Virginia Cunningham/ News-Sun TATUM — The Town of Tatum will move forward with a special election to add a fifth council member to the town council. Tatum Town Clerk Amanda Thomas said, after many phone calls with multiple people around the state, and research she discovered, Tatum must hold the special election. The special election will be by mail-in ballot, and …

Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun TATUM — Tatum council members voted to move future council meetings once again to the community building at 508 E. Ash Street in order to accommodate the larger number of people who have been attending recent meetings. Tatum Mayor Amy Gutierrez was absent from the regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday and Mayor pro tem Ron Smith led in …

Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun TATUM — A special election will be held in Tatum to decide if a fifth council member should be added, after a resident-led petition received more than the required amount of signatures. The petition required 5 percent of registered Tatum voters to sign the petition in order for it to be validated and adopted. The petition gathered approximately …