City Of Como Will Hold An Election For All 3 Places On Council
The City of Como will hold an election for all three places on the City Council. Filing for the two commissioner seats and mayor begins tomorrow. Currently, Jerry Radney serves as mayor. As mayor pro temp, he stepped up to mayor when Darla Henry resigned the position in August 2020, due to a move out of the city. Austin Baxley, a teacher at Como-Pickton school, was then appointed to the council as commissioner. Steve Smith is serving...
City of Como Receives Community Assistance Grant
Como, Texas –The Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA) was pleased to award the City of Como a Community Assistance Program Grant on November 4, as part of SRA’s Fiscal Year 2021 Economic Development Initiative. The $20,000 check will be used to assist the City to repair and upgrade an older water well. On hand for a Nov. 4 Community Assistance Program Grant presentation to the City of Como were (left) Beth Purcell, Representing...
Darla Henry Resigns as Como Mayor
Como, TX – August 12, 2020 – Darla Henry resigned her seat as Como Mayor. She cited personal reasons which have lead her to move out of Como, TX. The City of Como reported the resignation on their Facebook page. Darla Henry Henry reportedly cited the deaths of her mother and stepfather a few months ago as the reason for her resignation. She indicated being overwhelmed not only emotionally, but by the legal matters and...
Como City Council Election Results
The City of Como posted the following City Council Election results: Darla Henry, who was unchallenged in her bid for re-election as the city’s mayor, received 27 votes. Incumbent Jerry Radney, who was unopposed for Place 1, received 16 votes. Steve Smith defeated Ronny Nabors 18 votes to 12.
MGISD Bond, CP & Yantis Trustees, Como City Council Elections On May 4 Ballots
Voters will have one more opportunity to cast ballots Saturday in Como-Pickton and Yantis school board elections, Miller Grove Independent School District bond election and Como City Council elections. Voting in the Yantis ISD Board of Trustees Election will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in Yantis Elementary School foyer. Yantis voters are asked to select up to two of the three candidates for two full-term seats...
Ray Couch
Ray Couch A funeral service for Ray Couch, age 71, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Pastors Jerry Radney and David Henry officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Academy Cemetery with Chris Nabors, Trevor Cagle, Steven Couch, Dusty Jordan, Cameron Stone, and Ennis Gage serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Wayne Nabors and Charles Marzek....
Commissioners Court Approves 381 Agreement For D6 Inc.
Hopkins County Commissioners Court made short work of Monday’s agenda, approving a 381 agreement for D6 Inc., appointing a Como official as emergency management coordinator for the City of Como, reappointing a representative to Lake Regional Community Center Board of Trustees, and a request to construct electric power distribution across a county road within 13 minutes. D6 Inc. The Commissioners Court approved a 381 agreement...
Candidate Filing Ends Friday, Feb. 12, For City Council, School Board Elections
Candidate filing ends Friday for a place on the May 1, 2021 municipal and school election ballots, including those for Sulphur Springs and Como City Councils; and Como-Pickton Sulphur Springs and Yantis school boards. Sulphur Springs City Council Candidate filing for a place on the May 1 ballot for four seats on Sulphur Springs City Council will continue through 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. On the first day of filing, all four incumbents...
Filing For School And Municipal Elections Continues; All Reports So Far Are Of Uncontested Races
With a little less than 2 weeks left in the filing for school and municipal elections, all reports thus far are of uncontested races in Hopkins County. Sulphur Springs In Sulphur Springs, the incumbents are the only candidates who had filed candidacy in both the City Council and school board elections. School Board On the first day of the filing period, Kerry Wright and Jason Dietze filed candidate applications seeking a place on the...
