Coldspring News

COLDSPRING The H1N1 "swine fl u" vaccine should be in San Jacinto County around mid-month, according to San Jacinto County Emergency Management Coordinator Judy Eaton.

COLDSPSRING Ghostly apparitions at the Old Jail Museum in Coldspring have been documented by a Conroe team and will be explored Halloween weekend by those brave enough to attend.

COLDSPRING The newly adopted county budget was amended last Tuesday to remove a $500 salary increase for secretaries and foremen in Precincts 2, 3 and 4 by a 4-1 vote.

COLDSPRING A Trinity County man who pled guilty to one count of intoxication manslaughter and four counts of intoxication assault was sentenced to serve no time in prison for the intoxication manslaughter charge by a Liberty County Judge Friday, Oct.

LIVINGSTON A charge of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle has been filed against a driver involved in an accident early Saturday which resulted in the death of a 21-year-old passenger, according to the Texas Highway Patrol.

COLDSPRING San Jacinto County Commissioners' Court adopted the county's 2009/2010 budget and set the county tax rate during a special meeting held Friday, Sept.

COLDSPRING GETCAP Head Start will celebrate 44 years of Head Start excellence during the month of October, which has been designated as Head Start Month.

COLDSPRING Constructed in 1964, the Faulkner Building in Coldspring has a new face lift as colorful as its past.

CAPE ROYALE On July 4, 2009, the Cape Area Volunteer Fire Department launched its area rescue program and have assisted in more than a dozen rescues on Lake Livingston since.

SHEPHERD San Jacinto County Sheriff James Walters is scheduled to be the grand marshal of the 2009 annual Shepherd Homecoming parade.

Lincoln Junior High principal, Andrea Seale, has been named director of special programs for Coldspring- Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District, announces LaTonya Goffney, superintendent.

COLDSPRING A grievance for a salary increase, carried before the San Jacinto County Salary Grievance Committee last Wednesday by a county elected offi cial, resulted in a vote that will throw the fi nal decision to the county commissioners' court.

COLDSPRING About 20 people attended the fi rst of two public hearings last Friday on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the San Jacinto County tax roll in the preceding tax year by 4.6 percent.

The Women's League of San Jacinto County will hold its fi rst meeting of the 2009- 2010 year on Sept.

COLDSPRING The fi rst of two public hearings on the county's proposed tax rate will be held Friday, Sept.

COLDSPRING A 4.6 percent tax increase is being proposed by San Jacinto County Commissioners' Court for 2010.

COLDSPRING Most school campuses in San Jacinto County received Academically Acceptable ratings last week when the Texas Education Agency released the annual rating status for 1,235 school districts and charters operators and 8,322 schools.

COLDSPRING "Violations of Texas law and preferential tax treatments and exemptions" are among allegations made about the San Jacinto County Central Appraisal District by a former employee.

COLDSPRING Due to the success of the gardening and horticulture program presented in the spring, the San Jacinto County AgriLife Extension Service will host a Fall Gardening and Horticulture Symposium.

COLDSPRING Texas Commission on Jail Standards issued a notice of non-compliance to San Jacinto County Judge Fritz Faulkner and Sheriff James Walters in a letter dated July 15.