Bonham Mayor Roy Floyd asks for volunteers to help deliver meals for 'Meals on Wheels'

North Texas e-News - Fri Nov 06

Bonham Mayor Roy Floyd today encouraged citizens to volunteer to help our Senior Center with 'Meals on Wheels' delivery.

Home Hospice to kick off Light Up a Life

Gainesville Daily Register - Thu Nov 05

Each year, Home Hospice of Cooke County embarks on its Light Up a Life campaign to raise money for the organization's patient care services.

Gainesville pair picked for All-American combine

The Times - Thu Nov 05

Gainesville High juniors A.J. Johnson and Thomas Niles have both been to picked to take part in the Army All-American combine from Jan.

'Coats for Kids' volunteers distribute coats at Headstart

Gainesville Daily Register - Wed Nov 04

Students at Headstart Academy got a surprise Friday when volunteers from Coats for Kids delivered approximately 69 new winter jackets to the school.

Cooke County hosts second annual Quality Counts workshop

Gainesville Daily Register - Tue Nov 03

The second annual Quality Counts workshop in Cooke County was held Oct. 24 at the Martin Trubenbach MISD Ag Center under the direction of Phyllis Griffin, county 4-H agent and her committee of volunteers.

Citizens prepare for possible emergencies

Gainesville Daily Register - Fri Oct 30

What would happen if there was an emergency or disaster and you went to use your cell phone and it no longer worked because the system was out, overloaded, or whatever? Would you even know a phone number "in you head" or "by heart" to call? Do you even have everyone's phone number written down somewhere so you could contact family, friends and ...

County jail to house Hill County inmates

Gainesville Daily Register - Wed Oct 28

Cooke County will now provide jail services to Hill County for a 12 month period, beginning Nov.

'Secession is a pathetic idea' -- then and now

Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Wed Oct 28

Far from tea-party protests and talk-show blather, nobody was joking about Texas secession Saturday at a tiny cemetery in Cooke County.

CASA sets advocacy training academies

Gainesville Daily Register - Tue Oct 27

The severe burning of four children in Woodbine last January and the subsequent conviction of the children's mother on charges of causing serious bodily harm to a child once again brought to light the plight of abused children in Cooke County.

Wet, but weather's been wetter

Denton Record-Chronicle - Mon Oct 26

While October usually brings rain - 3.96 inches on average - accumulations have piled up at an unseasonable pace this year.