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.
Grayson County high school seniors wanting to attend Austin College will get a break on tuition. The college announced the new program this week, hoping to attract more local students to campus.
An affidavit for a man accused of killing a 21-year-old Sherman woman details the events leading up to his arrest.
A man is in jail for murder accused of killing a 21-year-old Sherman woman in March. He was arrested just half a mile away from where she went missing.
A new hospital in south Sherman could provide more than 400 full-time jobs.
A Texoma woman tested positive for COVID-19 Sunday just over a week after getting her first shot of the Moderna vaccine.
It’s the time for New Year’s resolutions, when many gyms see a spike in membership sign-ups. But this year will undoubtedly look different, just like everything else.
A real life Grinch in Grayson County is facing a charge for mail theft.
The next time you need a doctor, you might be making a trip to a library.
A Kingston woman wants to warn others after receiving a fake cashier’s check in the mail.
A Christmas miracle came true for 40 people in Cooke County on Friday. They were all given $500 in cash after calling a local radio station.
A man delivering newspapers and a police officer are being called heroes.
Firefighters say this time of year, it’s especially important to be careful when heating your home, inside with space heaters and outdoors with fire pits.
The Christmas season will no doubt look different this year with the pandemic, but one thing that’s COVID-free: letters to Santa.
Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are uniting to ask the state to cancel the STAAR test this year.
Thanksgiving is a holiday nursing home residents look forward to every year, when typically, they’d get to leave to spend time with family. But with COVID-19, for many, that won’t be an option.
A Durant wrestling coach is remembering one of his own killed Monday in a forklift accident at work.
Four Sherman ISD schools are closed with a significant amount of teachers in quarantine after coming into close contact with people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
General hunting season in Texas kicked off this weekend, and biologists say you can expect a good deer crop.
New development is defining downtown Denison. From unique bars to lofts, the city is buzzing with business.
A man has been sentenced to life in prison for murder in the 2017 shooting death of a 5-year-old boy in Denison.
According to Texas and Oklahoma law, your employer has to give you time to vote on Election Day, even if it means during work hours.
More than half of registered voters in Grayson County had already voted as of Friday afternoon.
A 911 call over the weekend turned into an unexpected moment for one Whitesboro first responder.
An animal cruelty investigation is underway in Paris. About a week ago, Paris Animal Control took 27 dogs from one home, where they also found two dead cats.
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.