Southern Star Brewing Company announces plans to close after nearly 20 years in Conroe
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The Houston-area craft brewery, best known for its Bombshell Blonde Ale, is the latest casualty in an industrywide downturn.
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Montgomery County deputies searching for suspect who fled from traffic stop near Magnolia
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Three arrested in catalytic converter theft investigation in Conroe
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EPA to update Highlands residents on San Jacinto River Waste Pits cleanup
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