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18 results for "Grayson County"
18 results for “Grayson County”
County check-in reports show 27,583 in-person ballots from Oct. 19 through Oct. 26, plus 1,420 mail ballots received. Sherman's main site was busiest. Early voting runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Oct. 30.
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at 24 Grayson County vote centers, seven of them in Sherman. Here is the list, plus the photo IDs Texas accepts and what to do without one.
Prosecutors say the scheme cost five Texans about $150,000; a daughter's photo of a license plate after a 93-year-old lost $19,000 led deputies to a Killeen man now sentenced to 20 years.
The treasurer's September report, up for acceptance Tuesday, shows the general fund drawn down about $4 million and the jail expansion account at $12.7 million as the new wing nears completion.
The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority award covers a Motorola plate-reader project for Grayson County, with a $4,000 local match. A condition in the same document says reimbursement for such cameras is paused, possibly indefinitely.
With the ban off, the county still requires anyone burning outside city limits to call its communications center first and to follow fire marshal rules on hours, wind and materials.
The DEA's locator shows the Sherman Police Department taking unwanted medicines from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24. Five pharmacies in Sherman and Denison accept them year-round.
Sherman police arrested Matthew Ponce after a homeowner reported a suspicious individual, leading to charges related to online solicitation.
Working with Dallas police, the county's sheriff's office is now part of the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, KTEN reported.
Neighbors raised the materials money for Pop Noah, Brewer and CR 292, and the county precinct will add labor and equipment, with paving expected between June and September 2027.
Grayson County started the process Tuesday to borrow up to $8.5 million, mostly for 187 acres the county judge says could someday hold a jail and court campus away from downtown Sherman.
Grayson County residents can sign up online for notices whenever their name or a business name shows up in a real property filing. A county commissioner urged owners to enroll before they become a target.
Commissioners vote Tuesday on publishing a notice of intent to issue certificates of obligation, with a final vote set for Dec. 8. A petition from 5% of voters could force an election.
Every county office on the sample ballots has one Republican candidate. Early voting starts Oct. 19 at the elections office on West Houston Street, Sherman's only early site; seven Sherman vote centers open Nov. 3.
The sheriff's office will run a live field exercise at Bells High School at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, and asks residents to stay away from the campus during the training.
Kyle Holtz told Grayson County commissioners he wants to hear what residents want from the former Perrin Air Force Base airport, and the county signed a mostly federally funded agreement to rebuild its south apron.
Grayson County commissioners on Monday accepted the insurance check for damage to the Texoma Regional Blood Center building and passed it to Carter BloodCare, whose Sherman donor center is working from a temporary North Grand Avenue site.
Grayson County commissioners renewed an as-needed deal Monday to house inmates at the Cooke County Jail through Sept. 30, 2027. The sheriff's office says it will revisit the arrangement once the Sherman jail is fully open.
