Council to mull budget, raises 27 Aug 2013 | 12:24 am

Assistant Finance Director Don Moore will make a presentation of the proposed and effective tax rates during the meeting and council members are expected to approve Sept. 10 as the date for the first ...

Time to get your ducks in a row 27 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am

Cost is $5 for each duck entry, or $45 for 10 ducks. Participants can purchase an entry at KBST, Western Bank, United Way, First Christian Church, Great Scott! T-shirts and the Howard County Library. ...

Back to class 27 Aug 2013 | 12:17 am

College trustees look to adopt budget 24 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm

College employees would see their annual income increase by at least $1,200 under the new budget. Faculty can expect annual salary increases of between $1,389 and $1,857, depending on their contracts...

Budget work continues for commissioners 24 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm

More than a month remains before the county's new budget must be finalized, but commissioners have already given tentative approval to several features, including a pay raise for all county employees....

Cleaning up Comanche Trail Park Lake 24 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm

HERALD Photo/Andreia Medlin

3 charged with aggravated robbery 24 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am

Arrested were 21-year-old Eufemio Ortiz, a black male; 25-year-old Sunday Luna, a white male; and 28-year-old Ashley Luna, a white female. All three were booked into the county detention center. Acco...

11 indicted by county grand jury 23 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm

Luis Alejandro Ramos, 24, currently in custody at the county jail, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the aggravated assault indictments. Those charges stem from two separate incidents whi...

New laws to take effect Sept. 1 22 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm

Switchblade knives? They’ll be legal in Texas beginning Sept. 1. Concealed Handgun Licenses? It will only take four hours of training — plus range time — to get a license now, not 10 as in the past. ...

Forsan ISD looking at tax increase 22 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm

Forsan Independent School District officials are putting the final touches on a new budget that features employee pay raises, deficit spending and a notable spike in the tax rate. When district voter...