{"id":1466154,"date":"2025-12-19T12:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1466154"},"modified":"2025-12-23T01:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T07:08:48","slug":"overton-appeals-txdot-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1466154","title":{"rendered":"Overton appeals TxDOT demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OVERTON \u2014 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/OVERTONISD-e1766168336712-222x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1230019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/OVERTONISD-e1766168336712-222x200.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/OVERTONISD-e1766168336712-389x350.jpg 389w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/OVERTONISD-e1766168336712.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Our news partners at KETK report the Overton City Council voted Thursday night to appeal a Texas Department of Transportation demand to remove the horseshoes from Warren Street. TxDOT contacted the city in early December, stating the horseshoe markings did not meet state roadway standards and directed officials to remove them. On Thursday, city leaders instead chose to formally appeal the decision. The issue first gained attention in October when Gov. Greg Abbott announced that TxDOT had begun removing nonstandard surface markings from roadways across the state. City officials say the horseshoes represent Overton ISD\u2019s mascot, the Mustang, and have been part of Warren Street since the early 1990s. While acknowledging TxDOT\u2019s concerns, council members voted to challenge the order rather than remove the markings.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Across the street from the horseshoes is the Overton City Cemetery, which for years has been funded through a city resident tax for its maintenance and upkeep.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate vote, the council unanimously approved abolishing the Overton Cemetery Tax. That change will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVERTON \u2014 Our news partners at KETK report the Overton City Council voted Thursday night to appeal a Texas Department of Transportation demand to remove the horseshoes from Warren Street. TxDOT contacted the city in early December, stating the horseshoe markings did not meet state roadway standards and directed officials to remove them. On Thursday, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1466154\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Overton appeals TxDOT demand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1230019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/OVERTONISD-e1766168336712-222x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 02:39:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/OVERTONISD-e1766168336712-222x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1466154"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466670,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466154\/revisions\/1466670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1230019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1466154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1466154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1466154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}