With an already suspect roof at the Fannin County Justice Center now leaking in multiple places and the project costing taxpayers twice as much as they were told, Fannin County Judge Newt Cunningham tried to deflect from his budget-busting Justice Center project with yet another rage-filled rant about the condition of the 1888 Fannin County Courthouse during Tuesday's regular meeting Fannin County Commissioners Court.

The 2026 spring severe weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local public safety officials want you to be ready. The National Weather Service (NWS) Office located in Fort Worth will be conducting a free Severe Weather Education class in Grayson County on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Grayson College Center for Workplace Learning Auditorium in Denison. There is no cost to attend this class, no pre-registration is required, and you do not have to be a resident of Grayson County to attend.

Several new things are happening at the Creative Arts Center in Bonham in the new year.

The Saturday meet-the-candidates affair dawned clear and cold with no snow falling. Not all of the four county judge candidates were smooth and polished in their presentations, however the incumbent, judge Newt Cunningham was warmed up and ready. Lawyer Newt proceeded to lead us down a dollar-dumping exercise to consolidate the county road maintenance efforts.

On Wednesday, February 18 at 12:00 p.m., Mary Helen Dodson - a historian, author, and great granddaughter of her subject - will be at the Fannin County Courthouse to present her just-published book, The Architecture of Wesley Clark Dodson: Legacy of a Good Name. The architect of the Fannin County Courthouse, Wesley Clark Dodson is considered one of the preeminent architects of Texas' Golden Age of Courthouse Construction, in the late nineteenth century.

1983 – death of Karen Carpenter, American singer. Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and drummer of the highly successful duo the Carpenters, formed with her older brother Richard. With a distinctive three-octave contralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills. Carpenter appeared on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. Paul McCartney has said that she had "the best female voice in the world: melodic, tuneful and distinctive." She has been called "one of the greatest voices of our lifetime" by Elton John. Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut and moved to Downey, California in 1963 with her family. She began to study the drums in high school and joined the Long Beach State choir in college. After several years of touring and recording, the Carpenters were signed to A&M Records in 1969, when Karen was 19 years old. They achieved enormous commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s. Initially, Carpenter was the band's full-time drummer, but she gradually took the role of frontwoman as her drumming was reduced to a handful of live showcases or tracks on albums. In 1975, Carpenter started exhibiting symptoms of anorexia nervosa due to the severe pressures of fame and her complicated family dynamics. She was never able to recover and died at the age of 32 in 1983 from complications related to her disorder, which was little-known outside celebrity circles at the time. Carpenter's death sparked worldwide attention and research into eating disorders and body dysmorphia.