Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko unite for one of the most complete Young Guns reunions ever assembled! FAN EXPO Dallas announced today that the stars of the iconic 1988 cult classic Young Guns will reunite Sept. 11–13, 2026, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.

Strike while the iron is hot! Step back into the 1800s and learn the basics of historic blacksmithing in our the forge at Frontier Village & Museum. Village Blacksmith Steven Mildward of Blackdog's Foundry will guide you through real historic blacksmithing techniques using traditional tools, as well as forge mechanics and safety.

As we enter the hottest months of the year, Upper Trinity Regional Water District (Upper Trinity) is asking residents across its service area to dial back their water use with its Give a Drip campaign. Without cutting outdoor water use, residents of Denton and Collin counties will be "Drip Outta Luck" when it comes to having water where it counts the most. Residents should follow local watering rules that limit outdoor watering to no more than two days per week or less and not between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

One of the most famous dresses in entertainment history is coming to North Texas this summer. In celebration of what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Grand Prairie will showcase a limited-time display beginning June 5 featuring the legendary Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday” dress, along with memorabilia connected to the star’s life, career and enduring pop culture legacy. photo courtesy of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Grand Prairie

As part of our America 250 celebrations, the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site is having a free come-and-go program on June 19 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. This program, called Civics and Democracy, will inform visitors about civics, democracy, voting, and volunteering. We hope to educate people of every age about how these ideas work and how people can support their community.

1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States. Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War. On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect on January 1, 1863, promising freedom to enslaved people in all of the rebellious parts of Southern states of the Confederacy including Texas. Enforcement of the Proclamation generally relied upon the advance of Union troops. Texas, as the most remote state of the former Confederacy, had seen an expansion of slavery because the presence of Union troops was low as the American Civil War ended; thus, the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation had been slow and inconsistent there prior to Granger's order. In all June 19, 1865, was 900 days after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, 71 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union on April 9, 1865, and 24 days after the disbanding of the Confederate military department covering Texas on May 26, 1865. Juneteenth is also celebrated by the Mascogos, descendants of Black Seminoles who escaped from slavery in 1852 and settled in Coahuila, Mexico.