Coldspring News

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.

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.

COLDSPRING While San Jacinto County and the City of Point Blank saw an increase in sales tax revenues during June, 2009, two other cities in the county that collect the tax received decreases in revenues, according to a report from Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.

COLDSPRING Former San Jacinto County Deputy Faye Adams fi led a civil suit June 18 against the county and San Jacinto Count Judge Fritz Faulkner for unlawful employment practices on the basis of wrongful termination.

First Baptist Church in Coldspring announces its Vacation Bible School scheduled for July 13- 17 from 9:00 a.m. til 12:00 p.m. Pack your bags and hop on board the Boomerang Express: It All Comes Back To Jesus.