UpdatedWed, May 19, 2021 at 9:56 am CT
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The Magnolia, Montgomery and Conroe school districts already set end dates for their mask policies. Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order Tuesday that prevents public schools from requiring masks after June 4. (Shutterstock)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX Several Montgomery County school districts already are in line with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott s latest executive order concerning COVID-19 and mask mandates.
Abbott signed an executive order Tuesday banning government entities from requiring masks. The order included public schools, which won t be allowed to mandate mask use on their campuses after June 4.
New Caney ISD announced at its Board of Trustees meeting Monday that masks will no longer be required beginning June 1.
POTTSTOWN â Two Montgomery County men have been held for trial for their alleged roles in the overdose death of another man, whose body was dropped off at a Pottstown hospital during an attempted cover-up of the incident.
Ronald Lee Shock, 35, of the 100 block of Montgomery Avenue, Douglass (Mont.) Township, and Joshua Kyle Benner, 28, of the 100 block of Hopewell Lane, Franconia Township, each was ordered to stand trial, after their preliminary hearings before District Court Judge Edward C. Kropp Sr., on charges of drug delivery resulting in death, conspiracy, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and recklessly endangering another person in connection with their alleged roles in the May 7, 2020, overdose death of 35-year-old Ramon âRayâ Morales, who was found deceased on the grass outside of Pottstown Hospital Tower Health.