The Broadband Development Office hosts monthly engagement opportunities for industry and community leaders to better inform stakeholders and encourage collaboration The Industry Broadband Roundtable meets virtually on the last Tuesday of every month at 3 p.m. The roundtables are intended to inform broadband providers, engineering firms, consultants and other entities who seek opportunities to expand broadband across the state.

The National Championship Barbecue Cookoff Committee will hold its 2023 Annual Live & Silent Auction & BBQ Dinner Fundraiser at the Meridian Civic Center at 5:30 p.m. The funds raised will benefit The EpiCenter Youth Complex in Meridian.

Meridian is at its best when folks from different backgrounds, ages, and income levels come together to assist each other in need. The brick-and-mortar food pantry in Meridian is ready to accept donations of food to restock its shelves this summer.

L t. Gov. Dan Patrick claimed last week that Gov. Greg Abbott is sabotaging the Senate’s work because of their ongoing feud over which approach to property tax reform is best, The Dallas Morning News reported. Abbott vetoed three bills by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, who has been Patrick’s point senator on increasing homestead exemptions in order to provide tax cuts. As of Friday afternoon, he had vetoed 31 bills.

The Clifton Chamber of Commerce will hold its Business After Hours on Thursday, June 29, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

The Nellie Pederson Civic Library invites parents and children to more of its summer reading program events this July. Under the theme “All Together Now,” the program runs on Monday mornings for an hour starting at 10 a.m.

The following report of arrests and inmate transfers is from the Bosque County Sheriff’s Office in Meridian gathered from May 1-31, 2023: Rebekah Ashley Myers of Clifton was arrested on May 9, 2023, for Burglary of Habitation, Theft of Property and Aggravated Robbery by Bosque County Sheriff T. Shaw.

Warmer temperatures and rain means mosquito season is underway in most of the state. With an increase in mosquitoes comes an increase in bites.