Issue 10
Published June 16, 2026 · Bilingual edition
Growth and the things that come with it. A swimmable lagoon rising on FM 1488, new career-training rooms at the high school, a word on where veterans and their families can turn close to home, and the road work to plan around near Magnolia Ridge.
Business · FM 1488
A Crystal Lagoon Is Coming to FM 1488
A new master-planned community is taking shape west of Highway 249, built around a swimmable Crystal Lagoon with more than 100 acres of parks set aside alongside the homes. One more sign the corridor keeps pulling growth toward Magnolia.
Read the story →Community · Schools
New Classrooms and a Health Lab at Magnolia High
Magnolia ISD has finished new space at the high school, much of it built for students training toward a medical field before they graduate. A career and technical education health building, plus a new concession building for game days.
Read the story →Community · Veterans
A Place to Remember, Close to Home
The county keeps a veterans memorial for families who need a place to remember, and the Texas Veterans Commission helps surviving spouses and children with benefits many never learn they qualify for. Help that is already paid for.
Read the story →Business · Roads
Heads Up on FM 1488: Work Near Magnolia Ridge
Drivers who use the Magnolia Ridge entrance should plan for construction for a while, part of the steady reworking of a corridor carrying more traffic than it was built to handle.
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