County approves state funds for officer pay raises

Burleson County Commissioners on Monday formally approved accepting $350,000 in state grant funding for sheriff’s deputies salaries and $175,000 for the county attorney’s office.

A total of about $18,000 in state grant funding was also approved for the county’s four constables, however the commissioners postponed action because the necessary state paperwork had not yet arrived, said Raileen Murray,…