Sherman News

Austin College made history Thursday night as it officially welcomed its 15th president, and first woman to fill the role, with an inauguration at Wynne Chapel.

When a dump truck struck a power pole on Wednesday on a motel parking lot on the 600 block of South Sam Rayburn Freeway, it caused a power outage that halted production on Thursday morning's edition of the Herald Democrat for several hours.

A car plowed into a building Wednesday afternoon leaving heavy damage, but no serious injuries.

A school bus driving students home was struck by a wayward passenger car about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday as it approached a hill.

The City Council agreed Monday to set F.M. 902 between State Highway 289 and U.S. Highway 75 as the City of Sherman's official southern extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries.

Natalie and Yohai Pinhas don't think whoever spray-painted graffiti on the front of their kosher restaurant and market in Far North Dallas was a Halloween prankster.

WASHINGTON A punctured tire caused the bus crash near Sherman, Texas, that killed 17 Houstonians heading to a church retreat last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

Grayson County's agreement with Hale-Mills about a review of the county jail comes back before county commissioners Monday.

Two men are in jail accused of stealing a sacred document worth thousands of dollars.

Every week about one-third of the U-S population visits a Wal-Mart, that's about 100-million shoppers.

If you have visited the Sherman Walmart, you may have noticed the recent renovations.

A Sherman synagogue burglarized and vandalized over the weekend, and whoever did it made off with a sacred item valued at $40,000. Sherman Police say someone broke into the Temple Beth Emeth on North Rusk and took the synagogue's Torah on Friday.

Folks who live out near Post Oak Creek in Sherman say high waters and flooding have become a major issue.

The Texas Department of Public Safety and Sherman Independent School District teamed up Thursday to crack down on motorists illegally passing school buses.

The Housing Authority of Grayson County has an open waiting list and has been taking applications for housing assistance since Sept.

An accident caused quite a traffic tie-up in Sherman Thursday evening, and shut down a heavily traveled road.

Early voting for the Nov. 3 Constitutional Amendment Election started Monday and continues through Oct.

Authorities are sickened by what they describe as the brutal murder of an 11-year-old girl.

An accident involving a rock hauler semi kept crews busy much of Tuesday morning in Sherman.

An Odessa woman charged in the shooting death of a soldier home on leave from Iraq tells lawmen that it was an accident.