A week ago, Essie Simon Hennie took to Facebook to tell her story and experience in the 2005 tragedy that left 1.5 million people displaced and took the lives of nearly 1,400 people. Hennie's family was just one of those displaced families that made its way to North Texas following Hurricane Katrina's landfall.
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The city of Sherman is expected to bring in about 9.1 percent less in property taxes over the next year when compared to the current fiscal year. The update on the city's revenue projects came last week during the first public hearing on the proposed 2025-2026 fiscal year budget, which is currently estimated to be about $197.2 million — $2.4 million less than the previous year.
A new entertainment venue and restaurant complex could soon be coming to south Sherman. The Sherman Planning and Zoning Commission approved early plans and a variance for The Backyard — a new restaurant development that will feature a shared stage and communal space — in the Sherman Crossroads development.
Police arrest ag assault suspect Wednesday afternoon, the Sherman Police Department released information related to an incident that took place Wednesday morning in the city. The police detailed a incident that involved shots fired and a brief stand off incident near Vietnam Veterans Parkway in Sherman.
Area Butchers Slice on Ice in Qualifier Competition
Nestled in the Davis Mountains is one of the most important centers of learning in the world located in one of the most remote parts of the state, the famed McDonald Observatory, run by the University of Texas. Throughout its decades of operation, the McDonald Observatory has attracted some of the most important names in twentieth-century astronomy and made important discoveries from the inner solar system to the furthest reaches of the universe.
It’s almost time for the Choctaw Labor Day Festival at Tvshka Homma, the Capitol of the Choctaw Nation.
For one teacher, this school year will represent a return both to the classroom and home as she comes back to teach in the same school district that taught her as a child. Bailee Speed, who is a member of the 2021 Sherman High School class, will start her career in education by teaching at the newly rebuilt Fairview Elementary.