The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has launched This is Texas Water, the statewide water public awareness campaign for Texas. The initiative is designed to inspire Texans to better understand their water—where it comes from, how much their communities will need in the future, and the infrastructure and planning required to ensure long-term water security.

The Creative Arts Center will be celebrating the opening of the August art shows on Thursday, August 6 with a come-and-go reception from 5:00-7:00 p.m. “Destinations” is the show theme for August. Jaye Metellus and Sandy Barber are combining their creative forces for a special show “Beyond the Canvas” in the East Gallery. Alanzo Beavers will be playing his guitar for guests. All are welcome to meet the artists, enjoy some light refreshments and view the new artwork. Free admission at 200 W 5th in Bonham.

It’s showtime! Broadway Dallas and Broadway Across America (BAA) have announced the ghost-with-the-most will return to Dallas in this edgy and irreverent new Broadway musical comedy. Back by popular demand, Beetlejuice will play a limited one-week engagement from April 28, 2027 to May 2, 2027 at the Winspear Opera House. The only way to guarantee seats at this time is to add Beetlejuice as a Season Option when you subscribe to the 2026/2027 Broadway Dallas Series, on sale now. Single ticket information will be announced at a later date.

Their sentence has been served. Grapevine's famous Would-Be Train Robbers, Nat Barrett and Willy Majors, have been released from behind bars following major technological upgrades to the Grapevine Glockenspiel. Visitors can now watch the notorious pair emerge from the 75-foot tower several times each day to settle their Wild West rivalry.

More than 6 million Texans face hunger—an increase of 11% from the previous year. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, nearly 1.4 million are food insecure, including over 506,000 children.

1776 – American Revolution: The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress takes place. The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. The 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress represented the Thirteen Colonies, of which 12 voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The New York delegation abstained because they had not yet received authorization from Albany to vote on the issue of independence. The Declaration proclaimed the Thirteen Colonies were now "free and independent States," no longer colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain and, thus, no longer a part of the British Empire. The signers’ names are grouped by state, with the exception of John Hancock, as President of the Continental Congress; the states are arranged geographically from south to north, with Button Gwinnett from Georgia first, and Matthew Thornton from New Hampshire last. The final draft of the Declaration was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, although the date of its signing has long been disputed. Most historians have concluded that it was signed on August 2, 1776, nearly a month after its adoption, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, with 12 of the 13 colonies voting in favor and New York abstaining. The date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day it was adopted on July 4, 1776. Additional support for the July 4 date is provided by the official public record in the Journals of the Continental Congress, published in 1777, where the entry for July 4 states that the Declaration was engrossed and signed on that date (the official copy handwritten by Timothy Matlack). In 1796, signer Thomas McKean disputed that the Declaration had been signed on July 4, pointing out that some signers were not present, including several who were not even elected to Congress until after that date. "No person signed it on that day nor for many days after," he wrote. His claim gained support when the Secret Journals of Congress were published in 1821. The Secret Journals contained two previously unpublished entries about the Declaration.