14,231 with 2,117 of those active. To date, 9,101 people have recovered.

The Presidential Election is still too close to call as of the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Joe Biden remains on top with 238 electoral votes, while President Donald Trump is close behind with 213 votes.

Tropical Storm Eta to approach Cuba and South Florida this weekend. Eta was the 28th named storm that developed this hurricane season, which only the 2005 season has a record of having 28 named storms. 

In a historical race, Conroe Councilman Jody Czajkoski will take the seat as mayor of Conroe after pulling enough votes Tuesday against Mayor Toby Powell who lost his battle with cancer in September but still appeared on the ballot.

According to Election Central, Czajkoski had 15,035 (55.61 percent) votes to Powell’s 12,002 (44.39 percent) votes.

The race had the community buzzing after Powell’s wife Vanessa vowed to keep her husband’s campaign running in order to give the residents choice. A victory for Powell would have forced a special election where the race would be open to the public for anyone to run.

Candidates Stacey Chase and Scott Moore for position six and seven respectively had won their races Tuesday.

Last year, voters in the district approved a $653 million bond so the only CISD related issues on the November ballot were trustee elections.

President of the board and position four member Datren Williams, 43, ran unopposed this year. Position five member Scott Kidd chose not to run again this year. The only candidate running to fill his seat is Theresa Wagaman, a resident of The Woodlands and realtor with two children who have been through the district.

Conroe Noon Lions Club held its annual Drug Awareness Speech Contest at their club meeting awarding scholarship funds to three CHS seniors; Yasmeen Ocampo, Ester Loo and Eric Pineda.  

Students were asked to submit an essay based on a chosen theme. If selected, they presented the essay in a 5-7 minute speech with no notes at the weekly meeting of 100 or more Lions Club members.  

After presenting their speeches, Ocampo, Loo, and Pineda each received a $1,000 scholarship. Pineda also received an additional $1,000 for giving the winning speech, and he will have an opportunity to compete at the Lions district club level for additional scholarship funds.