Wednesday, April 14, was the day that hundreds of college students at Texas Tech University and up to 1,500 others in Lubbock, one of last year’s coronavirus hot spots, were going to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

A multi-agency manhunt has led to the arrest of 39-year-old Jerry Don Elders.

2:50 P.M. Gainesville Independent School District spokeswoman Leslie Crutsinger said "the one and only suspect is now in police custody." She said the lockdown at Gainesville Junior High School has been removed and all students and staff are safe.

For the second day in a row, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas says it’s expecting tight grid conditions again. However, it is not asking for energy conservation at this time.

State health officials asked Texas vaccine providers to pause their use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine early Tuesday after U.S. health officials recommended that states temporarily stop distributing the vaccine “out of an abundance of caution.”

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If you haven’t renewed your vehicle’s registration, now is the time.

Update: Gainesville Fire-Rescue personnel cleared the scene shortly after 2 p.m.

The North Central Texas College Radiologic Technology department is now a member of Lambda Nu, a national honor society for the radiologic and imaging sciences, the community college district recently announced.

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A Texas Master Naturalist will discuss butterflies during a virtual event this Saturday hosted by the Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.

Congressmen Ronny Jackson, R-TX, and Jared Golden, D-ME, recently introduced the Elaine M. Checketts Military Families Act of 2021, which would allow service members to keep pre-approved family leave in the tragic event of a child’s death. The military’s current policy terminates service mem…

Things are inching their way back to normal at Gainesville-based North Texas Medical Center.

Election season is upon us and it’s time to get to know the candidates running for office.

Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, April 6, that he banned state agencies, political subdivisions and organizations receiving public funds from creating "vaccine passports" or otherwise requiring someone to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to receive services.

A candlelight vigil is slated for Thursday, April 8, in Celina to remember a former Gainesville Police Department patrol officer.

Thousands of shots have been administered through the Cooke County vaccination clinic, but that’s about to come to an end.

Members of the Gainesville City Council are slated to talk about the city’s future Tuesday, April 6.

Thomas A. Edison Elementary School first-grader Cambri Mims hunts for eggs during an Easter egg hunt behind the campus at 1 Edison Drive on Thursday, April 1, according to Gainesville Independent School District spokeswoman Leslie Crutsigner. Students were out of school Friday, April 2, she said.

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Valley View Mayor John Fortenberry is dead.

11:27 a.m. Saturday, April 3: Thirty-five-year-old Adrian Gainus of Dallas was the driver of the Toyota who was killed in Friday's crash, according to Texas Highway Patrol Staff Sgt. Mark Tackett.

Gainesville Fire-Rescue is on the scene of a crash on northbound I-35 near mile marker 499. Be cautious when traveling. Stay tuned to the Register as additional information becomes available.

A wanted man who evaded arrest by leading law enforcement on a chase last week before driving into the Red River has yet to be found, Cooke County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Michael “Shawn” Scullin said Monday, March 29.

The words “fight, fight” overheard as two Gainesville Independent School District students get ready to duke it out on a school bus this week surfaced on video shared on social media, prompting the district to issue a statement today, Friday, March 26.

A search is underway for a man who fled from Cooke County Sheriff Office personnel overnight and drove into the Red River, Sheriff Ray Sappington said.