Sunday, April 2 from 3:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at L.H. Rather Junior High

Fannin County Ministerial Alliance Community Worship, at 5:00 p.m. on Palm Sunday, April 2, will be hosted at First Presbyterian Church, Bonham, 818 N. Main St. Pastor Eddy Prince from Living Word Church will be delivering the message. Pastors and musicians from a variety of Bonham churches will be leading worship. Cookies and punch reception following. All are welcome!

An eight-man crew was hard at work Tuesday, March 14, 2023, on the west side of Center Street in Bonham; this is the first time since the pandemic that a work squad from Cole-Moore Complex has been available.

AQUA at Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant is hosting its second job fair for the 2023 pool season Tuesday, March 28!

It's time for the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site’s Annual Easter Egg Roll! President Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower revived the Easter Egg Roll tradition at the White House in 1953 and our free event features Easter Egg Roll races! The Easter Egg Roll will take place on Saturday, April 1 starting at 10:00 a.m.

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson today reminded all eligible Texas voters to make sure they are registered to vote by Thursday, April 6 to vote in the May 6 local elections across the State of Texas. Early voting begins on Monday, April 24 and runs through Tuesday, May 2. Election Day is Saturday, May 6.

Sherman Celtic Festival & Highland Games is set for Saturday and Sunday with an impressive line-up of live music, Highland Games, Scottish and Irish Dance, a Red Hair Contest, kids activities, Viking Demonstrations, Shortbread Competition, Scones Competition, kilts, kilts, kilts, plus great festival food and much more! The brainchild of Sherman Police Officer Rob Ballew, this event will be held March 26 and March 27 at Pecan Grove Park - West in Sherman, Texas.

Here's a look at work planned in Fannin and Grayson counties for the week starting March 27, 2023.

Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced the temporary closure of West Taylor Street on the west side of FM 1417 in Sherman, Texas, beginning March 28. Taylor Street on the east side of FM 1417 will remain open. The closure is expected to last three weeks, weather permitting.

An audience filled Roy V. Floyd Community Center in Bonham Thursday evening, March 23, 2023, to honor Mike Bankston's remarkable half-century career in law enforcement that includes being the youngest sheriff in Texas at one time and ended with 47 years at Bonham Police Department and an almost unheard of 39 years as chief of police in his hometown.

McKinney Mayor George Fuller proclaimed March 22, 2023, as PACCAR Battery Electric Vehicle Day. As part of the event held at Dynacraft, a PACCAR Company, to celebrate the proclamation, keys to two new Peterbilt Model 579EV trucks were presented to Dallas area trucking company Truck King. The Peterbilt trucks, on a full-service lease through PacLease Dallas, will be used for local line-haul operations – running approximately 100 miles roundtrip between Dynacraft in McKinney and Peterbilt’s Denton manufacturing facility.

On February 13, 2023, the Bonham ISD School Board voted unanimously to seek voter approval for a $64,400,000 bond issue. This process has been a community effort over the last year, with two failed bond elections in May and November of 2022. The Bond Planning Committee included citizens, city leaders, board members, teachers, and parents. The Committee dedicated time to data collection, evaluations, and planning to put this bond package together and made a recommendation to the Board of Trustees to call for a bond election on May 6, 2023.

Native artist Connie Phillips' oil and acrylic paintings, on display at the Choctaw Casino & Resort - Durant Art Gallery, take visitors through time to the Trail of Tears. Highlighting native women for Women's History Month, Phillips paintings showcase strong, resilient Choctaw women. The Walk of Angels represents the souls of women and their children who did not survive the Trail of Tears.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a health advisory notifying health care providers of reports that an animal tranquilizer called xylazine has been found mixed with illegal drugs distributed in Texas. Law enforcement has identified xylazine in the illegal fentanyl supply in West Texas, and it has been combined with other opioids, benzodiazepines like Xanax, and recreational drugs, leading to at least four reported xylazine-related deaths.

Fannin County Commissioners Court voted to approve the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) contract with Crossland Construction Company, subject to Fannin County Judge Newt Cunningham and District Attorney Richard Glaser approving the language. Crossland Construction Company will receive $5,000 to determine the final cost of the justice center; then the company gets 3.25% of the total cost of the project. (photo of future site of Fannin County Justice Center)

'Unique by Nature' Juried Art Competition and Exhibition is hosted by the McKinney Performing Arts Center (MPAC) with help from Arts and Music Guild volunteers. (photo by Allen Rich)

Cheers! Toast the new release wines at Grapevine's 31st Annual New Vintage Wine + Gallery Trail & Art Show presented by Park Place Lexus and Land Rover Grapevine April 15! From crisp whites to smooth reds, you’ll find something to tempt your palate at New Vintage. photo courtesy Grapevine CVB

The Counseling Center and the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce are partnering to host a free rural mental health forum at Fletcher Warren Civic Center in Greenville, Texas, on March 21.

