Edward Southerland
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Freestanding ERs vs walk-in clinics: Where should you go?
Trusted ER, the region’s newest free-standing emergency room, first opened its doors in mid-August when it moved into an existing ER near the corner of FM 1417 and U.S. Highway 75.The facility held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday at its location on West Travis.One of the advantages that Trusted ER has over traditional hospitals is the smaller volume of patients. This allows patients to see… → Read More
Van Alstyne quilt shop home to creative quilts
In the beginning, quilts were a necessity; they kept us warm. Now they fulfill another necessity for many quilters; they provide an outlet for creativity. → Read More
Putting the Pop in Pop’s Place
“I don’t know what is is,” said the diner as he added another scoop from the steam table to his plate, “but it is sure is good. → Read More
Touch of Class Antique Mall houses museum of area history
The idea to put a museum on the third floor of Touch of Class Antique Mall in Sherman came to Ivert Mayhugh, who owns the resale and consignment shop with → Read More
Jo Carolyn Hicks found successful 2nd career with Dean Gilbert Realtors
After more than 34 years in the real estate business in Sherman, Jo Carolyn Hicks sits in her office at Dean Gilbert Century 21 in front of a wall filled → Read More
Best of Texoma 2019 voting opens
The time has finally arrived for individuals to make their voices heard by voting for the first place winners from the Top 3 that have been chosen as part → Read More
Best of Texoma 2019 Top 3 finalists revealed
Congratulations to all the Best of Texoma 2019 Top 3 Winners as determined from the results of the first round of the honors.A total of 35 of the 177 categories were too close to call and were sent to run-off voting to determine the Top 3 Winners. Those Top 3 Winners will be announced following the close of run-off voting on Feb. 20.The final round of voting for the Top 3 Winners in all 177… → Read More
Best of Texoma category runoffs announced
Editor’s note: This article has been updated throughout.Record setting nominations for the Best of Texoma 2019, helped fuel the need — for the → Read More
Deadline nearing for Best of Texoma nominations
Sunday’s deadline for Best of Texoma nominations will bring to a close an already record-level of public participation. The 58,000 nominating votes already submitted constitute an increase over any previous year.Nominations for entries in 177 categories will come to an end at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, when the voting for the first phase of this year’s contest comes to a close.“We are excited… → Read More
Deadline nearing for Best of Texoma nominations
Sunday’s deadline for Best of Texoma nominations nears following an already record-breaking public participation. The 60,000 nominating votes already submitted constitute an increase over any previous year and we have today left to be sure our votes are heard. Nominations for entries in 177 categories will come to an end on at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, when the voting for the first phase of… → Read More
BOT is booming
Best of Texoma is on a roll.Less than a week after the start of nominations in this year’s 177 categories, more Texoma supporters have submitted votes than in any previous year at this time. More than 27,000 nominations had been cast of Saturday.“We appreciate the community telling us what it wants to see in each Best of Texoma category in record numbers for nominations,” Executive Editor Adrian… → Read More
Best of Texoma voting sets record
Best of Texoma is on a roll. Less than a week after the start of nominations in this year's 177 categories, more Texoma supporters have submitted votes → Read More
More than 175 categories highlight Best of Texoma 2019
Suggestions have been tallied and the list of categories is ready for the 17th installment of Best of Texoma. This year’s Best of Texoma will include more than 175 separate categories organized into Eat & Drink, Medical, Entertainment, Shopping & Commerce, Services, Work & Lifestyle, and Financial & Real Estate. And once again, The Star Community Award will recognize an individual for… → Read More
Fannin County honors Spanky Carter, Stan Barker
BONHAM — The skies were dark and the rain off and on, but the weather did not dampen the crowd of well-wishers who came out Thursday for a reception → Read More
The rub of the green: How golf came to Texoma
“Golf is an exercise which is much used by the Gentlemen in Scotland. A large common, in which there are several little holes, is chosen for the purpose. It is played with little leather balls stuffed with feathers, and sticks tipped with horn. He who putts with the fewest strokes gets the game…. A man would live ten years the longer for using this exercise once or twice a week.” — Dr. Benjamin… → Read More
No pie in the sky
Katherine Reed calls her company “Come and Bake It,” and readily admits to borrowing the idea from the “Come and Take It” flag (with a pie in place of the cannon) flown by the Texas colonists at Gonzales in 1835.“I was so happy when we moved to Texas, because I’d always wanted to live here,” she said. “Texans are so proud of their state, and I like that.”Reed and her family, husband Jonathan and… → Read More
These boots are made for working
The term “boot” encompasses a wide range of footwear from high fashion boots, work boots, gum boots, riding boots, and in the American West, → Read More
Firearm sales aims to please
When the pilgrims set out to bag a turkey for their first Thanksgiving they picked up the appropriate tool and headed for the woods. That tool was a firearm, and Americans have been relying on guns of all manner ever since.In a good position to satisfy that reliance is the Best Pawn Superstore in Sherman, whose sign outside the business proudly proclaims the largest selection of guns in Grayson… → Read More
Dairy Queen: a Texas icon?
Think about the Texas icons that started out somewhere else but became firmly linked to the Lone Star state. Sam Houston, David Crockett, even → Read More
How red poppies came to be associated with Veterans Day
The guns on the Western Front in France and Belgium fell quiet at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918.With that, the Great War — it would not be known as World War I until another conflagration shattered the armistice 20 years later — came to an end. A year later, on the first anniversary of that day, people in Britain were asked to stop for two minutes of silence in remembrance of those who died in… → Read More