On January 5, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office spent the day hunting down and arresting three people with felony warrants. more

Buffalo’s Susie Adams has published another book. Her latest literary accomplishment, titled “The Rebel and Preacher Man,” is her true love story about her life with ‘preacher man’ Russell Adams. It is a personal testimony of her and Russell’s lives before they met and how God brought them together to live a life of love and service to Him. It is a spellbinding account of inspiration that will leave you laughing and crying at the ups and downs of their rollercoaster ride through life. Most of all it is her way of praising a gracious God for blessing her with a wonderful life with a wonderful man who loved God as much as she does. more

Our Environmental Public Health Specialist, Shannon Jackson, issued 50 permits for new onsite wastewater construction, responded to 25 complaints, did 72 pre-site visits, 245 drinking water tests, six lodging inspections, responded to three food establishment emergencies, 81 routine food inspections, 11 new food establishment inspections, 30 follow-up inspections, responded to 30 complaints and 38 food recalls. We expanded our water testing services in 2023. more

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement members were dispatched to 3,543 calls for service; those included 159 assist/secure the scene for medical, 66 suicidal attempts, 438 traffic complaints/traffic stops, 104 trespassing calls, 33 weapons calls, 56 structure fires, 19 vehicle fires, 6 abduction/kidnapping calls, 135 alarm calls, 135 animal calls, 27 sexual assaults, 109 assist other agencies, 70 burglary calls, 48 ex-parte violations, 70 property damage/vandalism calls, 132 peace disturbance calls, 231 domestic disturbance calls, 64 harassment/stalking calls, 56 missing/runaway calls, 356 wanted/warrant calls, 125 theft calls and 276 traffic accident calls. This is not an all-inclusive list of calls responded to by the department. more

The Buffalo Art Walk and Craft Fair date is set from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 4 on the square in downtown Buffalo. Applications are open now and can be found at the following address: https://form.jotform.com/231366196586164.  more

Angie Dismang more

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This week in Dallas County history, as recorded in the Buffalo Reflex. more

Ronnie Eugene Martin more

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To the citizens of Dallas County,

Dallas County Health Department has received bids for building a new health center. The new building would triple the amount of exam rooms, add three consultation rooms, give each staff member their own private office, include a bigger waiting area with public bathrooms, a separate vaccine room and laboratory. The initial plans called for a conference center with demonstration kitchen but building costs are so high that it was cut from plans.

The new health department will be located at 901 W. Main just one block east of their current building.

It will allow for more patients to be seen at one time. Currently only one family at a time can be served in the WIC office, but with the new facility three families can be served at a time. At this time, there is only room to do one person’s vaccination at a time, and with three exam rooms we can decrease time waiting. When we are having Women’s Health clinic, we cannot do any vaccinations because our vaccine is in our only exam room. With three exam rooms and having a separate room for vaccine, this problem will be resolved.

We have several staff sharing offices at this time. Each staff member will have their own private office. Our Environmental Public Health Specialist, Shannon Jackson, will have a separate entrance for EPHS services such as septic permits and water testing.

The new location will be more secure so unauthorized persons are not wandering in the hallways. Adding public restrooms to the much larger lobby waiting area is going to be one of the big changes the public will see first.

There will be ample parking for clients with separate parking for employees.

We are looking forward to being able to serve Dallas County and its residents more efficiently.

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