Add rent to the rising costs bedeviling small businesses
NEW YORK (AP) — The rent has come due for America’s small businesses and at a very inopportune time. Landlords were lenient about rent payments during the first two years of the pandemic.
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Widening the footprint: Sherman annexes more land
As new development, homes businesses and other expansions are on the horizon for Sherman, the city is also experiencing growth in a more literal since. The city has had an increasing number of annexations in the past year and the city’s expanding footprint as a part of its current boom in development.
Recruiting woes, tight job market affecting DPD
DPD is looking at new ways it can recruit as it is facing vacancies and a smaller pool of applicants. Herald Democrat Amid a tightened job market, the Denison Police Department is working on ways to increase the number of applicants and hires for officer positions.
US 82 at US 75 to get special TxDOT attention; other road reports
US 75, Grayson County: at the US 82 intersection. Watch for shoulder closures on the northbound and southbound US 75 main lanes between South Loy Lake Road and Lamberth Street as crews work on building new exit and entrance ramps. Watch for shoulder closures and lanes shifts on the eastbound and westbound US 82 main lanes between FM 131 and Loy Lake Road while crews work on building new exit and entrance ramps. Watch for lane closures and lane shifts for the frontage roads at the US 75 and US 82 intersection as crews work on construction of new frontage road lanes.
Arson, ag assault, tampering leads to decade long sentence
A Sherman man was recently sentenced to a decade in prison after accepting a plea agreement with the Grayson County District Attorney’s Office. Justin Batchelor, 21, of Sherman, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for arson, 10 years in prison for two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and 10 years in prison for tampering with evidence last week.
Do you have what it takes to be a foster parent?
As Frontier Health seeks foster parents to help meet a growing need in the region, the Census Bureau says that nearly 18.5 million American children are growing up without fathers. The U.S. owns the title of the world’s leader in fatherlessness.
PHOTOS: Fourth of July 2022 Denison
Folks came from near and far Monday night to celebrate Denison’s 35th annual fireworks display in downtown Denison. In addition to live music, there were… Login to continue reading Login…
Lights on the Lake: Sugar Hill Gang, Village People jump start 4th of July weekend
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School districts security efforts amid new TEA initiatives
Last week during a special Texas Senate committee hearing, Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath said the agency plans to review and test external entry points at every school in Texas. Representatives for Sherman and Denison Independent School Districts said the districts already have practices in place to ensure that schools are secured and doors are working properly.
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later.