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As storm waters from heavy storms ebb, the Texas Department of Transportation and Sherman city officials are assessing the damage. Representatives for the city and TxDOT have assessed what caused significant flooding along one of the city's major corridors and the possibility of improvements to alleviate future flood risks.

Many of the offices of Grayson County government are located around the square in Sherman and deal with very adult things like taxes, courts and voting. But one county run entity located far from there and deals primarily with people under the age of 18.

Another inmate at the Grayson County Jail has graduated from the inhouse drug rehab program called The Solution.

The Van Alstyne Police Association is planning for its inaugural police awards gala and fundraiser. The event to be held Sept. 14 will include a silent auction that the department hopes can help fund a new playground.

Local community support organizations are gearing up for a back-to-school festival that is expected to bring out barbecue lovers while also providing school supplies to children who attend the event. The Back-to-School Festival hosted by Beyond the Walls Outreach, Grayson United, local rapper TKoolz and others will be held Aug. 4 at the Sherman Municipal Building lawn.

Sherman's ongoing improvements to downtown utilities have been expanded to include water system upgrades. The city council approved a $264,000 change order to a contract for wastewater improvements along Travis Street to now include a relocation of water system lines along the same route.