Sunday, June 22, 2025
Granbury ISD hosted this year’s annual Summer Launch May 29 in the high school auditorium, decked in all the bells and whistles to honor this special occasion. At this “Launch,” GISD’s administration sought to honor this year’s best-of-the-best educators and staff — the ones who really made the grade.
In 1886, a grand opera house was optimistically constructed as the crown jewel of a newly incorporated and equally optimistic town. Since 1886, the opera house’s story has mirrored the prosperity of the town of Granbury, participating in its feasts and its famines, and serving as a sign of the times for this little municipality.
Make a mark on the community by donating a marker, help erase generational poverty by donating an eraser, and pencil in a child's future by donating a pencil, because Operation Back to School is back — and bigger than ever.
How many times must one read “Happy Birthday” before the glad tidings can truly be felt? That will be Harry Whisler’s question as he works his way through reading the 103 birthday cards sent to him from far and wide in honor of his 103rd birthday July 15.
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he’ll never go hungry. But what happens when you teach a woman to fish? Well, in the case of Sherry McClesky, it means you’ll spend your summers passing along the trade to other young women.
GHS hosted it's second summer camp for grades 1-9. The next camp will be July 7-10. The goals of the camps are to helpthe students develop skills, fundementals , learn the game and have fun.
Granbury High School’s barbecue team is ready for next season. Just completing its fifth year in existence, this past fall the team received a custom trailer from A+ Roofing and Construction, …
Tolar Elementary summer library days are in full swing, and there’s still one day left. Every Thursday in June is a page-turner at the elementary library in Tolar. From 1 to 2 p.m., …
Granbury City Council didn’t have many items on the agenda Tuesday, June 17, but the meeting wrapped up with several important changes and considerations. These include an increase to water/sewer rates and a chance for a possible upcoming bond election for the city of Granbury Street Plan.
The Hood County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution during the June 10 meeting, calling on federal action to combat the threat of the New World screwworm (NWS), a parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.
Hood County is facing the loss of another employee in its Information Technology Department after Owen Curnutt, assistant chief of IT, resigned Tuesday.
Last week, Granbury City Council unanimously voted to update no-parking zones in two areas. One change will extend parking restrictions along Stockton Street, while the other will update an ordinance to reflect the renaming of Plaza Drive to Harbor Lakes Drive.
Coach Croft held his youth summer soccer camp for grades kindergarden through 9 . Coach Aaron Yates and coach Victor Sanchez helped teach the youth as well with stretching, kicking and having fun.
Head girls soccer coach David Winkleman leading the next wave of Lady Pirate soccer as they work on their foot skills and passing.
The National Spring Signing Day for the 2024-25 school year was May 16. Of the six Pirates who will continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level, one is taking theirs to the junior college …
This summer, Granbury ISD will be having multiple athletic summer camps for the youth, middle school and high school students. All grades listed for camps will be a student’s incoming grade. …
Granbury High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadets competed May 3 against hundreds of other cadets at Daytona Beach, Fla., for the 2025 National JROTC Fitness …
Between three public schools and a handful of sports, Hood County student-athletes brought in a lot of hardware this spring. Sports not listed have not received notification regarding their …
Cleaburne Railroaders invited our very own Granbury High School Cheerleaders to cheer before the game Friday , May 9 . Before the first pitch, the GHS Cheer team led the Railroders crowd in several …
Enjoy these highlights from the highly entertaining Heroes with Handbags fundraiser held on Thursday, June 19, at Salon El Ranchito located on Highway 377 West near Tolar. The lively event featured …
Hitting the High Notes in the Hood karaoke fundraiser Performers belting out ballads or just vibing to the music gathered to support "Hitting the High Notes in the Hood: A Karaoke Night" at …
Dressed to impress in all-white attire, attendees on the grounds of the Dora Lee Langdon Center experienced a lovely outdoor dinner on Friday, June 6, at the annual Dinner in White event hosted by …
Hood County is known for many things, its never-ending supply of festivals and events, its quaint historic square and its hospitable, yet eccentric citizens. But what really comes to people’s minds, especially as the weather gets warmer, are Hood County’s seemingly endless water activities – which pose equally endless threats of turning your family’s day of fun in the sun into a day at the ER.
I am an unapologetic child of the late 1960s and early 1970s. For all the turmoil and social upheaval of the period, it was still, by and large, a time of innocence and simpler pleasures. Take …
If you thought you were having a bad day Friday, May 16, try being the dummy that was pinned under a tractor bucket having its leg sawed off by a man who learned what a gigli saw was only 30 seconds prior. It starts to put things in perspective, doesn’t it?
