Graduation

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This year's crop of seniors had impressive total of scholarship money including military and school awarded grants. The total came to $1,884,312.00 covering the next four years which included no loans or Pell Grants.

Grayson County Sheriffs resolve standoff with Howe man

At approximately, 8:30 pm Friday night, the Grayson County Sheriff's Office received a Welfare Concern call from a family member of Gary Wrede, 63-year-old white male, stating that Wrede was located near a residence in the 900 block of Bennet Road and that the family member was concerned for his welfare

Around the same time, the Sheriff's Office received a call from a local media station that a person, who had identified himself as Gary Wrede, had called their station He pointed weapons at the Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter, who was on scene assisting A warrant was obtained for the subject while law enforcement was still on scene communicating with him Wrede peacefully surrendered to law enforcement officials at approximately 2:05 am in the early hours of Saturday morning No one was injured during this incident

The Grayson County Sheriff's Office wants to thank all of the agencies that assisted in the peaceful resolution of this incident Sherman PD, Texas DPS, Howe PD, Tom Bean PD, and Gunter PD all assisted during this incident This is a great example of combining resources and assisting other agencies

Save the Church seeking volunteer help for an hour Saturday

The Save the Church committee is seeking volunteers for a to work for about an hour on Saturday morning, June 3 to move debris from the grounds to the city trash containers They will meet at 8 am on Saturday morning at Summit Gardens, the former First Christian Church building at the corner of O'Connell and Denny Streets