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The following is the second in a series of questions being presented about the upcoming DeLeon ISD bond issue that will be on the May 12 ballot. The response for the questions will be provided by Dr. Randy Mohundro, Superintendent of Schools for DISD.

Questions:

“Everyone would like a new home, car, church, school or whatever. Other than a newer facility, what would we get in a new high school that we do not already have?”

“Our school enrollments have been shrinking for several years. If our student base is declining, how could we possibly be out of room and need new construction?”  >>Full Story<<

By Jerry Morgan, Reporter

COMANCHE -- Problems arising from errors made during the mapping and designation process for county-maintained roads prompted significant discussion and disagreement in Commissioners Court, as did the controversy over the cost of providing medical care for county inmates.

The training and equipment needs for heavy equipment operators assisting in wildfires, raising the Confederate flag on the Courthouse Square during April, and the suspension of the County Fire Marshall also provided grist for the meeting mill.  >>Full Story<<

By Laura Kestner, Editor

The DeLeon City Council met in regular session Thursday, March 22, and addressed a brief agenda. All members were present for the 6 p.m. start, but Karen Wilkerson, city secretary, was out of town for a court training seminar. City employee Marilyn Harbour assisted Mayor Danny Owen, in Wilkerson’s absence.

Although there were several visitors, there were no citizen’s presentations.

Several of the agenda items concerned the City Hall auditorium and its uses.  >>Full Story<<

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