The overwhelming majority of the defendants on the Cannon County General Sessions Criminal Court docket for Tuesday, Aug. 30 face one or more charge of violation of probation.
The Cannon County Commission will be asked to approve a 12-cent increase in the property tax rate at a special session which has been tentatively set for Thursday, Sept. 15.
Keeping the Cannon County property tax rate at its current level would require an across-the-board cut of 7.2 percent from every department in county government.
Cannon County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Smith received a 911 complaint of a suspicious person at the Midway Fire Dept. on Highway 53 in the Midway Community prowling around the building on Aug. 20.