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Officer Joe Oldner has retired from Conroe Police Department after over 30 years. Mayor Toby Powell read a proclamation and Mayor Pro Tem, Duke Coon, presented Joe with a cedar box that has the Officer’s Prayer inscribed on the top. Mayor Pro Tem, Duke Coon, explained that the box contained black velvet with a thin blue line. The Mayor Pro Tem, whose father was a Houston Police Officer, presents one of these boxes to every retiring Conroe officers.
MCPR was created in 2008 after Jamie left a newspaper that conflicted with her ethics. Initially, it was blog style website where Jamie wrote stories and posted them with photos. Scott provided video, and as the blog grew in popularity, businesses began to inquire about advertising. The blog soon transitioned to a news website, and then to a print newspaper, which was sold in over 100 stores, and through subscription for several years.
Scott Engle and Jamie Nash are Montgomery County residents and veteran law enforcement / breaking news reporters, who met covering a law enforcement story and have covered multiple counties, with Scott as a television videographer for multiple local stations and national networks, and Jamie as newspaper / magazine / online reporter.
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