New year starts with water damage at the courthouse

The year started with a collapsed ceiling due to the second water valve failure in the last twelve months at the DeWitt County Courthouse. During the Jan. 9 Commissioners Court meeting, County Judge Daryl Fowler said he spotted the damage near the district clerk’s office shortly after arriving at the courthouse on his first day back to work after the holiday break, Jan. 3. “There was just a mist…