Commissioners Court to interview applicants and consider appointment of Judge Howard’s replacement.
Author: Jon Mark Hogg
Jon Mark Hogg
Publisher and Editor of The Concho Observer - San Angelo's News Magazine
An Exhibition from the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Permanent Collection.
The intersection of Howard and Pecos Streets will be closed starting this coming Monday January 6 through Friday January 31 for a new traffic signal installation. Detours will be marked with signage. Businesses within these road closures are open and access to them will be maintained.
The San Angelo City Council’s meets this coming, Tuesday for its first meeting in the New Year. You can view or download the Agenda here. Date: January 7, 2025 Time: 8:30 a.m. Location: McNease Convention Center – South Meeting Room, 501 Rio Concho Drive San Angelo, Texas The following items are on the agenda:
Wednesday January 1, 2025 the newly elected officials for Tom Green County were sworn into office. The ceremony took place at the Tom Green County Courthouse in court room A. The large ornate courtroom was a fitting place for the conclusion to this election season. Many of the officials were elected, or reelected without opposition. Only two had Democratic opponents in the general election, Rick Bacon County Commissioner Precinct 3 and Ralph Hoelscher County Commissioner Precinct 1. District Judge Jay Weatherby welcomed a large crowd of family, friends and well wishers. He noted how fitting it was to hold the…
With the Republican victory last November, many are predicting this will be the year that a program to give away public tax dollars for people to use to send their children to private schools will finally pass. While there will likely be more support for the idea in the upcoming session than in years past, the question is whether the pro-voucher advocates can agree on a bill that will have enough support to become law. We do not yet know what that bill will look like. There is a lot of propaganda out there on both sides of the debate.…
Brenda Gunter has served as San Angelo’s Mayor for almost eight years. San Angelo faced many difficulties during her tenure, not the least of which was the COVID-19 pandemic. She will be stepping down in May as she is term limited by the City Charter from running for another term. A new Mayor and council members for SMDs 2, 4 and 6 will be elected May 3, 2025. The new Mayor and council have their work cut out for them. There will be many challenges facing the City in the years ahead. But perhaps the most critical will be personnel.…