Wichita County’s No Veteran Left Behind initiative has taken Veteran Service Officer (VSO) Tina Jones to the places one would naturally expect: service agencies and health-related facilities tasked with assisting veterans. However, the overwhelming success of the award-winning program is due to the long and sometimes winding roads Jones has traveled to connect each individual … [Read more...] about Wichita County Veteran Service Officer Leaves No Stone Unturned
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158 Counties Receive $6 Million in Tobacco Money
The Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Investment Advisory Committee approved $50 million for the year 2013 tobacco settlement distribution, the same as the previous year’s amount. According to the distribution report published by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), 158 counties received just under $6 million in reimbursements. Under the terms of a … [Read more...] about 158 Counties Receive $6 Million in Tobacco Money
Monutments of Justice: Wichita County Courthouse
County Seat: Wichita * County Population: 101,852
The current Wichita County Courthouse was erected in 1916 and later remodeled with "an original courtroom charmingly ensconced on the fourth floor," as described in "The Courthouses of Texas" by Mavis P. Kelsey Sr. and Donald H. Byal. Wichita County was created in 1858 and attached to Clay County for judicial purposes. Some two years later, a petition was presented complete … [Read more...] about Monutments of Justice: Wichita County Courthouse
SB7 Study Provides Blueprint for Creating Public Defender Office
A consultant commissioned by the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense (TFID) has mapped a strategy for developing county and regional public defender offices in the state. The Blueprint for Creating a Public Defender Office in Texas, prepared by The Spangenberg Group, an indigent defense consulting firm based in Massachusetts, was released last summer and includes … [Read more...] about SB7 Study Provides Blueprint for Creating Public Defender Office
County Government 101
New Officials Conference Tackles Challenges of Leadership “Don’t lose what got inside you to do this,” advised Wichita County Judge Woodrow Gossom Jr., as he helped prepare new judges and commissioners for the challenge of leadership in county government. A total of 158 officials gathered in Austin Jan. 18-21 to attend the Seminar for Newly Elected County Judges & … [Read more...] about County Government 101