Issue 41
Published October 2, 2026 · Bilingual edition
Fire Prevention Week opens Sunday, and this year the national campaign is about the batteries we charge every night. The fire district that covers Magnolia will put a free smoke alarm in your hands if you ask. On Melton Street, the library spent its October on a murder mystery the whole region voted to read. And at Magnolia West High School, one campus well failed twice and took the water and the air conditioning with it, for two school days. One reminder: voter registration for November closes Monday, October 5. Our September 25 story has the dates and the early voting sites.
First Responders · Fire Safety
Fire Prevention Week Starts Sunday, and This Year It Is About Your Chargers. The District That Covers Magnolia Hands Out Smoke Alarms Free.
October 4 through 10. The national theme is lithium-ion batteries: phones, laptops, power tools and e-bikes. What the National Fire Protection Association says about charging them, and how ESD No. 10, which covers 164 square miles and about 138,000 residents, takes requests for a free smoke alarm.
Read the story →Community · Libraries
The Region Picked a Murder Mystery About Librarians. Magnolia's Library Is Hosting It Four Times This Month.
Gulf Coast Reads chose Sherry Thomas's The Librarians, and the Malcolm Purvis Library built three adult mystery parties and a teen one around it. Plus a DAR genealogy workshop Saturday, a forensic DNA talk on the 17th and the children's Fall Festival on the 14th. All free.
Read the story →Schools · Magnolia ISD
Magnolia West's Well Ran Dry Twice. The School Lost Its Water, Its Air Conditioning and Two Days of Class.
The water stopped about 9:30 a.m. Monday, and because the campus chillers run on the well, so did the cooling. Classes were canceled Tuesday and Wednesday and the school reopened Thursday. What parents described, what the district said, and the two questions still open.
Read the story →Coming next
The Saturday money column, then Tuesday's edition. Early voting for November opens October 19.