By Mark Beardsley
It’s time to “spring forward” into Daylight Saving Time (DST) again.
There’s no money for new textbooks, no cash for supplies at schools and other programs, and there will be no funds for students traveling to some events. More furloughs and layoffs are expected.
Ward 5 voters will go to the polls in a special election Tuesday to select a city councilman, but if early voter turnout is an indicator, turnout will be light. 
Supported by photographs of deep ruts from “mud bogging” and of litter, students in two Commerce High School environmental science classes pressed the city council Monday night for action to protect the city reservoir. 
By Mark Beardsley
Relatively speaking, the Commerce Police Department had a slow month during February.
A Commerce man sentenced last year to life in prison is now facing a second murder charge stemming from the death of his wife. 
Commerce High School science teacher Joe Costyn will offer a free vegetable and flower gardening workshop Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in Room E-11 at CHS.
A Commerce man will spend 10 years and five months in federal prison after pleading guilty in Texas for conspiracy to distribute narcotics and selling, distributing or dispensing narcotics. 
A group of Commerce High School students will make a presentation to the Commerce City Council Monday night about recommendations for cleaning up around the city’s reservoir.
The city of Commerce’s hope of using some of the next round of special purpose local option sales tax revenue to help pay off water and sewer debt has been dashed.
By Susan Harper