The Teague VFD responded to a barn and hay fire on FM 1365 on Saturday afternoon, January 16. Assisting at the fire were the Dew VFD and Fairfield VFD. The fire was knocked down quickly, but required a good amount of overhaul due to the square bales of ha
Teague drops over 18 percent in sales tax revenue
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $783.2 million in local sales tax allocations for January, 2.6 percent more than in January 2020. These allocations are based on sales made in November by businesses that report tax monthly.
The cities reporting an increase in revenue for Freestone County are Fairfield with a 6.73 percent change, Streetman with a 107.85 percent change and Wortham with a 34.23 percent change.
Teague reports a decrease in revenue coming in with 18.96 percent less than this time last month. But Streetman reports a 107.85 percent increase for the year while Teague continues to report a 18.96 percent less for the year.
Fairfield brought in revenue in the amount of $121,650.79 compared to the $113,969.93 last year.
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