White Hall School District patrons on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a 1.4 mill real estate tax increase by a margin of 697-393 – a percentage spread of 64-36. In a contest for an at-large board seat, incumbent Dean Dancer defeated Bill Tietz 662-422, a percentage margin of 61-39. Here, Trey Ashcraft of the Jefferson County Election Commission announces the election results in the courthouse lobby just before 10 p.m. Tabulations were slow being finalized because of some computer glitches.


