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Changes proposed in employee handbook, policies
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- Published on Friday, 21 December 2018 12:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Changes to sick time and over time compensation are among the proposed changes to Franklin County Employee Handbook and other policies to be adopted at the Wednesday, December 26 meeting of the Franklin County Commissioners Court.
Damage caused to ditches along roads in Pct. 2
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- Published on Monday, 17 December 2018 12:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
A dark red small Dodge pickup with a black tailgate was seen mudding in the ditches along County Roads 2100, 2200, and 2160 in northeastern Franklin County damaging the sides of the roadways.
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.
Audit for 2017-18 clean, discussions continue on polices
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- Published on Saturday, 15 December 2018 12:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Mike Ward, principal of Mike Ward Accounting & Financial Consulting, PLLC, presented what is referred to as a clean audit for the City of Mount Vernon for the 2017-18 fiscal year with assets exceeding liabilities for the year by $11.17 million net.
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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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Old documents to be shredded under contract
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2018 12:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Franklin County will end the year by cleaning out old files and records with Ark-La-Tex Shredding Company, Inc. providing the required shredding service at a cost of about $500 for the initial on-site purge of documents.
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.
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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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.,
