Ike's History Festival is slated for Friday, September 4 and Saturday, September 5. Join the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site for two days of hands-on history fun!From 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., historic and nature-based organizations from around the state will bring what they do best to Denison!

“Stars, Stripes and County Fair Nights” has been named the theme for the 2026 Fannin County Fair Parade, scheduled for October 5! Embracing our nation’s 250th birthday celebration, the county fair parade conjures up memories of yesteryear and all things small town America.

After yet another embarrassing episode of Fannin County Commissioner Court, the most important question Fannin County taxpayers want to know is, how much will they have to pay out because of six indictments that, at least on the surface, appear to be nothing more than politically motivated malicious prosecutions? Fannin County taxpayers have already been informed that they will have to pay $250,000 to hire lawyers to defend against countersuits resulting from those six indictments, but that figure may be dwarfed by the eventual settlements if a court determines the indictments were baseless and politically motivated.

Lucinda “Miss Lou” Rayburn balanced her tall, regal bearing and red hair with a warm personality, truthfulness, and a no-nonsense attitude. For her brother Sam Rayburn, who was a U.S. congressman from 1913 – 1961, Lucinda provided invaluable service as a confidant and voice of reason. During the Washington, D.C., social season in January, Lucinda attended formal gatherings as Sam’s official hostess. Unlike her other sisters, Lucinda preferred the social aspects of political life rather than the politics, and she maintained a diary and scrapbook about the events she attended. photo from the Fannin County GenWeb site

Daisy leaves Bonham Animal Shelter with her new best friend. To call the City of Bonham's "Tail End of Summer Adoption & Supply Drive" a success is the ultimate understatement; for a few fortunate cats and dogs, it may very well be the difference between life and death. By noon, seven dogs and cats had been adopted and were on their way to loving forever homes. photo by Cindy Rich

1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. On September 1, 1983, the flight was shot down by a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor aircraft. The Boeing 747-230B airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul, but owing to a navigational mistake made by the crew, the airliner drifted from its planned route and flew through Soviet airspace. The Soviet Air Forces treated the unidentified aircraft as an intruding U.S. spy plane, and destroyed it with air-to-air missiles, after firing warning shots. The South Korean airliner eventually crashed into the sea near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin in the Sea of Japan, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew aboard, including Larry McDonald, a United States representative. It is the worst Korean Air disaster to date. The Soviet Union initially denied knowledge of the incident, but later admitted to shooting down the aircraft, claiming that it was on a MASINT spy mission. The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union said it was a deliberate provocation by the United States to probe the Soviet Union's military preparedness, or even to provoke a war. The U.S. accused the Soviet Union of obstructing search and rescue operations. The Soviet Armed Forces suppressed evidence sought by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) investigation, such as the flight recorders, which were released in 1992, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As a result of the incident, the United States altered tracking procedures for aircraft departing from Alaska, and President Ronald Reagan issued a directive making American satellite-based radio navigation Global Positioning System freely available for civilian use, once it was sufficiently developed, as a common good.