The Whitewright Sun

09/14/2024

08/31/2024

The Whitewright Community BBQ is today! It will be held in the fellowship hall at the First United Methodist Church of Whitewright (301 W. Maple). Doors open at 11am and lunch will be served at 1pm. Bring your family, bring your friends and enjoy great food, prizes for the kids, games, snow cones, face painting, and great fellowship with your neighbors!

05/14/2024

Early Bird Deadline TOMORROW May 15th!!!!
May 20th @ 5 pm is the FINAL Deadline to submit your
Graduation ADs!
Email- [email protected]

05/03/2024

DURING ALL OF EARLY VOTING:
149 people voted in the city election (1052 are registered voters)
239 people voted in the school election ( 2736 are registered voters)
It is very important to vote in your local elections, your voice and your vote really does matter. GO VOTE!
Tomorrow is Election Day! Saturday, May 4th 7 am - 7 pm

04/27/2024

Today is the day! Bring your lawn chair! All you can eat Crawfish!

04/25/2024

Use extra caution in Whitewright this morning when traveling through downtown or to the post office. TxDOT has crews repairing concrete at the corner of N Bond (FM 898) at Walnut. One block of Walnut (the road in front of the post office) is closed- and between Grand and Walnut the road is one lane. Be safe, drive with caution, and watch for construction workers.

04/22/2024

Early Voting this week April 22-26 8 am - 5 pm in City Hall. Vote for City of Whitewright Mayor & Council, Whitewright ISD Trustees & the Grayson College Bond.

04/20/2024

FYI TX DOT
Paris District Road Report for week of April 22, 2024

US 69, from SH 56 in Bells to FM 151 in Whitewright. Watch for daytime lane closures as crews perform base repairs in the travel lanes. Motorists should expect delays as flaggers and pilot cars direct traffic through the work zone.

Business SH 121, in Randolph from SH 11 to SH 121. Watch for daytime lane closures as maintenance crews perform blade leveling on the roadway. Motorists should expect delays as flaggers and pilot cars direct traffic through the work zone.

04/04/2024

The first round of candidate responses are in this weeks issue! Grab your copy today at Quick Check, Spring Market or Shell in Whitewright! Candidate for City of Whitewright, City of Tom Bean, City of Bells, and Whitewright ISD are included!

03/15/2024

For those who do not subscribe, I want to ensure everyone is able to read this Letter from the Publisher. Please see attached clipping from page 2 of the newspaper.

03/08/2024

Candidate Question Submissions!!

The Whitewright Sun will be distributing candidate questions for the upcoming May 4th 2024 Local Election. The responses received from the candidates will be printed in upcoming April issues. The public is invited to submit question suggestions. Several questions will be chosen and provided to the candidates and their participation is voluntary.
Questions for Whitewright ISD Board of Trustee candidates, City of Bells council member candidates, City of Tom Bean mayor and council candidates will be distributed and collected by The Whitewright Sun publisher. For these races, please send your suggested questions to [email protected].
In order to maintain fairness and impartially and since the publisher of the newspaper is also running for mayor, the questions and responses for the City of Whitewright mayor and council member candidates will be handled this year by Betsy Blevins, Publisher and Editor of the Leonard Graphic. Please send your suggested questions to: [email protected] with “Whitewright Question” in the subject line. We appreciate Mrs. Blevins agreeing to assist with candidate questions this year. She will be the one sending out the questions and compiling the responses and inserting them into the page layout when it is time to print them.
Please note, suggested candidate questions must be submitted for consideration no later than Monday, March 18th at noon. This information will also be printed in the 3/14 issue.
By: Sarah Beth Owen

02/28/2024

Early voting at the Bells City Hall will continue this week, Monday-Friday, through March 1st from 7am - 7pm.
Super Tuesday, March 5th will be Election Day and the last day for voting in the Joint Primary Election. Local voters can cast their ballot at the Whitewright Church of Christ from 7 am to 7 pm.
Please note, voters in Grayson County can vote at any polling location. For a complete list of locations, visit www.co.grayson.tx.us/page/elec.home.

02/06/2024

Yay! We got the link fixed! You can easily submit your Valentine order online!

11/04/2023

10/18/2023

The album for the Hwy 11 Showdown is finally available! Check it out and find your favorite Tiger photo! One Dollar Digital Downloads through the end of the month! Share the link and your favorites!

Photo collection by S. Owen Photography

10/16/2023

Alright Folks ! Dollar Downloads are still going on till the end of the month! Please support this photography website, or we won't be able to provide it moving forward! Tag the students in the photos, their parents, and your family & friends!

Photo collection by S. Owen Photography

10/10/2023

Oct. 10 is the last day to register to vote and to submit an address change for the constitutional amendment election November 7th.

You can check to see if you’re registered and verify your information through the Texas Secretary of State’s website.