The Lake Houston area is hosting a variety of events from Oct. 30 through Nov. 26. The scheduled activities include:

• Oct. 30: A free screening of the movie Hocus Pocus 2 at Town Center Park in Kingwood.
• Oct. 31: Boofest Kingwood, a free fall festival at Town Center Park.
• Nov. 7: Kids Day in the Park, a free family event in Downtown Humble.
• Nov. 7-8: Kingwood Ballet's Sugar Plum Tea at The Nathaniel Center.
• Nov. 10: A Veterans Appreciation Luncheon at the Humble Civic Center.
• Nov. 14: ForestFest at Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center, Sullivan's 41st annual Customer Appreciation Party, the Kingwood Harvest Market and an Autumn Afternoon of Jazz concert.
• Nov. 16: The Humble ISD Education Foundation's annual Golf Tournament.
• Nov. 20: Sip & Shop: Pink Friday in Downtown Humble and a free screening of The Polar Express in Kingwood.
• Nov. 21: A Kingwood Chorale performance.
• Nov. 26: Addi's Faith Turkey Day 5K.

A guide highlights four haunted houses to visit in the Lake Houston area and East Montgomery County ahead of Halloween night:

• Haunted Drive in Cleveland is a drive-thru haunted house costing $40-$55 per vehicle for the main attraction, with extra costs for hay rides and a haunted maze.
• Purgatory Scream Park in Kingwood offers four attractions, including Hysteria and Deadwood, with general admission priced at $47.60-$50.70.
• Voodoo Bayou Haunted Trail at Big Rivers Waterpark & Adventures in New Caney features PG-13 entertainment, including a haunted trail, maze and zombie shooting range, with tickets ranging from $19.99 to $34.99.
• Woods of Kaos in Cleveland is a 30,000-square-foot haunted house that also features a zombie paintball shoot, concerts, ax-throwing and escape rooms, with general admission costing $10-$35.

Unofficial county data shows that 415,730 voters cast their ballots in Harris County during the first week of early voting. According to the Harris County Clerk’s Office, about 15% of the county’s more than 2.7 million registered voters have turned out for the midterm election as of Oct. 22.

Stay tuned: Key details from the election turnout and schedule include:

• Early voting and mail-in ballot totals set a record for first-day midterm turnout Oct. 19, with more than 104,000 in-person votes counted.

• Early voting continues through Oct. 30 at any of the county’s 75 early voting locations.

• Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. most days, except Oct. 25, when they are open noon-7 p.m.

• Voters can cast ballots in local races for county attorney, county judge and district clerk.

• In-person voting is also available on Election Day, Nov. 3.

The Harris County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss several agreements during its business court meeting Oct. 29.

The breakdown: Key items on the agenda include:

• Extensions to FEMA pre-disaster mitigation grants for the Meyergrove, East T.C. Jester and Halls Bayou Blue Bell detention basins, giving the Harris County Flood Control District more time to spend the money.

• Extensions to USDA agreements, including 92 additional days for Hurricane Beryl debris removal and 181 extra days to construct three stormwater detention basins and tributary improvements in the Armand Bayou, Greens Bayou and White Oak Bayou watersheds.

• A $533,444 agreement with the University of Houston to study floating vegetated islands at a stormwater detention basin for three years.

• An agreement with Galveston County for laboratory diagnostic vector-borne disease testing, allowing Galveston County Mosquito Control to outsource testing to Harris County.