Texoma Newcomers & Neighbors has scheduled the following activities for April 2023...

Press conference will highlight new report showing extraordinary challenges at VA facilities; Toll on VA employees and veterans

The City of Sanger, TX, announces new Assistant Fire Chief, Casey Welborn.

This is official notice that there will be a Public Hearing at 5:00 pm, Monday, March 20, 2023, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 W. Mulberry, Sherman, Texas, for the following Ordinances.

Beth Robertson, owner of Cole Title Company, is presented the award for Business of the Year by Nathan Graham, Chair of Bonham Area Chamber of Commerce, at the Annual Awards Banquet held March 11 at the Roy Floyd Community Center.

9:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the Fannin County Courthouse and via teleconference

Public hearing cancelled

More than 1,400 scholarships worth more than $6 million have been awarded since October 2022 through a Texas Department of State Health Services program to fund emergency medical services education and grow the state’s EMS workforce, particularly in rural and underserved areas.

TxDOT has extended the comment period for the US 380 EIS project from Coit Road to FM 1827 through Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

The City of Bonham is pleased to announce the hiring of Sarah Osburn for the position of Director of Administrative Services/Finance. Ms. Osburn is currently the Director of Finance and Administration for the city of Levelland Texas. Prior to Levelland, Ms. Osburn had a lengthy tenure in the Auditing and Accounting sector with several firms both in North Texas, as well as West Texas.

5:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at Fannin County Multipurpose Complex

Jones Field Airport has one runway, 17-35, that comes in at 4000 by 75 feet. According to Zach Whitlock, Jones Field Airport Manager and owner of Whitlock Air Services, "This is a fully operational general aviation airport, and we see somewhere in the ballpark of 6,500 general aviation operations a year. There are 47 aircraft currently based here and we have some transient business traffic coming in and out as well." Whitlock points out that a lot of the current success and growth of the airport comes from the ability to be easier, more user-friendly, and more competitive with fuel prices, as well as hangar rentals.

Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that the closure of the westbound US 82 exit ramp at US 75 in Sherman, Texas, has been postponed to a later time.

Report: March 9, 2023 – 1100 BL Albert Broadfoot St., Arresting Officer – Sgt. Kolton Phillips. A 19-year-old male was arrested for Resisting Arrest.

In the last few days, someone drove a vehicle into two gravesite markers knocking them off their bases and dislodging and moving the bases. Anyone with information should call the Bonham Police Department.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Dallas District proposed the new location realignment of the existing US 380 roadway from County Road (CR) 560 to CR 699 (Hunt County Line) south of the City of Farmersville, in Collin County, Texas. This notice advises the public that a draft environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review and that TxDOT will be conducting a public hearing on the proposed project. The rescheduled in-person option will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2023, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Farmersville Campus of Collin College. The proposed project would realign US 380 from CR 560 to CR 699 (Hunt County Line), on new location a distance of approximately 7.6 miles. The existing US 380 roadway would remain.

A festive crowd began lining up Saturday morning in anticipation of the 4th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown Sherman and this year's event was bigger and better than ever.

At the Tuesday, Feb. 28 Anna City Council meeting, Anna Mayor Nate Pike signed the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors' Monarch Pledge, committing to take action to help save the declining monarch butterfly and other pollinators. The City of Anna is now part of an expanding North American network of cities working to create habitat in public parks, public landscaping, vacant lots, roadsides, medians, green roofs, backyard gardens and open spaces throughout the entire community.

5:30 p.m. Monday, March 13

The Internal Revenue Service today announced special Saturday hours on March 11 at the Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TAC) located at 1100 Commerce St., Room 121 in Dallas and at 819 Taylor St. in Fort Worth.

Belle Vie on Bois d'Arc Lake is designed to be a resort village planned by CityBuilding Partnership and located on a peninsula jutting out from the south side of Bois d'Arc Lake. Property ID#s 126987, 79950, and 79951 (green) are all on the east side of CR 1396 near where the county road ends at the lake. (updated to include remarks by Nathan Norris, founder and principal of CityBuilding Partnership)