Construction for Growth Restricts Cisco Businesses
\n(Abilene KTAB (CBS) 32 © 02/07/2012)
From the streets to the water department, the City of Cisco is making improvements. It's all in an effort to prepare for growth.\n\nA seven million dollar project through the Texas Department of Transportation will renovate the downtown area o");
document.write("f Cisco.\n\nThe area is undergoing a major face-lift to fix problems like consistent water line breaks which repeatedly re-routed traffic and caused major back-u...\n
Abilene City Council to consider hiring more police officers, setting fees for door-to-door businesses
\n(Abilene Reporter-News © 02/07/2012) (Registration");
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Abilene City Council on Thursday will clear the path for the May 12 city and school elections, vote on hiring more police officers and decide on permit fees for door-to-door solicitors.\n\nDuring the meeting, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. at City Hall, 555 Walnut Street, the council will consider a budget amendment that effectively would allow the city to hire five more police officers. The city currently...\n
Councilman Mentally Committed After Family Disturbance
\n(Beaumont KBTV (NBC) 4 © 02/07/2012)
The Mayor Pro Tem of Orange was taken to a mental facility Friday after a family disturbance.\r\n\r\nMajor Sparky Robinson with the Orange Police Department says officers received a call from the home of Councilman Jeff Holland about the dispute taking place.\r\n\r\nWhen they got to the scene, officers determined that Councilman Holland had to be mentally evaluated.\r\n\r\nSo they took him to MHMR.\r\n\r\nMajor R...\n
Residents Try to Register Neighborhood as Historic District
\n(Beaumont KBTV (NBC) 4 © 02/07/2012)
A group of residents working to get their neighborhood registered as a historic district met Monday night. \r\n\r\nLin Marie Garsee is one of the residents who submitted the request to the city. \r\n\r\nShe says Beaumont City Manager Kyle Hayes has re");
document.write("jected her neighborhood's request.\r\n\r\nShe says no explanation was given.\r\n\r\nThe neighborhood includes Craig Street near downtown Beaumont...\n
Mayor Nauert?s State of Bellaire: crime falling, economy flat
\n(Bellaire Examiner © 02/07/2012)
In an event that was more ceremonial than legislative, newly\nelected Bellaire Mayor Phil Nauert");
document.write(" delivered his first state of the\ncity address to city council Monday night. Nauert's message\nincluded everything from street repairs to a clock gifted to the\ncity by the Bellaire/Southwest Rotary Club, but two admissions\nstood out among the others: a falling crime rate and static\neconomic growth.\n ...\n
Annual Christmas event for Dallas homeless needs a new h");
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\n(Dallas Morning News © 02/07/2012) (Registration Required)\n
The Hyatt Regency Dallas, defined by its gleaming glass facade, had become known as the hotel with a heart because of its willingness to rent rooms to 500 homeless people every Christmas Eve since 2005.\r\n\r\nNow, the hotel has informed Soupmobile, a nonprofit charity, that it will not participate in the 2012 version of Celebrate Jesus, which provides a night?s rest for the homeless in a safe and cle...\n
Dallas council members question proposal to help charter schools expand
\n(Dallas Morning News © 02/07/2012) (Registration Required)\n
A plan to help a charter school chain issue tax-exempt bonds to expand in Dallas ran into questions from City Council members Monday.\r\n\r\nUplift Charter Schools is seeking to have the city form an education corporation that would allow ");
document.write("the nonprofit to issue tax-free bonds and lower its financing costs for expansions.\r\n\r\nDallas taxpayers would have no liability in the plan, and it would probably le...\n
Arlington councilman went to prostitutes to get drugs
\n(Dallas WFAA (ABC) 8 © 02/07/2012)
ARLINGTON — Arlington City Council member and deputy mayor pro tem ");
document.write("Mel LeBlanc went to prostitutes to get drugs to feed his addiction to marijuana and meth over the past few years.\n\n\nThe details were released Monday in police reports obtained by News 8.\n\n\nPolice records show that Arlington police started investigating LeBlanc on July 23, 2011, when his wife, Candy, called 911 complaining tha...\n
Library breaks ground for expansion");
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\n(Deer Park Progress © 02/07/2012)
Monday marked the beginning of expansion for the Deer Park\nLibrary with the groundbreaking ceremony for their upcoming\nexpansion project.\n\n\nA bond was passed in 2000 by the residents of Deer Park to\nimprove the library by making it bigger to better serve the\ncommunity.\n\n\n?Today is a big day for us and we are proud that the citizens\nvoted for this,? said Deer Park Mayor Wayne Riddle. ?It will be\nhe...\n
Labbe: Small change won't fix Fort Worth's budget gap
\n(Fort Worth Star-Telegram © 02/07/2012) (Registration Required)\n
City Manager Tom Higgins cautioned his assistant city managers in a late January memo that the upcoming budget talks aren't going to be much fun.\"As you're aware, Fort Worth faces a significant deficit as we move toward the 2013 budget discussions,\" Higgins wrote in a memo posted on the city's Web page ");
