Several inquiries have been made about the reporting of local COVID-19 cases over the last few weeks, especially regarding the accuracy of the case count and the status of those cases. The Journal-Sun strives to report accurately and has been mostly reliant on the reporting it receives from the Bowie County Emergency Operations Center, a joint effort between Bowie and Cass counties.
A gift was given to the citizens of Linden, Texas last year in the form of their very first Public Library. New director Denise Haas held a new Re-Grand Opening on June 20 and has introduced new expanded hours and activities for area kids.
Cass County Commissioner Paul Cothren was elected president of the North & East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association on July 15. The Association is a 74-county subregion of the County Judges and Judges Association of Texas (CJCAT).
They say you can’t go home again, but I’m here to tell you that’s not true. Home may be different – you may be different – but it can be done. I left in 2005 at the age of 40. I only went across the state line into Louisiana, but it seemed like a different country.
Northeast Texas lost a longtime public servant Saturday night when David Bridges was tragically killed in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 30 in Royse City. Bridges, the Fifth District Court of Appeals Justice since 1996, had been campaigning earlier in the day with others vying for the nomination of candidate for the 4th Congressional District seat.
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