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Opera Guild hosting fiddler Ridge Roberts 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Granbury fiddler Ridge Roberts will provide entertainment for the Opera Guild of Granbury next month. The group meets Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Harbor Lakes Country Club. The social begins at 10:30 a.m., e...
School keeps same tax rate 27 Aug 2013 | 08:16 am
The Granbury School Board voted unanimously Monday evening to keep the tax rate at $1.145 per $100 valuation. If your property valuation decreased, your school taxes will go down. However, if your val...
Wall loses probation status, gets prison sentence 27 Aug 2013 | 08:09 am
Heather Janette Wall, 25, on Monday was sentenced to 10 years in prison by District Judge Ralph Walton, who ruled that she violated her probation when she recently went to Florida. On July 29, Wall ha...
Superintendent evaluation ‘glowing’ 27 Aug 2013 | 08:06 am
James Largent, starting his second school year as Granbury superintendent, received a “glowing” evaluation from the school board Monday night, school board president Micky Shearon said. Largent also r...
GISD up 175 students 27 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
Granbury school district’s first-day enrollment Monday was up 175 students from last year, not a surprising number, according to Superintendent James Largent. “We have been enrolling several new stude...
Austin judges grant party status in to local groups in BRA fight 26 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
It took less than an hour Monday (Aug. 26) for administrative judges at the State Office of Administrative Hearings to grant what several local groups and entitites were sweating: party status in the ...
Newcomers file as deadline draws near 26 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Edward Jones financial advisor Joe Jones and HEB cooking coach Phoenix Van Daele are among the newcomers who have tossed their hats into the ring for local city and school elections. Jones will face a...
School bus involved in minor accident 26 Aug 2013 | 07:34 pm
A GISD school bus carrying 25 students to Acton Middle School was involved in a minor accident at the corner of James Road and FM 4 shortly after 8 a.m. this morning, GISD Public Information Officer J...
Time you start to class 26 Aug 2013 | 05:49 am
Kids and parents, here are your times for classes Monday: Granbury ISD: Elementaries, 7:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m.; Acton Middle School, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Granbury Middle School, 8:35 a.m.-4:05 p.m.; Crossland...
Rec Center finally moving forward 26 Aug 2013 | 04:58 am
Unsnarling all the legal issues has taken quite a while, but it looks as if things are moving forward with the new $10 million recreation center approved by voters. At their regular meeting Tuesday (A...
