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The Fort Belknap Water Supply Corp. is accepting applications to serve on its board of directors until Feb. 7. There are three positions open, which will be decided on the April 8 ballot. Terms run from April 2017 to Apri 2020. The board meets at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. Those interested in election to the board may call 940-549-6922 or go by the corporations’ office at 315 5th St. in Graham for more information and/or to pick up an application. Directors whose terms are expiring are Charles Birdwell, Rita Choat and Gary Reger.

Tuesday, Dec. 27 9:34 p.m. – Things got suspicious on Rosser Ranch Road, Young County. 10:23 p.m. – Weatherford PD arrested a guy on a Young County warrant. 11:07 p.m. – Dude, turn the music down, 1st St., Graham. 11:53 p.m. – Fraud reported, FM 1769, Young County. 11:55 p.m. – Olney Police Department arrested someone on a charge of public intoxication on S. Ave. D in Olney. 11:59 p.m. – Suspicious situation on W. Elm, Olney. Wednesday, Dec. 28 2:48 a.m. – Wrecker requested, East at Carolina, Graham. 3:03 a.m. – Medical emergency, Christi Lane, Graham, no transport. 3:24 a.m.

The city of Graham saw a drop of 3.64 percent in the amount of sales taxes returned to the city for December, and year-to-date the city’s rebates are down 6.35 percent. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $627.6 million in local sales tax allocations for December, 0.2 percent more than in December 2015. These allocations are based on sales made in October by monthly filers. “The cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso and San Antonio continue to see significant increases in sales tax allocations,” Hegar said.

A 70-year-old man has been arrested on charges he was in possession of child pornography. According to Young County jail records, Monte Carrol Wainscott was arrested on 15 charges of possession/promotion of child pornography at 10:11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, by a DPS trooper. DPS said Wainscott was arrested on 14 charges, not 15. He was arrested on True Road in northern Young County. As of Tuesday, he remained in custody at the Young County jail with bond set at $225,000.

There were no objections by the Graham city council regarding an alcohol variance on the square for the 2017 Food Truck Championship. A request for a variance on ordinance 540 about possession and consuming alcoholic beverages on the city square during the event unanimously passed during last Thursday’s council meeting. “The CVB (Convention and Visitors Bureau Board) is kind of getting to the point where they know how to run this thing a little more efficiently now and they are getting their request in.

Young County’s new voting machines – which were purchased in 2014 – are expected to be delivered on Jan. 3 Election Administrator Lauren Sullivan said. Young County purchased 65 of the Verity 2.0 voting machines and other necessary equipment from Hart InterCivic two and a half years ago for $330,000. The process of getting certification on the machines both federally and through the state has delayed the machines making their way to Young County. “I really do think it is going to be the best thing for the county.