Early voting starts today
Early voting began today and continues through May 5.
Cleburne residents will vote for a city council race, a local option election and Cleburne ISD races.
The sole polling location for early voting is at the Johnson County Elections Office in the Johnson County Courthouse at 2 N. Main St. in Cleburne.
Monday’s hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. as are the hours for May 5. Voting hours on all other days are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In the sole contested city council race, Craig Robert Nunn is competing against Gayle White for the Single Member District 2 seat.
In the option election, Cleburne residents will vote on a proposal to legalize the sale of beer and wine for off premise consumption. They will also vote on a measure that would allow the sale of mixed beverages in restaurants with both food and beverage certificates.
For information, visit www.johnsoncountyelections.com.
— Matt Smith
Austin College names honor society inductees
SHERMAN — Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Greg and Jane Wilson, was among students selected this year for induction into international and national honor societies based on academic achievement during Austin College’s annual Honors Convocation Thursday. The event highlights academic and leadership achievements of students and faculty.
Austin College honor societies and related academic departments are Phi Beta Kappa, overall academic excellence; Alpha Chi, overall academic accomplishment; Alpha Psi Omega, drama; Beta Beta Beta, biological sciences; Delta Phi Alpha, German; Eta Sigma Phi, classics; Omicron Delta Epsilon, economics; Phi Alpha Theta, history; Pi Delta Phi, French; Pi Sigma Alpha, political science; Psi Chi, psychology; Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish; and Sigma Pi Sigma, physics.
— Special to the Times-Review
Times-Review staffer wins award
Pete Kendall, who rejoined the Times-Review editorial staff in September, won first place in feature writing recently in the semi-weekly 10,000-plus circulation division of the North and East Texas Press Association.
Kendall won as a member of the Hood County News staff for a story about Nelson “Cooney” Mitchell, hanged in 1875 in Granbury for a crime he may not have committed.
— From staff reports
