Onalaska News

TRINITY An arrest warrant for a Walker County man suspected to be involved in the theft of scrap metal from a Carlisle area business was issued Tuesday.

Offi cials at school districts in Livingston and Onalaska are reeling from yet another fi nancial blow this week that came with the release of the 2011 Property Value Study by the Texas Comptroller's Property Tax Division.

LIVINGSTON Polk County Commissioners green-lighted a request from Sheriff Kenneth Hammack to use $46,782 in drug forfeiture funds to purchase mobile data information software that will upgrade computer assisting dispatch in patrol vehicles at Tuesday's meeting.

Sales tax collections in the unincorporated areas of Polk County decreased 4.63 percent from December 2010 to December 2011, according to a report from Texas Comptroller Susan Combs issued Jan.

TRINITY A new chief appraiser and a board member were picked to served the Trinity County Appraisal District when the group's board met Jan.