Turner County leans on neighbors ahead of $20M courthouse rebuild

Deteriorating building already forced temporary closures of several offices

Major changes are on the horizon for government and taxpayers in Turner County.

County commissioners there last week signed off on a $19.8 million plan to overhaul its government operations in Parker after its 122-year-old courthouse last year was deemed structurally unsound. And though a new site for a courthouse hasn’t yet been selected, court proceedi…