Members of the Judicial Building Committee voted unanimously to purchase three tracts of land from local entrepreneur Gene Wilson for a total of $600,000, exactly the amount the committee was allowed by the state to spend on the property, on which to build a $16.4 million Courts Building.

At the February meeting fiscal court members were told that RUMPKE would not service residential customers who pay $11 and $15 per month for garbage collection but would still pick up at businesses. But RUMPKE representative Jonathan Kissell said today that his company will only service large roll-back containers — but none of the regular sized commercial containers…