As developments continue to spring up across Sherman’s southern border, the city is taking steps to ensure it has proper utilities and infrastructure to support this growth. In support of ongoing and future developments in the area, city leaders approved a $695,000 contract with Freese and Nichols this week for design work on a new water tower in south Sherman.
The invasion of Ukraine means that fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Moscow’s Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The patriotic fervor associated with the sacred holiday, however, could be as strong as ever.
Sherman ISD Superintendent David Hicks receives a hug from Sandra Broiles during a farewell reception at Sherman High School Tuesday. Earlier this year, Hicks announced he would be departing Sherman ISD after six years with the district. Courtesy photo
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year.
For more than a year, the city of Sherman has focused its efforts and resources on expanding its water resources in anticipation of future growth. The City Council continued this trend Monday when it approved a new $1.9 million professional services contract with Garver, LLC for designs of proposed expansions to water pumping and treatment capacity
NEW YORK (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities into new high-risk categories that are supposed to trigger indoor mask wearing, but much of the country is stopping short of bringing back restrictions amid deep pandemic fatigue.
Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is off to a mixed start on Wednesday and bond yields are rising as traders look ahead to an announcement later in the day on interest rates from the Federal Reserve. The Fed is widely expected to raise its benchmark shortterm rate by double the usual amount, half a percentage point, as it steps up its fight against inflation. Several companies were making big moves on earnings news. Lyft sank 30% after releasing an outlook weaker than analysts were expecting, while Airbnb and Starbucks both rose after reporting solid results. The S&P 500 was drifting between small gains and losses.
LONDON (AP) — A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.
NEW YORK (AP) — The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services, New York’s attorney general announced Wednesday.