8-28-04 - Boaters near Grandpappy Point on Lake Texoma could not believe their eyes Saturday when a boat exploded near the gas dock and sent the skipper to the hospital with severe burns.

8-28-04- A man refusing to go to jail barricaded himself inside a home in Savoy for hours Friday night. A Grayson County bail bond agent was trying to serve felony warrants on the man when he said he would not come out of the home without a fight.

8-28-04- TXU Energy plans to begin pegging some of its customers' electricity rates to their credit scores. TXU will charge customers more if they have fallen behind on telephone, power or cable television bills in the past.

8-28-04- One of Ardmore's oldest, most historic buildings came crashing down early Saturday morning on Main Street downtown. The old building off "A" and Main Street has stood in Ardmore more than 100 years, serving as the city's first hospital.

8-27-04 - Some parents at a local high school are fuming over a dress code enforcement Friday morning that targeted baggy and low slung pants. Bonham High School officials rotated...

8-27-04 - Students at Sherman High School still aren’t sure when and how long their lunch break will be. First News reported at the start of school that students would all eat during...

8-27-04 – A semi truck burst into flames late Thursday night, shutting down highway 69 for three hours. The driver escaped unharmed after his semi hit debris on the road and crashed 10 miles north of Stringtown in Atoka County.

8-27-04 – The Denison Fire Department is investigating a fire at the CNP Recyclers warehouse in the 1800 block of Mac Gregor Drive. Two firefighters were taken to TMC where they were treated for heat exhaustion. Both have been released.

8-27-04 - PFC Nachez Washalanta was remembered in Ardmore Friday, one week after the marine was killed in Iraq. The 21 year old had strong ties to Texoma.

8-26-04 - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that a Bryan County jailer raped a female inmate over the weekend. District Attorney Mark Campbell asked the...

8-26-04 - Parents in at least two local school districts won’t have to keep up with their child’s report cards any longer – both Ardmore and Denison districts will let parents check grades on-line.

8-26-04 - Bus drivers in the Ardmore school district now have an extra eye to watch students with – video cameras have been installed in every bus. In less than two weeks, they’re already...

8-26-04 - A string of trailer thefts across southern Oklahoma now includes a Marietta business, which fell victim to thieves last night. Someone cut a chain lock on an 18 ft enclosed trailer at...

8-26-04 - Illegal dumpsites in Grayson County are a growing problem, but the Sherman police department could soon help defray the workload of dealing with the problem.

8-26-04 – A Sherman High School athlete was injured on the way to track practice Thursday morning. Police say the student had just been dropped off in front of the school in the north parking lot by her boyfriend when he pulled forward and hit her.

8-26-04 - Oklahoma's gun laws will change on November 1st. That's when a new law takes effect that says employers can't stop workers with gun permits from keeping a gun in their cars at work.

8-26-04 - An oil worker has been convicted of manslaughter in the death of another young oil-rig worker at a Denton County oil rig. A Denton jury found 38 year old Louis Goodman of Ponder guilty in the death of 23 year old Shawn Davis.

8-26-04 - Vice presidential candidate John Edwards promises to bring tax relief to the middle class and accelerate the war on terror during a campaign stop in Oklahoma. Edwards visited the state Wednesday night...

8-25-04 - A Grayson County grand jury indicted a Denison teenager for involuntary manslaughter. It comes 14 months to the day after Justin Clarke ran down 16-year-old Katie Zirges as she crossed FM 1417.

8-25-04 - Overcrowded prisons in Texas could spell big business for Fannin County. A county leaders is proposing that the state build a new maximum security prison to house an overflow of inmates.

8-25-04 - Three people are behind bars in Ardmore – part of what police call a marijuana distribution ring. Authorities say it was the result of two years of surveillance.

8-25-04 - The Friday night football kickoff this week will mean a bit more to a Pilot Point teenager. Tyler Lane will watch this season from the sideline - a season some people thought he'd never see.

8-25-04 - A flat bed truck hauling an 800-gallon water tank rolled over on County Line Road south of Ardmore Tuesday, raising concerns that the stretch of road is a hazard.

8-25-04 - Oklahoma ranks 25th in the nation in drunk driving deaths, while Texas took the top spot with more than 1,700 fatalities in 2003. The study comes from the federal government...

8-25-04 – An explosion in Madill rocked area businesses, but authorities say no one was hurt. A truck exploded at the Sooner Propane Building at 7:45am Wednesday. The driver of the truck was under the vehicle doing repairs...