Granbury News

A day earlier, a deadly EF5 tornado devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore.

Residents in both Granbury and in Moore, Oklahoma received advance warning of the storms from the tornado sirens in their cities, but here in Lubbock, it is still unclear whether or not we will get sirens in place.

Our local Red Cross is on standby to be deployed Oklahoma if needed. Many of the North Texas Region volunteers are in Granbury and Cleburn helping with the cleanup from those tornadoes.

BY BETTY WARERS blw@tylerpaper.com PALESTINE - On a tract in the old Palestine City Cemetery, nine Confederate soldiers are buried in a row and two more are nearby.

Scores of people sifted through debris, examined damaged buildings and searched for scattered belongings Monday in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood in Granbury.

The 16 tornadoes that dropped down on North Texas last week, ripping homes off their foundations and killing six people, was a prelude.

Residents of a North Texas town ravaged by a deadly tornado are starting to return to home for the first time since the midweek storm.

"We Could Hear it Coming. It Was Like Thunder That Wouldn't Stop:" The stories out of Granbury are horrifying and heartbreaking, awful reminders that we live in a strange, unforgiving world in which, on rare occasion, the sky can just come down and rip you right out of your closet: "Please let this be over.

A Granbury woman and her 1-year-old daughter survived Wednesday night's devastating tornado with scratches and bruises.

On Wednesday night, 16 tornadoes devastated much of Cleburne and Granbury, south of Fort Worth, leaving six people dead and millions of dollars worth of damage to the two normally sleepy towns.

A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flattening entire neighborhoods.

A massive tornado moved along the ground in Edmond, OK - just one of several tornadoes reported in the area Sunday.

A bill that would have granted the county power to zone land around the Tornillo Port of Entry likely is doomed, El Paso legislators said last week.

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Ashli Davis and Troy Wilson watch an American flag wave that they found in the rubble as they help a resident search for belongings in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood as cleanup continues, Sunday, May 19, 2013 from the tornado that severely damaged the neighborhood near Granbury on May 15.

It ended up being a dry, sultry Saturday across Southwest Florida with daytime highs climbing all the way to the low to mid 90s! Look for a warm and muggy evening ahead with temperature in the 80s early tonight before dropping into the low 70s by early Sunday.

To better prepare themselves if a tornado or disaster strikes East Texas, several agencies practiced full scale drills in Smith County.

Owners of the Habitat for Humanity homes outside of Granbury, Texas, endured months of scrutiny and background checks, invested 300 hours of house-building labor and waited a full year for a chance to own their own home.

Family and friends are set to remember flamboyant swindler Billie Sol Estes, a man whose name was synonymous with Texas-sized schemes, greed and corruption.

Bruises and cuts covered Christy Green's face, and a deep red gash stretched across her forehead.