Saturday, June 14, 2025
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Have a young thespian looking for a chance to break into the spotlight? Look no further than Cornerstone Christian Academy’s Broadway Bootcamp.

When the curtain rises on Hairspray: The Broadway Musical at the historic Granbury Opera House, audiences had better buckle up. They’re in for a wild ride through 1962 Baltimore—a world …

Attendees of the Granbury ISD school board meeting May 19 fell silent as 22 young women filed into the room, a silence that was pierced only by the sound of their voices as they led those in attendance in a rousing rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” The Board of Trustees had invited them there to celebrate the multitude of accolades the choir acquired during the 2024-25 school year.

Everyone who has had the pleasure of meeting Louise Deems eventually ends up wondering if she's hiding gills under her latex floral swim cap. Throughout the course of her long and colorful life, there’s not a time the 69-year-old Granburian recalls being out of the water for more than 48 hours. Every summer since 1977, she has spent her days in the pool of her Granbury home, teaching the community’s youngest and oldest residents alike how to swim.

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.

Round up the posse and head down to the reunion grounds May 23-24 for a bucking good time at Hood County’s ninth annual Stampede Charity Rodeo. Join the cowboys and the roughstock of stampede as they bring in some of the world’s top bronc riding talent from around the world and wrangle up support for their charity of the year, the Be An Angel DFW.

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 Jane Austen were alive today — and, let’s be honest, she'd totally be on TikTok with a million snarky followers — she might be delighted (and perhaps a little smug) to know that …

The Lake Granbury Art Association held its reception and awards ceremony for the spring membership show April 26 at the Shanley House Gallery. The show is limited to LGAA members. The spring …

As executive director of Lake Pointe Academy in Granbury, Cristin Coulter is doing everything in her power to make the dreams of her students and the dreams of other Hood County teens with learning disabilities just a little more possible – some might even say “Prom Possible.”

With a hearty “yee-haw,” Hood County is leaving its red-hot brand on Texas’ “Cowboy Tourism” trail.

A walk down memory lane becomes even more enthralling when you’re accompanied by the enigmatic revolutionaries, indigenous forefathers and descendants of Texians who shaped our proud state’s history. Talk with these famed characters as you together take Hood County’s 14th annual “Stroll thru Texas History,” and see for yourself exactly how Granbury became known as the city “Where Texas History Lives.”

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