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Summer officially gets underway on June 21, but it feels like somebody left the gate open and the dog got out a little early. Outside temperatures have already hit the triple digits several times in parts of Texas. Like it or not, more of the same is sure to follow as big sun and high pressure settle in over the next few months.

In a brief meeting on Tuesday, June 20, the Groesbeck City Council voted in support of improving and expanding the soccer fields at Oliver Park and also heard from the Groesbeck Volunteer Fire Depa

“I’m representing several property owners and my family who are very nervous about the tax valuations,” J.R. Sunday said. “Ours doubled on three properties, and some neighbors across the street tripled. We know y’all do a good job on bringing down what y’all actually tax us on, but I’m paying taxes on four pieces of property and having to sell calves and that affects my family’s outcome. It’s fine to up the taxes but to double and triple the evaluation appraisals of these properties? It’s absurd.”