Freestone County Commissioners News Today

A poster shows a rendering of a gated golf course community. The new owners have begun construction. But Texas Parks and Wildlife is still holding out hope for a sale.

The wooden welcome sign and the brick columns at the front gate are gone. So is the green ticket office where visitors would buy entry passes for Fairfield Lake State

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Todd Interests, which plans to turn the former park into a high-end subdivision, has a week left to respond to the state’s final offer for the property.

Freestone County Commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday to send a letter to the state asking the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to not use eminent...