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Which comes first, permission to build or site plan
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The full North East Texas Rural Transportation District board met for the first time with representatives of the Mount Vernon City Council and Mount Vernon Economic Development Corporation board in Sulphur Springs last week concerning the proposed rail port facility in Franklin County.
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Consumer Alert: IRS Impersonation and Email Scam
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- Published on Monday, 10 December 2018 18:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texans that fraudulent emails are being sent from people impersonating the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting users with fake tax documents.
Railport meeting planned today
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- Published on Thursday, 06 December 2018 09:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The City of Mount Vernon and the Mount Vernon EDC will present plans for a proposed transload / inter modal rail port facility to the North East Texas Rural Rail Transportation District’s (NETEX) Board at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 6 in Sulphur Springs.
Brown, Marquez honored for past life-saving efforts
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- Published on Friday, 07 December 2018 18:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Franklin County Game Warden Doyle Brown and Franklin County Lake Patrol Officer Teo Marquez were honored in Austin by the State of Texas for their life-saving efforts in aiding two exhausted swimmers on Lake Cypress Springs.
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Water district amends 2018, adopts 2019 budgets
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 December 2018 09:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Settlement of the civil suit filed by the Franklin County Water District five years ago brought changes reflected in amendments to the 2018 budget and the 2019 budget which were approved in the board’s regular meeting.
Above average rainfall recorded in November
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- Published on Friday, 07 December 2018 09:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Above average rainfall was recorded for the month of November and also kept the year-to-date average above normal. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency official weather station in Mount Vernon recorded 4.92 inches of rain.
Suit settlement returns $4.75 million to district, taxpayers
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- Published on Sunday, 02 December 2018 09:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
An out-of-court settlement of a law suit will return $4,750,00 to the Franklin County Water District’s coffers and by extension the taxpayers.
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First National Bank to merge with Alliance Bank
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- Published on Thursday, 06 December 2018 18:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Alliance BancShares Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary Alliance Bank, announced Thursday, November 29, that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the issued shares of common stock of Mount Vernon BankShares, Inc.,
Inmate housing agreement approved for Red River Co.
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- Published on Saturday, 01 December 2018 12:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Approval was given Monday to an interlocal agreement for Franklin County to provide Red River County with inmate housing at a cost of $40 per inmate per day to help alleviate personnel shortages and /or overcrowding at the Red River County Jail.
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