HENDERSON COUNTY–Commissioners’ Court of Henderson County voted July 19 to extend the burn ban it originally enacted June 21. That ban runs through July 21, with the following 30-day ban extending from that time.
County Fire Marshal Shane Renberg reported that the July 18 Keetch-Byram Drought Index, which measures moisture in the soil, shows Henderson County has a region with a county low of 595, a portion at 734 (the highest in the county) and that the index indicates a 695 average across the county.

HENDERSON COUNTY–Henderson County Judge Wade McKinney has been elected first vice president of the North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association, a 74-county subregion of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas (CJCAT).
County officials applauded McKinney as he took his oath of office during the North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association Annual Conference conducted July 11-14 in Denton. 

KERENS–Kerens City Council was presented with plans for a manufactured home community during its July 12 meeting.
The proposed Richland Gardens, which would be located on 31 acres in the northeastern part of town, would allow new manufactured homes to be placed on 225 lots that are 3,600 square-feet each, according to the developer, Octa Homes Executive Director Mayer Husain, who is from Houston.

KAUFMAN COUNTY–Kaufman County Judge Hal Richards has issued a disaster declaration July 18 effective immediately. The declaration is due to widespread severe property damage from an almost 500-acre wildfire which continues to burn. To make things worse, high winds have been predicted for next several days which heightens the need for extreme caution.