Amy Robertson, a local Queen City business owner, was recognized by Police Chief Robert W. McGee for helping save a driver’s life who had passed out at the wheel.
Acting on a resolution that was submitted by Red River County Party chair Hunter Evans earlier this year, the Democratic Party of Texas officially passed over the weekend official opposition to the proposed reservoir in Northeast Texas.
On Thursday, July 7, 2022, a Cass County jury sentenced Thomas Ray Mahon, age 42, of Atlanta, TX, to 65 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division for the first-degree felony offense of aggravated sexual assault. He was also found guilty and sentenced to 10 years on assault family violence by stran-gulation, and 20 years each on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. All four sentences will run concurrently, and the defendant will be parole eligible after serving half of the 65-year sentence.
On July 11th, the Linden City Council unanimously approved issuing $6 million for the street certificate of obligation bond debt. “Initially,” says City Manager Lee Elliott, “when Council began looking at debt to fix our street infrastructure, we were looking at an interest rate of 4.5% since we are a small taxing entity. Our financial planner believed if we had our debt rated, we could possibly receive a lower interest rate, possibly around 4.0%.”
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