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Former Circuit Court Judge James Smiley Parker, a once prominent presence in the DeSoto courthouse, died last month. He was 81 years old.
Parker Charla Parker, 64, went to be with our Lord on June 15, 2025, in Boyd. Funeral Service is 4 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Hawkins Funeral Home in Boyd, with burial at Boyd Cemetery. Family ...
TARRANT COUNTY WEIGHS SPENDING $250K TO DEFEND NEW PRECINCT MAP If approved, Public Interest Legal Foundation would represent the county in the redistricting lawsuit brought by a group of residents. | ...
The Summit County Districting Commission started chopping the county into five pieces on Monday, kickstarting a summer of workshopping maps and comparing population sizes to comply with state-mandated ...
The new map, which was published on the county’s redistricting site four days before the vote, primarily alters southern Precincts 1 and 2. Both are represented by Democrats.
The new map, approved by Baker, increases the number of majority-minority districts in the State House from 20 to 33 and State Senate seats from three to six. But a majority-minority district does not ...
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – McLennan County Precinct Four Commissioner Ben Perry has announced that he will not be seeking re-election when his term ends on December 31, 2026. Perry has served in this role ...
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans told us he wasn’t surprised by the 3-2 vote by the Tarrant County Commissioners Court to adopt new precinct lines. But that doesn’t mean ...
The shooting Just after midnight on Jan. 23, 2022, Harris County Precinct 5 Cprl. Galloway pulled over a white Toyota Avalon for a traffic stop on Beechnut near the Sam Houston Tollway.
What we know: A Harris County jury handed down a verdict for Oscar Rosales for the 2022 death of Pct. 5 Corporal Charles Galloway. Rosales was found guilty on Friday of capital murder. What's next: ...
The county’s contract for supplemental law enforcement with the township dates to the 1990s, before the creation of the township government in 2010. The contract exceeds $10 million.
The Newton County Board of Elections and Registration plans to move the Buck Creek Precinct from its current site at 7097 Highway 212 in Covington, GA, to Newton County Fire Rescue Station No. 14.