The Annual Texas Parks & Wildlife Free Fishing Day taking place Saturday on lakes across Texas. The annual event is held the first Saturday in June where Texans can fish on any public waterbody in the state without a fishing license.
Free Fishing Days take place at various times of the year throughout the country. Free fishing provides an opportunity for beginners to try out fishing for the first time without requiring a fishing license.
Graham and Newcastle ISD celebrated the closing journeys of the Class of 2022 with a graduation ceremony Friday. Graham held its ceremony at Newton Field and Newcastle held its ceremony at the NISD auditorium.
Each ceremony honored the students present and the accomplishments they had achieved during their high school careers.
Newcastle graduation
Over 40 food trucks will line the downtown square Saturday, all vying for the $10,000 grand prize during the seventh annual Food Truck Championship of Texas. The championship invites food trucks to Graham to compete for a number of cash prizes and the opportunity to sell to the thousands of residents and visitors who attend the event each year.
The city of Graham will be performing the annual required cleaning process of the water transmission and distribution system at the beginning of June. The annual process is required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
The “burn out” will clean the city operated water transmission and distribution lines and free them of biofilm growth. The city will switch from disinfecting treated water using chloramines to disinfecting using free chlorine from Monday, June 6 through Sunday, June 26.
Voting ended Tuesday in the runoff election for the March primaries with a low local turnout in Young County. A runoff election was held for the Democratic and Republican candidates in which no single candidate earned more than 50% of the vote in the March 1 primary election.
According to the unofficial results released by the Young County Election Administrator Kaitlyn Mosley, 803 votes were cast in the runoff election, or 6.85% of the 11,725 total registered voters in the county.
The Young County Volunteer Fire Department will receive $125,000 to help in the remaining fiscal year. This comes at the request of Gabe Pratt, speaking on behalf of all five stations within the Young County VFD. Commissioners approved the funds during Monday’s Young County Commissioner’s Court Meeting.
The Library of Graham Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Program will kick off at the beginning of June promoting summer reading for Young County children. The library hosts shows alongside the reading program which accepts reading logs from kindergarten through fifth grade students.
A Graham man was sentenced to 17 years in state jail this week following a plea deal with the 90th Judicial District Attorney office. The deal and sentencing stem from a series of car burglaries and the aggravated robbery of an Allsup’s gas station in April 2021.
Early voting ended Friday in the runoff election for the March primaries. Election day will be held Tuesday across the state for the candidates in the runoff.
A runoff election is held for the Democratic and Republican candidates in which no single candidate earned more than 50% of the vote in the March 1 primary election. Early voting in the primary runoff election was held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 16 through Friday, May 20. The deadline to apply for a ballot by mail in the election was Friday, May 13.
The Graham Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with the Graham Convention and Visitors Bureau, ordered a financial feasibility study of building and operating a 90-unit limited or select service hotel in Graham from Source Strategies. The study was ordered to present to potential hotel companies the financial incentives Graham offers for a hotel investment.
