The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials have announced an upcoming closure of Taylor Street bridge, scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. on Sept. 7. The closure will be in place until mid-March to early April of 2026. The closure will allow the construction of the new Taylor Street bridge. During the closure, traffic will be detoured via the frontage roads. photo by Allen Rich

On August 27, 2025, Fannin County First Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Nathan Young, secured a 25-year prison sentence for the offense of Failure to Register as Sex Offender in the case of Carl Alton Jones, Jr., 56, of Bonham. Jones also received a sentence of 10 years in prison for a related possession of controlled substance case.

Sielo Garcia trying to catch a crayfish. If, by chance, you find yourself driving along a winding county road in Northeast Texas, perhaps near Little Cypress Creek or along the wooded shore of Caddo Lake, there is a fair chance you may happen along a band of researchers from East Texas A&M University. The team of researchers are looking for the Kisatchie painted crayfish, and that kind of research requires them to get dirty. Marketing and Communications, East Texas A&M University

Dwight Yoakum will perform Friday, October 17, 2025 at Lucas Oil Live at WinStar World Casino and resort in Thackerville. Showtime is 8:00 p.m. Some of the songs Yoakam is best known for are “Streets of Bakersfield” with Buck Owens, “Ain’t That Lonely Yet,” “Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose,” “You’re the One,” “It Only Hurts When I Cry,” and “Fast As You.”

On Thursday, Aug 28, the Creative Arts Center in Bonham will host a Meet & Greet with the authors of the book Art Makes Magic from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Admission is free and books will be available for sale. Andrea Holmes (left) and Beth Field’s book offers real life experience with much needed encouragement and affirmation to artists and creatives at every point in their path.

1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech. "I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to legalized racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was one of the most famous moments of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history. "I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream – one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, 'We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal.' I have a dream..." — Martin Luther King Jr.