Meredith McCown
Weekend Anchor/Reporter
Sherman
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Meredith McCown joined KXII as a reporter in June 2018 and was promoted to weekend anchor a year later.
A Texan at heart, she's from Dallas and graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication. She interned for the local news station in College Station and fell in love with broadcast journalism. She's passionate about telling stories and loves meeting new people in Texoma.
She's honored to bring you the weekend news at 6 and 10 p.m. on Saturdays and 5:30 and 10 p.m. on Sundays.
When she's not reporting, she's either on a run, exploring a new coffee shop or spending time with her family.
If you have a news tip or story idea, feel free to email meredith.mccown@kxii.com.
A man is still the hospital after a truck crashed into a Denison restaurant this week. He and his wife were sitting in one of the booths.
A 3-year-old Bryan County boy is safe and sound after a nearly 11 hour overnight search ended with his rescue.
Statistics from several Grayson County school districts reveal a significant gap in percentages of students at home failing classes versus those in-person.
A Bonham High School senior painted an American flag, but after receiving a complaint, school officials made the decision to cover it up.
Early voting starts Tuesday and there’s still lots of Grayson County voters who haven’t received their voter registration cards in the mail.
For such a tight-knit community, the city of Durant was hit hard with loss this year. The artist hopes his murals will help keep the memories alive of the young lives gone too soon.
Two people are in jail after leading police on a high speed chase across state lines early Tuesday morning.
Soon, patients will have a private space to see their doctor virtually at the Pottsboro Library.
If you've ever felt like you just wanted to break something to release some steam, there could soon be a place in Sherman to do exactly that.
A Paris crew and a Whitesboro firefighter are a part of the Texas task force helping in California.
The show will go on for a decades-long Sherman tradition.
The City of Sherman is considering charging developers fees to pay for the infrastructure needed when new homes and businesses are built.
A Sherman man is recovering after getting attacked with a machete.
A Lake Texoma fishing charter is honoring first responders in a special way.
Two men were arrested last week in a Fannin County shooting from more than three years ago.
Months of being cooped up indoors and quarantining this spring led to a busy summer on the lake.
A man was in his living room Tuesday afternoon when his house got struck by lightning.
An act of kindness meant to help an elderly veteran has been hindered by the pandemic.
A social media post claims Antifa is threatening to destroy the Cooke County Courthouse and community. This comes as another protest is planned for this weekend, calling for the removal of a Confederate statue.
A suspicious package hand-delivered to a shoe store Monday put two employees in the hospital in Paris.
A Denison man is bruised and beaten after he says a man and woman attacked him and his dog in broad daylight.
A project already topping one billion dollars could grow even larger in Sherman.
Texas Game Wardens are searching for the body of a man last seen Sunday evening on Lake Ray Roberts.
A Denison pastor is facing a federal charge for transporting child pornography.
A mail scam circulating the country is claiming to have access to a life insurance program and asking for personal information.
A new food truck park could be opening in Denison as soon as this fall. A couple wanted to open a family-friendly place for their son, who has autism.
Local colleges are gearing up to welcome back students after months of preparation to make campus as safe as possible.
Nine Oklahoma tribes scored a big win in federal court Tuesday against Governor Kevin Stitt’s push to renegotiate the agreement that allows them to have casinos.
A man has been arrested for murder in a fatal shooting in Tioga Sunday evening.
The city of Sherman is planning to breathe new life into downtown. With more than half a million dollars, the goal is to update infrastructure that hasn’t been replaced in over a century.
A Durant restaurant is remembering one of their servers who drowned over the weekend. He worked there for two years, but the owner says he was more like family.
The city of Durant is preparing to repave roads throughout town as part of a nearly $2 million project.
The number of people needing food is growing significantly nationwide and in Texoma due to challenges from the pandemic.
Newly-released video shows the moment two Wilson police officers tased a man more than 50 times the night of July 4th last year. He died the next day. Both officers were charged with murder this month.
Since the start of the pandemic, Internet access has been essential, especially for students, with schools turning fully or partially to remote learning. But for many low-income families and those who live in rural areas, that’s not an option.
Ever since Texas Governor Abbott's recent order mandating masks statewide, there's been confusion surrounding how this will be enforced.
A man is hospitalized after he was beaten in Marshall County near Lake Texoma. It happened at the start of the holiday weekend.
In a new order Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott capped restaurant capacity at 50 percent and closed bars due to a statewide record increase in COVID-19. One local bar owner says they were just getting back on track from closing for the first time.
A Van Alstyne dance teacher wanted to make sure seniors still have their night at prom. So she rallied the troops, and now the whole community is pitching in to make the event happen.
There’s a way for people who live in Sherman to get help if they struggled financially during the pandemic.