After months of waiting for a donor, infant Everleigh Deck, of Graham, received the liver transplant she desperately needed to survive and is on the road to recovery.
Everleigh’s parents, Taylor and Tyson, had done all they could but simply had to wait and hope and pray for the best. Finally, on Sept. 22, Everleigh received the transplant surgery for her liver and has steadily been improving since then.
The Young County Historical Commission (YCHC) completed an over three year project last weekend as they dedicated the 1921 Young County Jail historic marker. Serving 56 years as a jail and 38 years as the Graham Area Crisis Center shelter, the building has seen its fair share of history.
A two-vehicle wreck Saturday six miles east of Graham on U.S. Hwy. 380 resulted in the death of a Newcastle woman and two others being transported to Graham Regional Medical Center.
Kerri Forbus, 43, of Newcastle, was pronounced dead on the scene due to injuries sustained in the wreck Saturday, Oct. 7 near Centeridge Lane in Young County.
After 50 years of owning and operating Gramco/NAPA Auto Parts in Graham, Derrell Smith sold the business and the new owner took over at the beginning of October. Smith will continue to stay on working in a different capacity for the business he has always loved.
Smith was born and raised in Graham and in high school worked for the same auto parts store where his father worked, Service Parts. His dad became the manager of the store and after the passing of the owners planned to open his own store.
Early voting in the November election begins in a little over two weeks as the deadline for registering to vote in the election is Tuesday. The ballot will contain 14 constitutional amendments as well as a bond measure for the Olney Hamilton Hospital District.
Early voting will be held Monday, Oct. 23 through Friday, Nov. 3. Early voting polling locations are North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham and Olney Community Library at 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.
In coordination with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Graham ISD students and others from surrounding districts will meet next week at Newton Field for the 15th annual Fields of Faith event.
The event will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11, with gates opening at 6:30 p.m. and the main event beginning at 7 p.m. The interdenominational event will be held at more than 500 locations throughout the nation as students gather to spend an evening sharing their faith and beliefs.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communication Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) tomorrow. The tests are part of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).
The test will be conducted at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 and will be distributed through radio, television and cell phone communication.
After hosting a public hearing last week, the Graham Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees adopted a tax rate and budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The adopted tax rate will be a four-and-a-half cent decrease from the current rate.
The adopted tax rate of $0.272984 per $100 valuation is a 14.47% decrease from the current rate of $0.319184 per $100 valuation and matches the voter approval rate. The voter approval rate is the highest tax rate GRMC may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.
The annual Fall Clean Up event hosted by the city of Graham will kick off next weekend at the city convenience station. The annual event encourages various clean up methods through use of the convenience station and opportunities available during the kickoff event.
Each year the city has two clean up events in Spring and Fall, with the Spring event being hosted by the Keep Graham Beautiful organization on the downtown square in collaboration with the city of Graham.
Two opportunities are upcoming to view an eclipse in the state of Texas. Across portions of the state an annular eclipse will occur next weekend and a total eclipse will occur in April 2024.
Texas will have two eclipses within a year, one on Saturday, Oct. 14 and the other April 8, 2024. Both eclipses will not touch Young County, but the 2024 total eclipse will extend over Fort Worth.
Annular eclipse – Oct. 14, 2023
