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A three-year Texoma project, paid for by a Greater Texas Foundation grant to Economic Mobility Center, plans to reach students sooner with better advising and more work-based learning.
Police approved the neighborhood association's Halloween plan with no road closures. The City says petition organizer Martin Phillips filed a 2025 closure permit in the group's name without its approval, and Phillips disputes it.
Grayson County records show the highway still dropping to one lane at times on Sept. 8, weeks after an August train derailment. A county commissioner confirmed that one person involved died.
Gainesville's announced roster included the Cooke County Sheriff's Office and Cooke County EMS. Sherman's listing gave a time and a place but named no participating agencies.
Renewal of the inmate-housing deal was on Grayson's Oct. 5 consent agenda. The posted record shows no vote, and the $70 daily rate was already in last year's contract.
A contract amendment caps the Sherman project's construction price at about $31 million, subject to change orders. County records reviewed do not set an opening date. The Gainesville jail remains an option when it has room.
Original report: Denison calls for demolition of Waterloo Pool
The county dates its current ban to Aug. 10. City firefighters are giving charging advice and offering a no-cost alarm program after two accidental fires in September.
The public-records batch documents on-site corrections, one conditional result and eight results needing attention across inspections dated from 2017 through 2025.
Last year's version let Grayson County house inmates in Gainesville for $70 a day when Cooke County had room. The Oct. 5 agenda does not record whether commissioners approved another year.
Grayson commissioners put their paid inmate-housing agreement with Cooke County on the Oct. 5 agenda. The county's meeting page shows no recorded vote, and Cooke County still decides whether to take any inmate Grayson sends.
Official notices outlined Tuesday gatherings in Sherman and Denison, with a free Farmers Market event also scheduled in Gainesville.
Public listings trace the recurring program back to at least 2015. Its reading and singing are two of five early literacy practices the American Library Association teaches caregivers.
Original report: Denison City Council comments on Waterloo Pool demolition and next steps
The Commissioners Court's Sept. 14 agenda listed four equal gifts toward County Roads 131 and 134 in Precinct 1. The agenda does not establish whether commissioners accepted the proposed donations.
An obituary from Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow says the retired legal secretary was born in Milwaukee and died Oct. 3. It also says the firm's Gainesville home is directing her cremation arrangements.
