Van Alstyne News

October and spooky trick-or-treating is over. I am looking forward to one of my favorite holidays.

Tuesday night will find Caleb Lane's Van Alstyne family glued to a television set.

In my travels around Anna, Melissa and Van Alstyne , I continue to be amazed by our doughnut addiction.

This rainy weather makes me want to stay home and read a good book - or several.

The thunderstorms tore through Grayson County on Sunday with sky-to-ground lightning, heavy rains and winds estimated to have reached 60 mph were blamed for a major, three-vehicle wreck in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 75 in the Van Alstyne area.

Take a trip with me today. No, not around Anna, Melissa or Van Alstyne, but back in time, sort of like the Time Traveler playing on the big screens around town.

My husband witnessed an inspiring scene in a Van Alstyne restaurant a few weeks ago.

The driver of a Ford F-150 pick up truck led Van Alstyne and Dallas police on a chase Friday across parts of Grayson, Collin, Dallas, Ellis and Navarro counties.

We look forward to seeing you this Saturday for groundbreaking for our first Van Alstyne house! We have ordered beautiful weather with a little residual mud.

Grayson Co., TX -- After a nearly three hour police chase, 22-year old Clinton Middleton was finally knocked off the road in his pick up truck and arrested by police.

With half a dozen law enforcement agencies chasing him, a Galveston man led a medium-speed car chase from the Metroplex Friday, through the east residential neighborhood of Corsicana out towards Roane, finally ending just a few miles past Chatfield on FM 1129.

A chase that began with a gas drive-off of less than $50 from the Sherman Walmart gas station, Murphy Oil, became more serious when the suspect, Clifton Eldon Middleton, 22, allegedly tried to run his pickup over a Melissa police officer who had laid out spikes across U.S. Highway 75.

A multicounty chase that lasted at least 90 minutes ended when authorities spun a pickup truck into a water-filled ditch along a rural road.

The pursuit continued through at least four counties for more than 90 minutes. A police pursuit that began with a gas station drive-off in Sherman Friday morning was still going more than two hours later in Navarro County.

New Gunter police chief Bryce Kennedy is no stranger to law enforcement in Grayson County.

Sherman, TX - " Historians, students, teachers and people from the community gathered at Austin College today to discuss the life and legacy of Sam Rayburn and his impact on Texas politics.

CHRIS JENNINGS / HERALD DEMOCRAT Maria Martinez disinfects a desk on Thursday at Collinsville Primary School.

Collinsville school administrators said they will close district campuses on Thursday and Friday due to "an unusual amount of absences." "Our kids and our staff are the highest priority, and we're doing our best to protect them," said Collinsville ISD Superintendent Tim Wright.

As the unemployment rate in Texas and Oklahoma continues to rise, more and more folks are looking for jobs, and that means more competition when it comes to interviews.

Pastor Chris & Amy Jones ghcgvanalstyne@texoma.net Worship Services 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - Sunday Worship Service 6:00 pm - 1st & 3rd Sunday 7:00 pm - Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm - Saturday Prayer Meeting Website: greywoodheightscog.org 352 Sanford Circle Van Alstyne, TX 75495 [ view map ] Phone: 482-6700 News On Thursday, November ...