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Linden street bond update

Wed, 07/20/2022 - 4:00am

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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Mahon sentenced to 65 years

Wed, 07/20/2022 - 4:00am

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.

Resurfacing to begin in county

Wed, 07/20/2022 - 4:00am

TxDOT has approved about 117 miles of Northeast Texas highways. The roads are scheduled to receive new surfaces starting this month which includes approximately 20 miles in Cass County. The Texas Department of Transportation has approved a low bid of $7.7 million for the project last fall from contractor Missouri Petroleum Products Company of Bullard, TX. The company will seal coat highways in seven counties located within the Atlanta District.

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