Owentown News

By ADAM RUSSELL Staff Writer Passage or failure of a $2 million bond proposal to pay for a new 400,000 gallon water tower will not obstruct improvement plans to increase the local municipal district's capacity, said Smith County Municipal Utility District No.

As disturbing as the story itself was - some East Texas postal facilities will be closing, meaning the loss of more than 200 area jobs - the last line in a Tyler Paper article on Friday was even more so: "The Tyler Morning Telegraph attempted to interview postal employees at the Owentown center Thursday afternoon.

The USPS says it will close the mail processing center on Interstate 30 in Dallas after consolidating its operations in Fort Worth.

As a result of studies begun five months ago, the Postal Service has made the decision to move all mail processing operations from the East TX Mail Processing Center in Owentown to mail processing plants in Coppell and Austin TX, and Shreveport, LA, the Postal Service announced this morning.

A popular east Texas road could soon be closed. Residents and business owners in Winona fear it could hurt the city's growth.