Cooke County, TX

DENISON, Texas (KTEN) — Funded by two grants, Grayson College is able to offer scholarships and summer classes to students in health care training. We're told these grants will cover the full tuition and testing for students. And as the need for health care professionals continues, Grayson College is...

A pair of school construction bonds failed and several local school board seats were filled in Saturday’s election, according to unofficial results released by the Cooke County Clerk’s office. Era ISD’s $12.7 proposal to renovate some classroom spaces and bring its buildings up to code was voted down,...

COOKE COUNTY, Texas (KXII) - An inmate in solitary isolation at the Cooke County Jail died Sunday afternoon. The Cooke County Sheriff’s Office said 57-year-old Kevin Patrick Cantwell, of Gainesville, was found laying on the floor and unresponsive by jail staff at approximately 3:35 p.m., when jail staff were conducting their routine observations of inmates.

TCOG has funding available to assist with restoration of household water services for residents of Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt and Rockwall counties. At a recent meeting of the Texoma Council of Governments Board of Directors, the organization agreed to help administer the program which has up to $1,883,370 to spend on direct services to those in need of help with their water payments. ...

SHERMAN, Texas (KTEN) — Grayson County Commissioners adopted a resolution Tuesday that shows support for the TAPS Public Transit plan to build a new operations facility and terminal. TAPS — which provides on-demand rides in Grayson, Fannin, Cooke, Wise, Montague and Clay counties — is getting a $4.5 million...

Construction of the U.S. Highway 82 expansion phase one is progressing on schedule, but Texas Department of Transportation officials reported this past week the bid letting dates for the remaining phases have been pushed out three years. The overall 24.7-mile expansion will continue the four-lane highway that runs into Nocona...

On Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 NCTC will be hosting an event called Sho Tunes & Thrift Shops in the First State Bank Performing Arts Center located at 1525 W California St, Gainesville, TX. Show Tunes & Thrift Shops is a free public event that will consist of light-hearted fun, live...

COOKE COUNTY, Texas (KXII) - He didn’t know it at the time, but when Dean Stokes looked out of his Gainesville home he saw an EF-1 tornado barreling towards him. “We headed for the hallway where there are no windows,” Stokes said. “It sounded like a freight train and it lasted ten to fifteen seconds.”