10-5-04 - One of the original Mercury astronauts who pioneered human space exploration, has died. Gordon Cooper was 77. The Shawnee, Oklahoma native died in his California home. Cooper was the youngest of the "Mercury seven," and maybe the cockiest.

10-5-04 - Carrollton police are appealing to the public for clues in the shooting of a 55-year-old bus driver for country-music star Toby Keith overnight. The shooting happened late Monday night in Carrollton, Texas.

10-4-04 - Democrat Brad Carson and Republican Tom Coburn traded sharp jabs over building roads, national security and other issues in a televised debate Monday night at the University of Central Oklahoma.

10-4-04 - The mayor of Madill was forced to resign Monday night but vowed to stay on the city council. Council members called for Jodie Minter to step down as mayor after they discovered he had more than $1,000 in unpaid water bills.

10-4-04 – Students at Piner Middle School in Sherman were evacuated after an air conditioning unit on the roof of the building caught fire. Flames broke out just before classes started and students already at school were evacuated.

10-04-04 - The deadline to register to vote in the November election is Monday for Texans and Friday for those in Oklahoma. Registration is available at the county election boards, post offices, tag agencies or libraries.

10-6-04 - Three days after they died in a motorcycle wreck in Texas, Jim Bob Thompson and his wife Linda were laid to rest in Marietta. Jim Bob served the city as police supervisor, while Linda was the city clerk.

10-3-04- Grayson County authorities are investigating an accidental shooting at a home in Gunter Sunday evening. A woman was pulling linens out of a closet when a loaded revolver fell to the floor, went off, and struck her in the leg.

10-3-04- Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity are helping a Sherman family move out of an apartment and into a new home. Sunday, Habitat broke ground on their twelfth home in the area and say the Hester family will move in in about six months.

10-3-04- Protestors have been a common sight at the Planned Parenthood in Sherman since it opened several months ago, but Sunday, a large group lined the streets, forming a prayer circle near the office on Texoma Parkway.

10-2-04- A rough landing at Skydive Dallas near Whitewright sent a skydiver to a Dallas Hospital with serious back injuries. Lifestar was called to the scene of the accident just before 8:00 p.m Saturday.

10-3-04- Scientists say the latest shakeup at Mount St. Helens means the volcano in Washington state is still getting ready to blow. A volcanic tremor lasted for about 25 minutes early Sunday.

10-2-04- A Sherman grandmother, her daughter, and two small grandchildren were injured Saturday in an accdent on Highway 56 near Friendship Road. Troopers say the family's small passenger car was...

10-2-04 It’s a fairy tale ending to a story that touched so many hearts in Texoma. Buckshot, a dog that’s been missing nearly two months, was found Friday in Denison and reunited with the family who...

Mount St. Helens released a thick plume of white steam Friday afternoon, more than a week after a flurry of earthquakes began in the region.

10-01-04 – Sherman Police say an early morning accident on Highway 75 Friday could have been much worse after a truck crossed the center median, causing a four vehicle wreck.

10-01-04 - Authorities say it'll take a while to determine whether remains found in a landfill are those of a missing Utah woman. A volunteer found what police say appear to be human remains in a Salt Lake City landfill.

10-01-04 - Three fire departments responded to a house fire at 506 SW 3rd St. in Marietta at 9AM Friday morning. The blaze began in the back bedroom of the house; which suffered severe smoke damage.

10-01-04 – A second lawsuit has been filed as a result of an accident in Sherman that killed ten people. Mike Martin and the parents of his wife, Lisa Martin, filed a lawsuit in Grayson County this week.

Both men used well-rehearsed lines during their face-to-face encounter, but this was the first time each man had to listen to the criticism at close quarters.

9-30-04 - An escaped inmate from the McCleod Correctional Facility in Atoka County was captured Thursday night. Steve Alen Price was on the run just over 24 hours after he escaped Thursday night.

9-30-04 - A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed Wednesday night after a defect in one of the car wheels. 20 cars filled with corn left the tracks near Dougherty, Oklahoma.

9-30-04 - The Texas Education Agency’s accountability ratings are in. They bring good and bad news to north Texas. Grayson County schools received high marks, but others weren't so good.

9-30-04 - WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) - If you are one of the estimated two (m) million people worldwide taking the arthritis Vioxx, the Food and Drug Administration is urging that you consider an alternative.

9-30-04 – An argument between two in-laws lead to a shooting Thursday morning in Ada. At 7:30 a.m., a man was shot by his sister-in-law at a home in the 200 block of East 17th Street. The man was taken to a local hospital...