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Keep Graham Beautiful’s annual Spring Clean-Up event for the city of Graham will start this Saturday, April 1, and continue through April 9. A kickoff event for the cleanup is scheduled for April 1 at 8:30 a.m. on the Downtown Square with members of the KGB assisting. The Litter Buggy vehicles, which are two green Jeeps without a side door that allow for easy trash pick-up, will be on site and around town assisting. Volunteers from multiple organizations will be around the city donating their time as well, KGB President J.W. Budge said.

A Graham woman is dead and two other people were taken to the hospital after a head-on crash south of Graford Friday evening. According to the Granbury office of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 6:40 p.m. March 3, 2 miles south of Graford on Hwy. 337. The highway was dry and clear, and that stretch of road has a 75 mph speed limit. DPS said a 2004 Chevrolet pickup was northbound on Hwy. 337 when its driver fell asleep.

A Newcastle ISD bus was rear-ended Friday afternoon in northern Young County, sending four children to the hospital. According to the Mineral Wells office of the Texas Department of Public Safety, a 1994 Ford pickup ran into the back of the bus, that was stopped in the northbound lane of Hwy. 251 at True Road, which is north of Newcastle. That pickup was driven by Edward Larance, 53, of Kemp, who was arrested and taken to Graham Regional Medical Center “for a blood draw (possible alcohol intoxication) and treatment of minor injuries,” the DPS said in a press release. At 5:16 p.m.

Several bills submitted to the Texas House of Representatives and Senate could change the May uniform date of elections in Young County and place added costs on the cities that request local elections, the county’s election administrator said. Young County Election Administrator Lauren Sullivan told the commissioners court on Monday of her concerns about bills under consideration, and the added costs they could bring to cities here. Sullivan said that since local election districts span multiple counties, those requesting elections would have to pay each county contained in their district.

Graham Police Chief Tony Widner gave an update to the city council Thursday regarding criminal arrests made in January and said that overall, the problem of drugs is worsening in the city. The Graham Police Department received 453 calls for various types of service in January and made 76 arrests. Though not all of the arrests were not drug-related, Widner said his department will need to take extra measures to try to stop narcotics in Graham. “I think that we are trying, but I think that the problem is getting worse and we are going to have to take more steps to address it,” Widner said.

The Graham Fire Department will perform routine siren tests starting in March and occurring every Tuesday at noon, weather permitting.