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.

Alongside members of the David Crockett Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas (SRT) and Hood’s Texas Brigade Association Reactivated, residents and community leaders gathered Friday, June 13, to witness the unveiling of Gen. John Bell Hood’s first Texas infantry brigade flag.

Residents of the Mitchell Bend community are now in the process of becoming an incorporated city — a change that’s dependent upon the outcome of the November election.

Hood County commissioners are continuing to weigh all the options regarding their Information Technology Department.

The Granbury Police Department issued a summer heat reminder on its Facebook page July 11 about the dangers of hot car deaths among children.

Tolar ISD's newest athletics hire hopes to build on the small-town sports culture Christy Collins helped grow over the 15 years of service to Tolar softball. Jewell Caudle is the next head coach …

Independence Day is the truest American holiday we have, as it commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This would separate the 13 original colonies from Great Britain. …