LOOKING BACK IN SPORTS Looking Back is a column that highlights articles retrieved from local newspaper archives that were published in years past. The Hood County News reported in its Oct. 6, …

Commissioner, Precinct 4 candidate Grant Wood made an announcement during Tuesday night’s chamber-sponsored candidates forum that isn’t often made at such gatherings: that the incumbent he is …

About 150 people attended Tuesday night’s second candidates forum, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The forum centered on two county races that will be on the Nov. 8 General Election ballot …

Nettie Baccus Elementary School’s latest achievement is one for the books. Despite the challenges many have faced in the COVID pandemic the last few years, the campus has still shown significant …

SPORTS ROUNDUP If they keep this up the Tolar Rattlers just might post the best season in the history of the program. The seventh-ranked Rattlers remained unbeaten (7-0 overall, 3-0 in District …

Three GISD campuses recently passed a state safety audit “with flying colors,” according to Security Director Wade Clark. Superintendent Jeremy Glenn said that the “intruder detection” …

A fluke accident Monday afternoon on Lake Granbury resulted only in an injured wrist — but potentially could have been a life-threatening situation. A 46-year-old woman from Joshua told Granbury …

A delay by the Commissioners Court on whether to create a reinvestment zone for a 4,078-acre solar farm in southeast Hood County is being compared to the time, decades ago, when local elected …

Faced with a worsening problem that isn’t going to go away, the Hood County Commissioners Court has taken the first step toward building a new jail even though the elected officials have not yet …

A 48-year-old Dallas man was pronounced dead at a local hospital Thursday morning (Oct. 13) after he fell off a boat and went underwater into Squaw Creek Reservoir south of Granbury, officials have …

The Hood County courthouse on the Granbury Square will soon be lit up in green, but the special lighting will not be about the upcoming Christmas season. It will be about Operation Green Light, a …

A New York Times bestselling author, journalist and historian will be speaking starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Granbury Live, 110 N. Crockett St. Austin resident S.C. Gwynne will be …

Students at STEAM Academy at Mambrino are making history — literally. Under the direction of Jennifer Bloodworth, STEAM coordinator and fifth grade teacher, approximately 120 fifth grade …

Caroline Martin has her sights set on success — both figuratively and literally. The Granbury High School senior set a Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps national record during …

Local officials are reporting the death of a motorist whose vehicle drove off the boat ramp into Lake Granbury at the Brazos River Authority’s DeCordova Bend Park Tuesday evening, Oct. 11.The …

The recent annual Oktoberfest celebration drew many to the square. Off The Grid band entertained at Granbury Square Plaza with music by the Rolling Stones, German music, and everything in between. …

The weather couldn’t have been better for the recent Pecan Valley Center’s Hope + Live + Walk for Suicide Awareness on Saturday morning, Oct. 8, at Shanley Park. Representatives from Pecan Valley …

The first of three candidates forums sponsored by the Granbury Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday evening and featured candidates for three seats on the Granbury School Board of Trustees. All …

LIPAN — “Once an Indian, always an Indian.” That phrase — spoken by the head coach of Lipan High School’s boys basketball team, Brent Gaylor — was in response to a generous check …

CRESSON — How can we better the future if we don't have knowledge of the past? Knowing history is vital in order for growth to take place, especially in a community. It’s imperative that …