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By Michael Hutchins, Herald Democrat A Sherman industrial manufacturer has confirmed that it will close its doors permanently this summer. Officials with Kaiser Aluminum said… Login to continue reading Login…

With new high-tech jobs on the horizon for Texoma, Denison Independent School District is taking steps to ensure its students are prepared for these careers. The school district and Workforce Solutions Texoma received a $122,000 grant Friday for the creation of a new training lab that will be used to train in skills that will allow them to apply for high-tech careers.

A group of ten local high school students spent the last week as interns with United Way of Grayson County.

Next week, the Sherman Evening Lions will be celebrating their 65th anniversary and in honor of the years of service to the Grayson County community, the organization will be putting on a special event at Pecan Grove East Park in Sherman.

In a quiet cemetery in Round Rock, a tombstone used to read, “A brave man reposes in death here. Why was he not true?” The tombstone was whittled away by time and curiosity-seekers. The epitaph was placed by one of the sisters of the deceased, Sam Bass. He lay dead at the end of a crime spree that lasted only a couple of years but was remembered for generations. In the Old West when the population was still small and the emptiness of the wide-open frontiers was filled by larger-than-life personalities, Sam Bass stood out.

Sherman ISD is inviting the community to help make a difference for families in need of back-to-school supplies.