Grandview News

The following is a list of Thanksgiving closings: zx Cleburne - City offices closed Thursday and Friday with no trash pick up scheduled for either day.

Law enforcement officials are seeking the person or perspons who stole 12 collectible Barbie Dolls and five bird cages, among other items, on Sunday at a shed on Texas 171 in Grandview, according to Johnson County Sheriff's Office reports.

Cleburne Fire Chief Clint Ishmael looks on as Jesus De La Paz, Kevin Silva and Juan Aguilar look up the Spanish word for "fire" in the dictionary during the Cleburne Rotary Club's visit to C.C. Cooke.

The Aztec City Commission selected two additional candidates after a two-hour closed session Thursday called to move forward in the selection process for a new city manager.

Former Cleburne police officer Bill Hudson, who died Thursday at 79, was one for two in homicide investigations during a distinguished 28-year career that took him from patrol officer to detective lieutenant before he retired in 1992.

Alvarado FFA officers took time out of their busy weekend to deliver pumpkins to the Alvarado Meadows Rehabilitation Center on Oct.

For 15 years I have visited with Johnson County people in their homes. We've sat at kitchen tables to talk.

The Johnson County Builders Association gathered Wednesday for a membership drive luncheon and ribbon cutting for having joined the Cleburne Chamber of Commerce.

Construction on a new Grandview High School ag barn is expected to begin in early December, Grandview school trustees learned at a regularly scheduled meeting Monday night.

Almost everything I know about horticulture I learned around Granbury. The Hood County News, where I worked for five years, is not necessarily proud of this, in that I learned virtually nothing beyond the fact that anything will grow anywhere for a while ... if treated with proper rest, care and composted bat dung.

With several districts reporting increased absences, even more Johnson County students may be sent home this morning as the deadline for vaccinations ends today.

George Turner never ducked a challenge. So when two of Texas' more noteworthy 20th century head-scratchers required a peace officer with daring and dedication, the longtime Texas Ranger quickly stepped forward.

If you're Ben Oefinger, who resides in southwest Cleburne, there can be such a thing as too much rain.

A Waco man convicted of selling crack cocaine received two, 90 year sentences on Friday from jurors in the 18th District Court.

Since Sept. 1, 2008, 117 child runaways have been reported in Johnson County. All 117 children have been found.

A residence fire Tuesday night claimed the life of a 51-year-old Alvarado woman, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.

An account for the Dugger family has been established at Grandview Bank to accept donations for items family members lost in a house fire on Tuesday.

A secluded area set aside just for adults at Clara Springs Baptist Encampment was an idea that had been discussed for years at District Eight's annual January meetings.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with burglary and additional arrests are possible after a break-in at a high school field house from which computers, DVD players and speakers were stolen.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with burglary and additional arrests are possible after a break-in at a high school field house from which computers, DVD players and speakers were stolen.