By Jerrie Whiteley
Herald Democrat
By this summer, anyone wanting to bid on a piece of property at a county tax sale in Grayson County will have to get friendly with a computer. Tuesday, Grayson County commissioners approved a contract with GovEase Auction LLC to start conducting the county s tax auctions online.
There is an in-person sale already set for this spring but by the time the summer on rolls around the process will have moved online, Grayson County Tax Assessor Collector Bruce Stidham.
Part of the reasoning behind this is the recent pandemic and people s reluctance to be in a room full of other people. Another reason, is that it will open the process up for more participants.
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A Sherman man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced recently.
Anthony Wade Buford, 35, pleaded guilty on June 9 to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III.
A statement from the U.S. Attorney s Office said that information presented in court, showed that in the summer of 2019, Grayson County law enforcement agencies began investigating reports that a drug trafficking group operating in the area was receiving narcotics from a supplier in McKinney.
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Two Grayson County deputies were involved in a shooting death of a Caneyville man Thursday night.
Kentucky State Police says its preliminary investigation revealed the Grayson County Sheriffâs Office received information that a wanted person, Brian Abbott, 34, was at a residence on North Main Street in Caneyville.
After arriving at the residence, two deputies contacted Abbott inside the residence and he reportedly was armed with two knives. After repeated commands to drop the knives, KSP said Abbott charged the deputies. One of the officers, who is not named in the state police statement, fired his service weapon striking the suspect three times.
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Just as the folks behind Grayson County s Holiday Lights prepared to put the wraps on the 20th season of the display, something slimy slivered in and ripped the cheer out of a number for the displays.
Holiday Lights Elf Services Coordinator Jodi Platt, otherwise known as the county s purchasing agent, said someone stole several thousand feet of wiring from the displays that have brought light and cheer to so many this season and in season past. I am told the value of these cables is over $5,000, but I don’t have official numbers for replacement at this time. I don’t know if the Lights has made enough money at this point to recover the costs for this season and replace the cables, she said.