The Cass County Genealogical Society hosted its May 12 meeting with Cathie Maley as the guest speaker. The Genealogical Society is hosting a pot luck picnic at noon on Thursday, June 9.
Tuesday, May 3rd at 6:00 PM at Music City Texas, the Linden City Council hosted a Town Hall meeting to share the approaches to fixing the streets in Linden. At the meeting guests City Consulting Engineer, Kiron Browning, PE, and Financial Planner Jason Hughes (shown at the podium) spoke to the council and people in the community about the condition of the options to fix them. Approximately 80 residents showed up to listen and voice their opinion.
Kelsey Knox is the newest member of the Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce team, and will serve as the Events & Communications Assistant. Kelsey received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Middle Tennessee State University. She has worked in the natural resources field for the past ten years, with a focus on education and community outreach. Most notably, she worked as the Park Interpreter for Caddo Lake and Atlanta State Parks for four years, before moving to North Texas to fill the role of Education & Outreach Coordinator for the City of Frisco’s Parks & Recreation Department.
On May 7, the City of Atlanta, Texas voted on a new mayor, a City Council At-Large and the voters of Cass County voted for two propositions in the State Constitutional Election. In the mayor’s race, Marshall James Brooks defeated Kendell Wolfe, 260 to 145.
Nineteen-year-old, Louisiana man Nathanial Barger was arrested during an early-morning stop Thursday, April 28 in Bardstown, Kentucky on charges of kidnapping a McLeod, Texas minor and receiving stolen property, according to a citation from the Bardstown Police Department. It was also noted that Barger was taken into custody at an RV park in Kentucky
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