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Council discusses park improvement grant

The Moulton City Council discussed grants for park improvements at the March 12 meeting."We’ve been talking about this for a little while now,” City Secretary LuAnn Rogers said.

Council receives racial profiling report

The Yoakum City Council received the 2023 racial profiling report from the Yoakum Police Department at the March 12 meeting.The report showed that there was a total of 1,035 traffic stops. Of the 1,035 traffic stops, 461 individuals were Hispanic, 466 were white, 98 were black, and ten were Asian.

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The Hallettsville city council agreed to go out for proposals for mowing at its regular meeting Monday evening.The sites would encompass the public works facility, west elevated water tower, west well site, Industrial well site, Ridge St.

Council hears GLO-RCP grant project report

The Hallettsville City Council met in its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, Feb.

Local filings period ended on Feb. 16

The deadline for candidates filing to run for positions on the Hallettsville ISD Board of Trustees, the Hallettsville City Council and the Lavaca Hospital District Board of Directors ended this past Friday, Feb. 16 with each entity reporting candidates who have filed.

City to hold bond election in May 4 Local Election

It became official at Monday night’s special meeting of the City Council: Hallettsville voters will cast ballots on a bond election Saturday, May 4. The bond is for $6.0 million, which will be used to repair declining streets.

William Linn named new city manager

After meeting briefly in executive session at the Thursday, Nov. 30, special called meeting of the Yoakum city council, aldermen reconvened in open session to announce the hiring of new city manager William Linn. “We had a pool of 21 applicants.

Council to adopt budget, tax rate Sept. 5

HALF A CENTURY

By CHASTITY GRANT CARTER Special to the Tribune-Herald   Junior. Elmo. Chief. Alderman. Those are just some of the names the fine folks around Hallettsville and surrounding towns have called him through the years.

Yoakum’s city council incumbents edged out by challengers

As few as two votes in one race and five in another is all that separated the winners from the losers Saturday in Yoakum’s first contested city council race in a couple decades, unofficial election night returns showed.