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By Kevin Jefferies

Commerce – Commerce residents can now pay traffic tickets or outstanding warrants online. The Commerce City Council voted in regular session last week to allow the Commerce courts to begin accepting credit card payments online. There will be a 3% processing fee for all such transactions.

By Kevin Jefferies

Commerce – The 21st Annual Merchant's Fair is set for tomorrow on the A&M-Commerce campus. About 40 Commerce merchants are expected to attend the fair that gives A&M-Commerce students and faculty the chance to become familiar with area businesses. Food samples, coupons, and cash prizes are some of the highlights at the event sponsored by both the Commerce Chamber and A&M-Commerce.

The event begins tomorrow at 10am in the Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center on the A&M-Commerce campus.

By Kevin Jefferies

Wolfe City – Wolfe City has two new faces on the city council. Rodney Swinson and Stephanie Sheets won the seats in special election Saturday. Earlier resignations by David Caldwell and Wanda Dawson left the seats open. Former Wolfe City Mayor Johnny Lloyd was also in the running for one of the two unexpired terms.

Voting was held in the community room of the Wolfe City fire station. Final tallies had Swinson with 127 votes, Sheets with 124 votes, and Lloyd with 31 votes.

By Kevin Jefferies

Bonham – The Commerce Tigers picked up another win in commanding fashion over Bonham, 33-0. The Tigers held the Bonham Purple Warriors scoreless in Friday's game, and had an impressive offensive output. The passing attack seemed to gel as quarterback Zach Boles threw for 216 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Boles also added two rushing touchdowns on the night. Receiver Jonathan Cox emerged as the go-to guy for the nights, hauling in 6 catches for 108 yards.

By Kevin Jefferies

Commerce – The A&M-Commerce Lions picked up their first win of the season this weekend, stunning Midwestern State 27-25. The Lions took a 20-6 lead at the half and maintained the comfortable lead with a 27-12 advantage going into the 4th quarter. But the Midwestern State Indians rallied in the 4th with scoring drives of 80 and 41 yards, bringing the score to 27-25, with the Lions stopping a two point conversion that would have tied the game.

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By Kevin Jefferies

Commerce –
COMMERCE TIGERS

The Commerce Tigers hit the once again to face the Bonham Purple Warriors. The Tigers are coming off an electrifying win in the last minutes over 4-A Paris last week. Commerce is undefeated so far on the season and Bonham dropped their first game of the season last week to Sanger 20-17 after going up by 17 points initially.

In last season's game, Bonham jumped to an 18-8 lead in the first half, but Commerce rallied to take the victory 21-18.

By Kevin Jefferies

Cash – The Cash Water District is asking customers to lower water usage. Hunt County is listed under the highest levels of drought conditions and the Cash Special Utility District is attempting to have their customers be a little more conservative in their water usage. There is no water shortage just yet, and the facility is confident about the water supply. The extremely dry conditions have caused stress on water lines, and the leaks caused by the stress have made it difficult for the utility to keep the water tower full.

By Kevin Jefferies

Commerce – An agreement between the Commerce ISD and the City of Commerce to work together to bring drug dog services to the schools and city could be in full operation by December. City Manager Bill Shipp said the down payment for the dog has already been paid, and a fully trained team could be servicing the city and schools as early as December 1st, which is quicker than expectations.

By Kevin Jefferies

Commerce – Commerce Police and the Commerce ISD have established a memorandum of understanding on implementing a School Resource Officer. Talks have been on-going for several years regarding the SRO, and grants have been sought for the past several years to fund the program. Those monies were not granted, however, and the decision was made to move ahead and fund the SRO locally.