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TX Voter Registration Deadline for Presidential Election is Oct. 11

State officials are reminding Texans that they only a few days to make sure they are registered to vote in the Nov.8 general election.

By Bobby Horn Jr.
news@casscountynow.com

By Bobby Horn Jr.
news@casscountynow.com

From Staff Reports

From Staff Reports
LINDEN—Cass County offices will be closed Oct. 10 in observance of Columbus Day. As a federally-recognized there will be no mail service. Texana Bank, in Linden, said that it would also be closed.
The Linden City Council will move their regularly scheduled meeting to Oct. 11. It will be at the Mary Daughety Senior Center at 6 p.m.  

By Bobby Horn Jr.
news@casscountynow.com

Atlanta High School celebrates its homecoming this Friday with a full slate of events.

The Homecoming Parade gets underway at 2:15 p.m., at the high school. Following the parade will be a pep rally at 2: 45.

A volleyball game between Atlanta and North Lamar starts at 4:30.

At 5 p.m., the annual Rabbits Tailgate Party gets underway at the school. The Homecoming Court Presentation takes place at 7 p.m., at the Atlanta High School Football stadium, followed by the kickoff of the Atlanta-Tatum game at 7:30.

See more homecoming and football-related information in the SPORTS SECTION.........

By Stephen Parker

Special to the Journal

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension  was part of a local coalition that hosted a forum on Sept. 20 at the Cass County Law Enforcement Training Center in Linden. The focus of the meeting was to shed light on the issue of human sex trafficking. 

Donnie Vallery of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, shared statistics about sex trafficking. Human sex trafficking is a $9.8 billion industry exploiting more than 100,000 children annually.  The average age of a child exploited is 13. 

“(Sex trafficking) is fueled by pimping and nothing new, this sort of thing has gone on for thousands of years,” Vallery said. 

State officials are reminding Texans that they only have about three weeks to make sure they are registered to vote in the Nov.8 general election.

State regulates placement of signs along highways

Political elections are usually accompanied by an increase in the number of campaign signs placed along roadways this time of year. State transportation officials want to make sure citizens and candidates are aware of the laws regulating their placement along state highways.

Under Texas law, it is a class C misdemeanor to place any sign on state highway right of way.  The penalty for violating this law is a fine of up to $500 per sign. It is legal to place a campaign signs on private property adjacent to state highways with landowners’ permission.

Restrictions require that signs be constructed of lightweight material and limited to 50 square feet in size.  Signs may be placed as early as 90 days prior to an election and must be removed within 10 days after an election.