Payne Springs

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Oct. 20, crime scene tape remains draped across fences at a property along Taos Drive in the Cedar Creek Shores subdivision near Payne Springs, where a 29-year-old man allegedly shot and killed three people in the early morning hours of Oct. 17, including two women and a man. The man then fled to Ennis, where he shot himself after crashing into a gas station store, authorities said.

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Kim Harmon (from left), wife of Payne Springs Interim Police Chief Rick Harmon, pins a bar on her husband commemorating his Police Life Saving Medal presented by Enchanted Oaks Police Chief Anthony Katsoulas.

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Henderson County Sheriff’s Deputies are shown with other law enforcement agencies as they execute search warrants and make arrests in connection with alleged drug sales by Payne Springs police chief and officer.

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Tammie Cobb (front) and her daughter, Hayle (center), receive Christmas gifts from Payne Springs Police Chief April Meadows (from left), Payne Springs Police Sergeant Rick Harmon, Eustace Mayor Dustin Shelton, Eustace Police Chief Dan Huckabee and Eustace ISD Police Officer Amy Hillhouse-Thomas (not pictured).

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The City of Payne Springs holds Fifty Fest Oct. 29 to benefit the Payne Springs Volunteer Fire Department. Mabank High School Teacher Nicci Romero brought 16 BETA Club students to volunteer in every area of the event and recruited three teens from additional schools. 

PAYNE SPRINGS–Payne Springs City Council, which approved a 25 cents per $100 valuation property tax Sept. 8, voted Oct. 18 to use the tax proceeds to secure a $2.3 million, 15-year bond to repave city streets.
According to a city release, Payne Springs is considered a small taxing unit, which allowed the city to impose a property tax without an election. That means the city is fewer than 30,000 in population, is imposing less than $500,000 in tax and the tax rate is less than 50 cents.