Festival of Flight has evolved into an aviation extravaganza that combines a fly-in, airshow, and EAA Young Eagles event unlike any other in the great State of Texas. Our mission has expanded to engage surrounding communities to provide education, entertainment, and exposure and shine a spotlight on our local airport. We honor our past as a historical World War II training field, as well as focusing on the future of Jones Field as a positive presence in our local economy.

The Fifth Annual Bob Wills Fiddle Festival and Contest is anchored by Grammy Award-winning concert headliners Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers. The Gatlins are ready to enthrall their audience Saturday night at the 79-year-old Greenville Municipal Auditorium. The GMA, with 1,450 plush new seats, has hosted shows by legends Elvis Presley, George Jones, Ray Price, Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Strait, Mel Tillis, and Johnny Horton. Special guests taking the stage before the Gatlin Brothers are Mandy Barnett and the debut of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys with Jason Roberts.

(L-R) Commissioner Jeff Whitmire, Grayson County; Judge Jason Brinkley, Cooke County; Mayor Roy Floyd, Texoma Region Better Leader Award Recipient 2018; Judge Spanky Carter, Fannin County

Just in time for your holiday shopping, TMC Bonham Hospital is holding its annual Fashion Boutique and $6 jewelry fundraising sale Monday, October 22, from 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, October 23, from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The early shopping extravaganza is sponsored by TMC Bonham Hospital Auxiliary and proceeds benefit TMC Bonham Hospital Auxiliary.

The last allocation of general admission tickets for the Oak Ridge Boys tickets are now on sale at outhousetickets.com for only $35 per ticket.

1836 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas. Houston was twice elected President of the Republic of Texas. In the 1836 election, he defeated Stephen F. Austin and Henry Smith with a landslide of over 79% of the vote. Houston served from October 22, 1836, to December 10, 1838. The Constitution of the Republic of Texas stated that no president could succeed himself, but did not prohibit any non-consecutive multiple terms. Houston supported annexation by the United States and he became a U.S. Senator upon achieving it in 1845, and finally a governor of the State of Texas in 1859, whereby Houston became the only person to have become the governor of two different U.S. states through popular election, as well as the only state governor to have been a foreign head of state. As governor, he refused to swear loyalty to the Confederacy when Texas seceded from the Union in 1861 with the outbreak of the American Civil War, and he was removed from office becoming a Southern Unionist in the process. To avoid bloodshed, he refused an offer of a Union army to put down the Confederate rebellion. Instead, he retired to Huntsville, Texas, where he died before the end of the war.