document.write("for city employees. (www.fortworthgov.com/roundup)Hairsplitters might remind the city manager th...\n
SB to discuss ethics complaint
\n(Harlingen Valley Morning Star © 02/07/2012)
SAN BENITO — City commissioners today will meet with City Attorney Rick Morado to seek legal advice about an ethics complaint against the mayor, but");
document.write(" the mayor will not participate in the executive session.\nMayor Joe Hernandez, who has been accused of violating conflict of interest laws, said Monday that Morado advised him not to participate in the discussions.\n“When it comes to the ite...\n
Five firms vying to be named finalist for Marble Falls sports-complex study
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MARBLE FALLS ? Five firms whittled from a list of 20 are vying to conduct a feasibility study that will answer whether a sports complex is a good investment for the city, officials said Feb. 6.\n\nThe Parks and Recreation Commission approved the list, which now goes before City Council during its regular meeting at City Hall, 800 Third St., at 6 p.m. Feb. 7.\n\n\n\n\nParks and Recreation Director Robert ...\n
Debt to fund improvements okayed in Denison
\n(Sherman-Denison Herald Democrat © 02/07/2012)
By Jonathan Cannon\n\n\nHerald Democrat\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\nThe Denison City Council gave the go-ahead Monday for the city to move forward with plans to issue debt to pay for energy efficient improvements.\n\nThe council has discussed the improvements, which were identified by an energy audit, several times. The plan will allow the city staff to issue up to $7.5 million in debt and");
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Sherman City Council meets new SEDCO leader
\n(Sherman-Denison Herald Democrat © 02/07/2012)
Scott Connell\n \n\n \n \n \n\nBy Jerrie Whiteley\n\n\nHerald Democrat\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\nSherman?s City Council Monday night welcomed a new president for the Sherman Economic Development Corporation. Scott J.");
document.write(" Connell comes to Sherman from the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce and plans to begin work in Sherman on Feb. 15.\n\nOf 60 applicants, the SEDCO board interviewed five considered to ...\n
Tennis courts served up on council agenda
\n(Taylor Daily Press © 02/07/2012)
Whether to approve a plan to resurface the tennis courts at\nMurphy Pa");
document.write("rk and to remove confusing language regarding the courts\nfrom the Parks Master Plan is on the Taylor City Council?s agenda\nat its regular meeting Thursday.\n \n \n\nAssistant City Manager Jeff Straub has been working with members\nof the Taylor Area Tennis Association (TATA) and the United States\nTennis Association (...\n
Tyler City Leaders Speed Along");
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\n(Tyler Morning Telegraph © 02/07/2012)
By JACQUE \nHILBURN-SIMMONS\n\nStaff Writer\n\nTyler city leaders appear to be expediting the creation of a new day resource center to aid the homeless.\n\nA special operating permit and updated zoning are requested for 601 Valentine St. so Gateway to Hope, a nonprofit, can operate a new homeless day resource center at the location.\n\n\nThe Planning and Zoning Commission plans to consider the requests toda...\n
Austin Urban Rail proposal has support, uncertainties
\n(University Texas Daily Texan © 02/07/2012)
The city will gain either a new medical school or an Urban Rail initiative depending on how Austinites vote on two competing proposals.\n\n\nCity Council member Bill Spelman said he believed the medical school proposal is largely ready when compared to the many unanswered questions on the Urban Rail initiative.\n\n\nThe Urban Rail initiative");
document.write(" will connect the Metro Rail route and the planned Lone Star Ra...\n
Hewitt to address issues with asbestos in city buildings
\n(Waco KXXV (ABC) 25 © 02/07/2012)
by Adam Shear\n\nHEWITT - The City of Hewitt is planning to remove traces of asbestos from some of their buildings that they discovered when they began a renovation project.\n");
document.write("\nThe city found the traces of the hazardous material in the flooring of two bathrooms in their police department and in ceiling and some of the walls in the community services building. The city believes the asbestos w...\n
Hewitt City Council approves uniting police, fire units
\n(Waco Tribune-Herald © 02/07/2012) (Registration Required)\n
The city of Hewitt officially swore in a new police chief and a deputy fire chief Monday as part of a transition to a new joint public safety department.\n\nHewitt City Council approved the appointments of Jim Devlin as police chief and Lance Bracco as deputy fire chief at its meeting Monday night.\n\nThe council also confirmed outgoing police chief James Barton’s appointment as an assistant cit...\n
Obituary: March Coffield
\n(The Beaumont Enterprise © 02/06/2012)
March Henry Coffield 10/29/1934 2/4/2012 March Coffield, Jasper attorney, died on Saturday, February 4, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. March was born in El Paso and was raised in far West Texas, but Marfa was his original hometown and always remained close to his heart. Jasper was his adopted home of over 43 years. March accomplished many things in life. He was a charitable man who gave bac...\n
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