The Nov. 4 election for Hunt County Precinct 4 commissioner provides Texas A&M University-Commerce students with two candidates to choose between: incumbent Jim Latham, Democrat, and Frank Janda, Republican. Latham is serving his second four-year term.
Commerce Police Department hosted its first weeklong Basic SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) School, which culminated in team practical exercises at the vacant former A.C. Williams Elementary building Feb. 25. Additional participating agencies included University Police Department, L3 Communications, Texas A&M police officers, and Commerce ISD school resource officers, with some of the training done by FBI agents.
Local gang violence has caused the revocation of a public dance hall license from The Lodge, a Commerce establishment. The Lodge, a local event center, had its license removed on Jan. 1 due to multiple shootings and one stabbing assumed to be related to gang activity in the region.
