Two new members and one incumbent were sworn into the Roman Forest City Council during the council’s Nov. 17 meeting.

The details: David Mullane and Ricky Warwick were sworn into the council’s Position 2 and Position 4 seats, respectively, following their wins during the Nov. 4 election. Additionally, Mayor Chris Parr was sworn into his position after running unopposed during the election.

What they’re saying: Mullane, who previously served on the council for nine years, said he was excited to be returning to the council. 

“I would just like to thank [the] citizens of Roman Forest for putting their faith in me again,” Mullane said.

Warwick could not be reached for comment. Parr thanked both Ellis and Partin for their service to the city after the new council members were sworn in.

WeeKare Pediatrics officials are now targeting a December opening for their new location in the Caney Crossing shopping center in New Caney, Wee Kare officials confirmed.

The details: The clinic, which had previously been slated to open in November, will offer a variety of medical services for children, including sports physicals, vision and hearing screenings, urinalysis, immunizations, and sterile ear piercings, according to the clinic's website. Wee Kare has locations in Humble and in east Houston.

• Opening in December
• 20470 FM 1485, New Caney

At the Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting Nov. 18, commissioners got an update on the county's historical courthouse master plan and approved additional funding for the new mental health treatment facility that broke ground in August.

Meeting highlights: Commissioners approved the historical courthouse master plan last year. The plan is almost 50% completed, including the historical and architectural research, said Jason Smith, deputy chief of staff for Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough.

Some context: The state of Texas has more than 240 courthouses that are at least 50 years old, and it has more historic courthouses than any other state, according to the Texas Historical Commission website.

Items worth mentioning: The commissioners also approved $117,500 for the expansion of the Montgomery County Mental Health Treatment Facility in Precinct 1.

Thanksgiving week is expected to be one of the busiest U.S. travel periods in history, according to projections from AAA. A record 5.8 million Texans are projected to travel at least 50 miles from home Nov. 25-Dec. 1.

Zooming in: About 5.3 million Texans are expected to drive to their Thanksgiving destinations, according to a Nov. 17 news release, while about 328,000 people will fly and 140,000 will use other forms of transportation.

The impact: Texans should give themselves extra time to reach their destinations during Thanksgiving week, with the most congestion expected Nov. 25-26. Traffic is also expected to be heavy as Texans return home Nov. 30, according to INRIX, a transportation data company.

Minimal traffic is expected on Thanksgiving Day.

More details: Texas drivers will pay about the same for gas as they did last Thanksgiving, according to AAA Texas. One gallon of regular unleaded gas cost about $2.65 in Texas as of Nov. 13, down from $2.69 last year.

Google is targeting Texas for future investments in data and artificial infrastructure, with $40 billion expected to be spent on adding three new data centers.

Federal, state and local leaders announced the new centers to be constructed in Armstrong and Haskell counties at a Nov. 14 event at the first Texas Google Data Center in Midlothian, near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The gist: One new data center will be constructed in Armstrong County near Amarillo, and two new data centers will be constructed in Haskell County near Abilene. One center in Haskell County will also use a new solar and battery energy storage plant.

“They say that everything is bigger in Texas—and that certainly applies to the golden opportunity with AI,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said.

Also of note: The driverless car company Waymo is expanding to North Texas in 2026, Pichai said.