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By Kenny Mitchell kenny@westbowiepost.com An icon of the rich history of DeKalb is in need of extensive repairs and remodeling and the DeKalb Oktoberfest Organization is asking the community to come to its rescue. The Telford/Lindsay Building, located in downtown DeKalb, has stood as a part of the fabric of DeKalb for more than 100 years now. Local historian and curator of the Williams House Museum, Carolyn McCrary, told the West Bowie Post that she believes the building was

By Kenny Mitchell kenny@westbowiepost.com At his month’s regular meeting the DeKalb City Council approved a measure that will impact many residents within the city limits when they unanimously passed a new ordinance that freezes ad valorem taxes for residents 65 years of age and older. The ordinance reads: Whereas, the City Council of the City of DeKalb finds that residents who are sixty five (65) years of age and older own residential homesteads in the City of DeKalb, Texas,

By Kenny Mitchell kenny@westbowiepost.com New Boston Property Management and their Executive Director Cal Davis announced last week that they have purchased the former Inspire Nursing Home located at 210 Rice Street in New Boston and have begun the process of turning the blight on the City of New Boston into the new home for the latest effort to enrich the city and create new housing for an ever growing population. The abandoned facility and property were purchased by New B