Meet the Bailey family! The holiday season isn’t complete without experiencing this Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life. Theater For Hope is excited to present their Christmas present to the local community and families December 18, 19, 20 at 7 p.m. and December 20 at 2:00 p.m. at Hope on Houston located at 901 E. Houston Street in Sherman, TX. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online.

Kidz Krew Christmas Dinner Theatre will have two shows only. Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the main gallery of the art center. Tickets are $20 each and include dinner and the show. Tickets must be purchased in advance before noon on Dec. 18 or before they are sold out. No tickets will be sold at the door.

There are numerous important reasons for harvesting seeds. Biodiversity and cultural heritage empower us to maintain self-reliance and less dependence on commercial seed companies. I have often purchased seeds, looking forward to the beauty that will be coming, only to be disappointed with the actual seeds and their ability to produce as promised. I was eventually able to produce the gardens of my dreams, becoming a seed harvester in the process.

Cottages at Anna Station (pictured), Cottages at Lake Lavon and Cottages at Deer Creek will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom homes in some of North Texas's most dynamic markets

Cannon Beach, a $200 million surf and adventure resort, is set to break ground at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15 in McKinney, marking one of the most innovative recreation and entertainment developments in North Texas this year. The 35-acre project, located at the northeast corner of Stacy Road and S.H. 121, will introduce a three-acre surf lagoon, lazy river, mineral hot springs circuit, full-service resort hotel, and a mix of dining, entertainment, and business spaces designed to transform the region’s leisure and tourism landscape.

birth of Brigadier-General Stand Watie. Stand Watie (December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871), also known as Standhope Uwatie and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. The Cherokee Nation allied with the Confederate States during the American Civil War, and he was subsequently the only Native American Confederate general officer. Watie commanded Indian forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, made up mostly of Cherokee, Muskogee, and Seminole. He was the last Confederate States Army general to surrender. Before removal of the Cherokee to Indian Territory in the late 1830s, Watie and his older brother Elias Boudinot were among Cherokee leaders who signed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. The majority of the tribe opposed their action. In 1839, the brothers were attacked in an assassination attempt, as were other relatives active in the Treaty Party. All but Stand Watie were killed. Watie in 1842 killed one of his uncle's attackers, and in 1845 his brother Thomas was killed in retaliation, in a continuing cycle of violence that reached Indian Territory. Watie was acquitted by the Cherokee at trial in the 1850s on the grounds of self-defense. Watie led the Southern Cherokee delegation to Washington, D.C., after the American Civil War to sue for peace, hoping to have tribal divisions recognized. The federal government negotiated only with the leaders who had sided with the Union. Watie stayed out of politics for his last years, and tried to rebuild his plantation.