Posted: 6:48 PM SHERMAN, TX - An 11-year-old boy threatened other students on a Sherman school bus with a knife, scaring children and worrying parents. But thanks to a quick acting bus driver, no one was hurt. SISD said they’re taking appropriate action and the buses are still a safe place for students.

Updated: 8:32 AM We continue our new series on First News A.M. of giving back to outstanding educators in the Texoma region. We visited Durant, and this week we travel to Pottsboro to meet this weeks Golden Apple Award Winner.

Updated: 1:07 PM DENISON, TX - An appeal made by the Sherman and Denison Independent School Districts to the UIL over district realignment was denied this morning, Denison ISD officials say.

Posted: 5:55 PM DENISON, TX - Fannin County is one step closer to a new Grayson County College branch campus near Bonham. GCC marketing director Shelle Cassell says a meeting of the board of trustees is set for next month to determine whether or not to hold an election on the issue.

Posted: 4:48 PM ARDMORE, OK - Snow is still covering much of the city Friday in Ardmore. The snow prompted schools in the area to cancel school Friday, but officials say area roads are mostly clear.

Updated: 10:30 PM HOWE, TX - A snowy day usually means a day of fun for students, but it also means a tough decision for school administrators when it comes to canceling class.

Updated: 1:43 PM Voters in Atoka strike down a $13 million bond proposal, while board members in dozens of districts were selected. Coal County voters approve the E-911 initiative. More than 45 local elections were held in the region Tuesday night.

Updated: 10:38 PM SHERMAN, TX - Just two days into the spring semester and Austin College students are already working together to raise money to help in Haiti. Maddie Garrett talked to students to find out how they're trying to make a difference.

Updated: 6:36 PM DENISON, TX - After a $45 million bond package and extensive construction, part of Grayson County College's improvement projects are complete and open to students. And the newly refinished gym is almost open as well.

Updated: 3:55 PM WHITEWRIGHT, TX - High school students in Whitewright got an unexpected day off after a power outage at the school.

Posted: 6:35 PM DURANT, OK - The Board of Regents of the Regional University System of Oklahoma has named Dr. Larry Minks as the permanent president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Updated: 6:29 PM SHERMAN, TX - While learning about the earthquake in their social studies classes, 6th graders at Dillingham Intermediate School in Sherman decided they needed to help those suffering in Haiti.

Updated: 4:45 PM DURANT, OK - Students, faculty, staff, and community members celebrated Southeastern Oklahoma State University's 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday.

Updated: 6:47 PM ARDMORE, OK - Last month Oklahoma cut funding for all agencies receiving state funding by ten percent, which includes funding for education. Dara Downs is in the Ardmore newsroom with how local schools are dealing with less money.

Updated: 5:38 PM SHERMAN, TX - Sherman Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Al Hambrick received high marks from the Board of Trustees in his latest evaluation.

Updated: 6:58 PM MELISSA, TX - Hours of work, countless projects and thousands of votes later Karen Rose's third grade class was named the grand prize winners of a national technology makeover contest.

Updated: 6:39 PM GRAYSON CO., TX – A special needs class from Denison experience firsthand the old saying “it’s better to give than to receive.” Monday’s lesson for the B. McDaniel Middle School Life Skills class was helping others.

Updated: 11:30 AM SHERMAN, TX -- The Sherman Independent School District is holding a unique school desk auction to raise funds for United Way.

Updated: 8:11 PM DENISON, TX - Hay rides, hot cocoa and Christmas trees are what makes the holidays bright. And now all of those things can also make for a unique educational experience at the Elves Christmas Tree Farm in Deniso

Updated: 7:15 PM SHERMAN, TX -- The entire Bells High School got to spend a day outside of the classroom, and in a movie theater instead. Principal Will Steger took about 250 students to the Cinemark in Sherman to see the movie "The Blind Side".

Updated: 10:29 AM MELISSA, TX - A third grade class in Melissa is taking its use of technology to the national level with a two and half minute video that could win Karen Rose's third grade class $30,000.

Updated: 11:15 AM High school football scores for Texas and Oklahoma games for Texoma teams for Friday, November 20, 2009.

Posted: 5:29 PM BELLS, TX -- Due to a high rate of absences due to flu at Bells Schools this week, there will be no classes Friday at any of the campuses. Bells High School Principal Will Steger says 23% of Bells High School students were absent Thursday.

Updated: 2:40 PM ARDMORE, OK -- Ardmore City Schools is asking voters to approve a nearly $3 million dollar bond next Tuesday. Shelby Levins reports.

Updated: 1:53 AM KINGSTON, OK – A Texoma school district will be giving out H1N1 immunizations later this week. Kingston Public Schools in Marshall County tells us they have been allotted 600 does of "FluMist" - the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine.