HOT TOPIC: If you’ve ever wanted to serve on the city council or school board, now might be the time …. depending on where you live.
The filing period for May city and school board elections opens tomorrow, Jan. 30, and closes March 1.
Because of changes to the election cycle, not all cities or school districts are having an election this May. You can learn more on the reason for that by reading our explainer.
Entities that are having elections include:
Athens ISD: There will be three seats up for election this cycle at AISD. Place 5 (Raymond Williams), Place 6 (David Freeman), and Place 7 (Robert Spears).
City of Athens: Seats that will be open include mayor (Jerry Don Vaught) and Place 1 (Monte Montgomery). In November, former council member Vaught took the place of Randy Daniel, who stepped down to become Justice of the Peace Pct. 1. Montgomery took Vaught’s council spot. Both spots would have been up for election this cycle normally.
City of Malakoff: The terms are up for Mayor Delois Pagitt, Councilman Tim Trimble, and Councilwoman Jeanette King.
City of Gun Barrel City: Three council seats will be up at GBC. Rodney Bevil in Place 1, Curtis Webster in Place 3 and Ronny Johnson in Place 5, at-large.
Other cities with elections include: Brownsboro, Caney City and Eustace. The Athens Review beat me to the punch on those.
If you live in one of these cities, you now have the chance to step up and serve.
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ON TAP TONIGHT
Athens boys basketball is home while the girls are on the road, both against Mabank. JV boys soccer is also on the road.
The Malakoff boys and girls basketball teams are on the road.
The Cross Roads boys and girls basketball teams are at Dawson.
Eustace boys and girls basketball is on the road at Red Oak Life.
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WHAT YOU MISSED
If you like to keep up on Henderson County news through Facebook, but are missing posts because they aren’t showing up in your news feed, I have an answer … The Henderson County Now news list.
Subscribe to this list and you will get all the posts from Henderson County Now, the four county newspapers, the Tyler Paper, plus a Tyler TV and radio station …… I included everyone else because my goal is to keep you informed and, well, I can’t be everywhere!
The way interest lists work, these posts won’t show up in your news feed … you have to click on the list name to get your news … I suggest moving it up to your Favorites so you can see when something new has been posted.
If you have any problems, let me know
Obituaries: Frank Ray Mallory Deason, Jr., Mary Dixon, Marine Creech.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE TALKING ABOUT
Review Editor Jayson Larson wrote a very nice column about the passing of Tony Douglas.
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