In late May, Greg Cotter opened South St. Arcade in Graham to answer a call from the community for an area youth activities center. Since its opening, the arcade has seen youth and their families come together at the location.
The Graham City Council Thursday appointed former Graham City Manager Larry Fields to serve in the position of interim city manager following the June 15 departure of Brandon Anderson from the position.
The council met Thursday, June 23 for a regular meeting and appointed Fields to serve in the position for a period of 90 days.
Fifty years ago the city of Graham placed a time capsule at Shawnee Park to be opened in 2022 with one of the items being a letter from 1972 Gov. Preston Smith addressing the current governor and the community of Graham. This year, after the capsule had been opened and over 300 letters distributed, Gov. Abbott sent a response addressing the city.
The city of Graham, in partnership with the local Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden and a contractor with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), hosted a town hall meeting Thursday discussing feral hogs and the damage they have caused within the city. Damage Management Urban Biologist Adam Henry with the USDA Wildlife Services spoke at the meeting on lethal and nonlethal solutions to address feral hogs within the community.
The Ryan Express is making a stop at the National Theatre in Graham. Facing Nolan, a new Nolan Ryan documentary from Graham High School graduate Russell Groves, will have two screenings; at 6 p.m. Friday, June 24 and again Tuesday, June 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets will be $5.
Featuring interviews by Ryan, President George W. Bush, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, Rod Carew, Dave Winfield, Craig Biggio, George Brett, Roger Clemens and Pete Rose, Facing Nolan is the story of the Texas baseball legend told by the hitters who faced him and teammates who revered him.
In 1992, a group of concerned community leaders who saw a cycle of violence within families and wanted a solution to stop the problem formed the Young County Family Resource Center in Graham as a Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). Eventually the organization became what it is now called Virginia’s House, and is celebrating 30 years of helping children and families this Thursday.
Tristin Anthony Cromer, 19, of Graham was sentenced Tuesday in the 90th Judicial District Court following a state motion to adjudicate. Cromer was serving a sentence of seven years of community supervision following a guilty plea in November 2021 to the charge of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity.
In the motion, filed by the 90th Judicial Assistant District Attorney Phillip Gregory, dated Feb. 11, Cromer was accused of violating eight conditions of his adjudicated sentence.
Despite losing most of one day due to weather, the 2022 Lions Club Carnival event was the second largest carnival in its history. Carnival co-chairs Jim Senkel and Ashley Hodges gave members of the Graham Noon Lions Club a recap of the annual event during the club’s meeting Wednesday at North Central Texas College.
Three local nonprofit veterans service organizations, with the support of the Graham Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau, will be hosting the Independence Day Parade in July. Applications for parade participation are being accepted through the end of June.
The “Let Freedom Ring” Independence Day Parade will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 4 on the Graham downtown square. The event will be managed by the nonprofit veteran service organizations the American Volunteer Reserve, Young County Warrior Ranch and the American Legion Post 34.
The Young County Historical Commission has started a fundraising campaign in its effort to save the 1921 Young County Jail. Funds raised would go toward a $20,000 matching grant that the commission has applied for to the Texas Preservation Trust Fund.
