Sherman Independent School District will look internally for its next superintendent. The board of trustees voted unanimously to hired the Texas Association of School Boards to help conduct an internal search for possible candidates for the superintendent role.
Jon Batiste had the most Grammy Award nominations and his five wins outpaced everyone, yet he somehow seemed the biggest surprise on a joyous night for music that washed away some of the bad taste left by the Oscars a week earlier.
VAN ALSTYNE — The first-half outcomes in district play by the Lady Panthers can be cut into thirds: two lopsided victories, two lopsided losses and two close contests that ended up being defeats. It put Van Alstyne in fifth place and a repeat performance down the stretch won’t be good enough to get a program that reached the region semifinals last year for the first time since 1998 back into the playoffs.
Juanita Grace Scribner, 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 1, 2022. Juanita was born on January 27, 1933, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, to Haskel and Maggie McWherter.
DENISON - Harriet Joyce (Lemonds) Steward, of Denison, Texas entered into her eternal home on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at the age of 83. She was born on Sunday, November 27, 1938 in Durant, Oklahoma to Thomas Doyle and Bernice (Scott) Lemonds.
DENISON - Wayne was born September 5th, 1933 at St. Vincents Hospital in Sherman, Texas to Laura Pemberton Delaney and Milton Loyd Delaney. He passed away at home, April 2, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. His brother was M. Loyd Delaney. Wayne married Mary Maxine Leslie on August 15, 1953 at East Sherman Baptist Church of Sherman, Texas. Wayne and Mary had three daughters, Karen Sylvester and husband Robert of Denison, Texas; Julie Blount and husband Larry of Denison, Texas; and Laura Adams and husband Larry of San Antonio, Texas.
On March 29, President Joe Biden announced on Twitter that he would be signing "the long overdue Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act" into law that afternoon, making lynching a federal hate crime. His verified Twitter account livestreamed both the signing and remarks that followed from Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Michelle Duster, the great-granddaughter of civil rights pioneer Ida B.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said.
Judge blocks Air Force discipline over vaccine objections TOLEDO, Ohio – A federal judge has blocked the military from disciplining a dozen U.S. Air Force officers who are asking for religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.
ERA — Devyn Elvington was 3-for-5, walked, drove in three and scored twice as the first-place Collinsville Lady Pirates outlasted fourthplace Era, 11-8, in 10 innings in District 10-2A action. Shelby Derzapf singled, walked, drove in a run and scored three times, Audrey Miller and Haidyn Bryson each singled and scored twice and Tessa Vannoy drove in a run and scored for Collinsville (11-8, 7-1), which has the district bye on Tuesday and will play at Ector in a non-district match-up.