Gainesville Daily Register

Local News

November 30, 2012

Lee students donate food to VISTO

Students from Lee Intermediate School recently raised 2,501 pounds of food in two weeks on behalf of Cooke County’s Volunteers In Service To Others (VISTO) organization. As a reward, school officials allowed the students to throw pies at their principals and favorite teachers on a recent Friday afternoon.

 

Text Only
Local News
  • United Way United Way begins 'Caring' project

    The gauntlet has been thrown to area groups, churches and local business in a friendly competition to be held  May 30 to assist the Cooke County United Way (CCUW) as part of the organization’s second “Community Caring” event in 2013.

    May 16, 2013 1 Photo

  • Iris Antique iris beauty

    May 16, 2013 1 Photo

  • Local bankers meet with congressional delegation Muenster bankers meet with delegation

    More than 100 members of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT), along with local Muenster bankers, met in Washington D.C. with the Texas Congressional delegation, various regulatory agencies and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April to discuss pressing legislative issues with national and statewide impact.

    May 17, 2013 1 Photo

  • Sharp Sharp discusses tax revenue, city development

    Executive Director Kent Sharp of the Gainesville Economic Development Corporation (GEDC) discussed tax revenue and rebates at the Wednesday Lion’s Club meeting.

    May 16, 2013 1 Photo

  • Bridge demo accomplished without a hitch

    The scheduled two-night demolition of Gainesville’s Star Street Bridge became a single night’s work spanning Tuesday into Wednesday, with much of the bridge busted away ahead of plan.

    May 16, 2013

  • FBI FBI agent visits Rotary

    May 16, 2013 1 Photo

  • VV officers Valley View officials sworn in

    Valley View city officials were sworn in during a recent city council meeting.

    May 17, 2013 3 Photos

  • Rotary Club Gainesville Rotary club unfurls flag program

    Members of the Gainesville Rotary Club are currently preparing the organization’s annual flag program which delivers and displays large American flags throughout the community and surrounding area.

    May 17, 2013 1 Photo

  • Local damage minimal after stormy night

    Wednesday storms brought negligible issues to Cooke County, with more dire effects experienced to the south.

    May 17, 2013

  • Book signing Guest's memoir a hit at book signing

    A magical summer in Gainesville in 1935 is recalled in Betty Bradley Junkin Guest’s  book “Once Upon a Falling Star.”

    May 17, 2013 1 Photo

Featured Ads
Poll

Gainesville City Council has proposed an ordinance that would place restrictions on smoking in certain public areas in the city. How do you feel the council should handle the issue?

I feel Gainesville City Council should restrict smoking in as many public areas as possible.
I feel Gainesville City Council should drop the ordinance and leave the smoking rules where they are.
I feel Gainesville City Council should only ban smoking in parks and indoor facilities.
     View Results
Facebook
Twitter Feed
Follow us on twitter
Follow me on Twitter
AP Video
Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospital Coffee Run Leads to Hatchet Hitchhiker Arrest Fmr. IRS Head Insists No Politics in Targeting CDC: Fecal Bacteria Common in Swimming Pools $1 Million in Jewels Stolen at Cannes Film Fest NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor Raw: Crash Sends Car Into Fla. Pool Raw: Obama Sits Down With Elementary Kids Raw: Bear Falls From Tampa Tree Ousted IRS Chief: Errors Not Caused by Politics Terror Suspect Due in Court in Idaho Friday Raw: Driver Ejected From Truck, Over Bridge Could Tobacco Be the Next Biofuel? Wash. State Releases Draft Rules for Legal Pot Dying Man's Blinks Lead to Murder Conviction Officials: Texas Tornado Likely Had 200 Mph Wind Brothers Arrested in NOLA Parade Shooting Raw: School Bus Crash Injures Five Children Quick Response Saved Baby on Phila. Train Tracks One Million Evacuated As Cyclone Hits Bangladesh
Hyperlocal Search
Premier Guide
Find a business

Walking Fingers
Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more...
Premier Guide