Texans can now upgrade their driver’s licenses and renew their boat registrations with the State’s digital assistant.

Join the Heard for "Fright at the Museum," an event tailored for adults ages 21+. Inspired by our annual sell-out family-friendly Halloween event, this night promises to be filled with spooky fun. Attendees can enjoy a mini trick-or-treat trail, costume contest, a showing of the cult classic "Shaun of the Dead" in our outdoor amphitheater, a haunted forest, zombie target practice, tasty food, cash bar, and much more. Enjoy Heard Halloween fun with a grown-up twist.

As Election Day approaches, I want to take a moment to share some important information with the citizens of Fannin County. In recent training sessions with our election judges and workers, a few concerns surfaced that I believe the public should hear about — to reduce confusion, prevent misinformation, and make sure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots with confidence.

Kidz Krew is having an open call for auditions for their Christmas show. Kidz Krew is the children’s theatre program at the Creative Arts Center in Bonham. Children ages 8 and up who can read independently, follow directions and work well with others are invited to audition. No previous theatre experience is required.

Boo in the Park! is back at Bonham State Park with multiple activities for visitors of all ages. Entrance fees will be waived Friday night only, October 24 with a donation of paper goods for Helping Hands. Donations must be sealed with the original packaging. For the rest of the weekend, the standard $4.00 per person for teens and adults will apply (children 12 and under are free). Texas State Park passes are always accepted. photo by Mike Lindsey

1933 – Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States. Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation." He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." In February 1933, while on a visit to the United States, Einstein knew he could not return to Germany with the rise to power of the Nazis under Germany's new chancellor, Adolf Hitler. While at American universities in early 1933, he undertook his third two-month visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. In February and March 1933, the Gestapo repeatedly raided his family's apartment in Berlin. He and his wife Elsa returned to Europe in March, and during the trip, they learned that the German Reichstag had passed the Enabling Act on 23 March, transforming Hitler's government into a de facto legal dictatorship, and that they would not be able to proceed to Berlin. Later on, they heard that their cottage had been raided by the Nazis and Einstein's personal sailboat confiscated. Upon landing in Antwerp, Belgium on 28 March, Einstein immediately went to the German consulate and surrendered his passport, formally renouncing his German citizenship. The Nazis later sold his boat and converted his cottage into a Hitler Youth camp.