- In Commerce, local officials are still asking residents to practice voluntary water usage restrictions. Commerce residents are asked to not water outdoors, and to limit indoor water use to essential purposes only. A leak in a major pipeline was identified Monday and repaired late Tuesday, but this morning, the city government announced on its Facebook page that levels in the water system remain low, and that locals should continue to limit water usage. On the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce, this voluntary restriction applies to the five buildings that use City of Commerce water. Those buildings are the Welcome Center, the Employee Services building, Henderson Hall, Prairie Crossing Apartments, and the Sam Rayburn Student Center. Other university buildings are supplied by the university’s own water system.
- In Bonham, the Veterans Administration hospital will remain in Bonham for the foreseeable future. A U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee study group had recommended that those services offered by the Bonham VA be moved to the Dallas area. However, the Veterans Affairs Committee announced this week that proposal has been scrapped. The Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center in Bonham is the largest employer in Fannin County.
- In Paris, local police announced a correction to a statement released yesterday. The age of the man who died in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday on Pine Bluff Street is 27.