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A worker at a local grocery store tragically lost his life while placing groceries in a customer’s vehicle. According to reports Larry Lawrence, 39, of Queen City was shot when a loaded rifle discharged in the backseat and killed the employee. The owner of Crumps, Chris Spencer, reported the sad news on Facebook saying that the customer’s dog accidentally stepped on the loaded gun.

Several City Managers and other community leaders attended the ARCIT Regional Meeting, on Wednesday, September 20 in Hughes Springs to discuss a number of the latest issues and developments in our rural communities. Food was catered by Latonya Arthur, JTPoFolk Food Trailer from Daingerfield. City managers from Daingerfield, and Hughes Springs, were in attendance. Daingerfield City Manager, Keith Whitfield, who is Vice President of ARCIT said that the meeting was “good, for it being the first of three Arcit Regional Meetings we will have before the Annual Conference in April of 2024.” Whitfield said that he “enjoyed the opportunity to network and receive information from Cyber Security,TWDB,TCEQ and updates on the legislation that affects all the municipalities around in one way or another. Among the topics was the impact of cybercrime on rural communities.”

During this November’s general election, some voters in Cass County will be able to vote for a county assistance district. Many Texas counties find it challenging to fund public services, projects, and programs. Texas authorizes all counties to create county assistance districts and to adopt a local sales tax to finance these important public purposes. With voter approval, county assistance districts allow the county to receive sales tax revenue from the unincorporated areas of the county where a local entity isn’t already collecting a sales tax.