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While Thanksgiving has come and gone, the holiday season doesn’t stop as December brings a time of festivity and joy. The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is back in Young County as the organization works to collect and distribute toys as Christmas gifts for less fortunate children in the community. The campaign runs from approximately the beginning of November up until about a week before Christmas. Toy donation boxes are set up at multiple locations throughout the county so people can drop off new, unwrapped toys.

The filing period to run for seats up for election in the March primaries ends in less than two weeks across the state. National, state and local seats are up for election during the primaries. The first day to file for an office up for election in March was Saturday, Nov. 11. The deadline to file for primary candidates will be Monday, Dec. 11.

A woman was discovered dead over the weekend in North Texas after a crash.

Graham Area United Way is approaching the end of its fundraising campaign and looking for donations to help reach its $100,000 goal in support of seven local agencies. At over $75,000 raised, the organization is making a final push for community support. The organization kicked off its fundraising campaign Friday, Sept. 22 and announced it raised $42,558.58, or 43% of its $100,000 goal. GAUW Executive Director Susie Cerecedez said the campaign year lasts from early August to near the end of November, but this year they are looking for more support to reach their goal.

A total of three rollover wrecks occurred within almost a 24-hour period across different areas of Young County from Tuesday to Wednesday.Rocky Mound Road rollover The Young County Sheriff’s Office responded at 8:51 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 with other local emergency units to a vehicle rollover wreck in the 2900 block of Rocky Mound Road. Graham EMS, Graham Fire Department, Salt Creek VFD and other emergency units arrived and assisted in extraction of the driver, Donald Kramer, from the unloaded Mack dump truck.