Business was short at Meridian’s December City Council meeting Monday evening at the Meridian Senior Center. Re-elected incumbents Shawn Stauffer, Sharon Wilson and Jackye Hatley, along with new council member Meghann Giesecke were sworn into office by Meridian City Administrator Marie Garland.

During Bosque County’s weekly Commissioners Court meeting, Judge Don Pool and the commissioners extended the COVID-19 declaration of local disaster for another seven days, ensuring the county will continue to receive state and federal assistance.

This past Saturday marked a historic moment for the now-gone community of Greenock as Bosque County residents gathered at Fairview Baptist Church to celebrate the dedication of its newest historical marker.

Two solar farms planned for the eastern part of Bosque County were up for approval for a Tax Abatement Agreement at the Bosque County Commissioners meeting Monday. These projects, the Belltown Dileo Solar Project and the Belltown Fairview Solar Project, when combined, are projected to bring $250,000,000.00 in increased evaluations to our county when completed. The valuation information was provided to the commissioners by a representative from Belltown Power Texas, LLC, during the meeting Monday morning.

Residents of Bosque County, along with others living in rural areas across Texas will not find themselves among the first to receive access to a COVID-19 vaccine, Goodall-Witcher Hospital President and CEO Adam Willmann said Monday while addressing the Bosque County commissioner’s court.

The Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center announced several new and exciting initiatives in its commitment to delivering innovative and cutting-edge behavioral health, substance use disorder, and developmental disability services within its six county region of Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, and McLennan Counties.