12-24-04 – Fire from a fireplace crept up the mantle to destroy a home in Fannin County. It happened at 2:30 at a home off highway 78 in Ravenna. Two people were inside the home at the time of the fire.

12-24-04 - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is telling troops in Iraq he knows they are "making a difference." The Pentagon chief is on a surprise visit to the country, making stops in Mosul, Tikrit and Fallujah...

12-24-04 – Sherman firefighters spent Christmas Eve morning battling a fire in the southeast part of town. No injuries are reported, but a home is completely destroyed...

12-23-04 - Christmas is just a little more than a day away and thanks to your generosity, every needy child with a wish list will have a toy to open on Christmas morning. The Toys for Tots campaign wrapped up with more than 25,000 donated toys.

12-23-04 – Today was deadline day for those sending holiday gifts via mail. Those wanting to make sure their gift made it to its destination by Christmas Day need to have it in the mail by pick-up time today.

12-23-04 – Snow, sleet and freezing temperatures are not stopping last minute shoppers. Parking lots of retail centers are packed Wednesday and Thursday. There are just two shopping days left before Christmas...

12-23-04 - Day two of a blistering winter storm means treacherous roads for Texoma motorists. A mix of winter weather that fell much of Wednesday has caused a mess on North Texas and Southern Oklahoma streets...

12-22-04- Slick roads are to blame for at least one death on Texoma roads. An Ardmore man was killed Wednesday morning after the vehicle he was driving went into a braodslide and hit a van. Two other people were seriously injured.

12-22-04 - The Grayson Motors Building on Texoma Parkway in Sherman was evacuated after a power pole fell on top of the building. TXU Crews are not sure why the pole fell, but think the wind and cold weather played a part.

12-22-04- A top Pentagon official says it looks like yesterday's deadly attack in Mosul was caused by a suicide bomber. General Richard Myers -- chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- says the blast appears to have been caused by an attacker carrying an explosive.

12-22-04 – A trailer home in Marshall County was destroyed after fire broke out Wednesday morning. Firefighters say the trailer and a storage shed caught fire just before 6:30 a.m...

12-22-04 – Snow falling across much of Texoma Wednesday is causing several minor wrecks. The City of Davis reported nine accidents within 45 minutes. Sherman police were working a handful of wrecks...

12-21-04 - A confession by accused killer Andre Thomas will be admissible at his trial next month. A judge made the ruling on Tuesday after nearly 6 days of testimony as Thomas’ defense team tried to have the confession thrown out.

12-21-04 - Charges have been dropped in a high-profile case involving allegations of animal abuse and neglect. First News brought you the story this summer – two horses in Durant that lacked water and food.

12-21-04 - Thieves burglarized 9 cars in Van Alstyne on Monday night – just the latest in a string of car break-ins during the past month. The latest break-ins happened at the Hackberry Apartments off US 75.

12-21-04 - A Naval pilot from Sadler, Texas has been honored as the F-18 Pilot of the Year. Lieutenant Larry Smith graduated from S&S High School in 1995, and was chosen among 200 pilots this November.

12-21-04 - President Bush is voicing sorrow over the deaths of US soldiers in an attack on a base near Mosul in Iraq today. At least 22 people were killed, including 19 US soldiers, during a mortar and rocket attack.

12-21-04 – Trash from the holiday season is causing quite a mess in Sherman. City officials say the extra trash is ending up in creek beds, causing environmental problems as well as becoming an eyesore for the city.

12-21-04 - A Sherman man now has a connection to a world record fish caught in Lake Texoma. Norman Pemberton paid $71 for two chicken bones regurgitated by Splash, the world's largest blue catfish.

12-21-04 – A fiery crash in Denison Monday night killed two people. Police say the driver and passenger in a pick-up died after their truck missed a curve on Highway 91 and crashed into a vacant house.

12-20-04 - Ardmore’s Michelin plant cleared a hurdle in the plans for a $100 million expansion. The city commission signed off on a $100 million loan on Monday from the Ardmore Development Authority to...

12-20-04 - High winds helped spread grass fires across the area on Monday. One blaze destroyed a vacant home in rural Grayson County. A man using a cutting torch to work on a fence in Locust caught...

12-20-04 - High-tech electronic toys have led to the demise of a longtime Durant toy making industry. Durant Plastics laid off 27 workers this month after 40 years of making plastic toys.

12-20-04 - Former Congressman Wes Watkins will not be going to jail after pleading no contest today to two misdemeanor negligent homicide charges. Watkins was sentenced to three-months on both counts, but...

12-19-04 - A Bonham father is hospitalized with burns after rescuing two children from a burning home Sunday morning. But the one child rescuers could not reach was a 3-year-old boy.