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Whitewright- 498 Bethel Cannon Rd, Whitewright Residents are encouraged to bring all water used for consumption to a rigorous boil prior to use. This includes drinking, cooking, ice making and brushing of teeth, among other uses. In lieu of boiling, the city also recommends that residents purchase bottled water or use water obtained from an outside source. "Due to major power outages throughout the area, the City of Sherman's surface water system experienced reduced system pressure," an update on the city of Sherman website said. "As a result, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ha...

While winter weather storms continue to wreak havoc on Texas, some people are dealing with power outages, a decrease in water pressure and COVID-19.

By Jerrie Whiteley Herald Democrat Grayson County reported 39 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday which made the total number of active cases confirmed in the county 302. So far, since the pandemic began, 10,066 people in the county have had confirmed cases of the virus. Of those 285 have died and 9,479 recovered. Statistics provided by the Grayson County Health Department and Office of Emergency Management show that 80,417 tests have been administered for the virus in the county. On Thursday, the local hospital occupancy rate was 88.17 percent and the percentage of those cases with COVD-19 wa...

By Jerrie Whiteley Herald Democrat The good news is that the active number of COVID-19 cases in the county continues to fall according to information released on Friday. The bad news is three more people suffered COVID-19 related deaths. Because of the way the state is releasing information about COVID-19 deaths, the Herald Democrat can't say when the people died, just that the county notified the public about the deaths on Friday evening. Nor can we report on how old the people were, where in the county they lived, what they did for a living, or how they contributed to the community. The num...

Grayson County's COVID-19 related deaths hits 230 on Monday