Despite lower commercial honey production, small-scale beekeepers in some regions of the state reported stronger honey yields during the 2025 production season. (Courtney Sacco and Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

The Greater Texoma Jazz Orchestra will perform in Wynne Chapel on the Austin College campus Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. This season’s program celebrates the music of the Count Basie Orchestra, one of the most influential ensembles of the Swing Era. This event is free and open to the public.

TxDOT’s Travel Information Center north of Denison will host a work zone awareness driving safety event from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. April 22. The center is located at 6801 N U.S. Highway 75 in Denison, Texas. TxDOT personnel, local law enforcement representatives and first responders will be on hand to remind motorists to make driving safely a priority when passing through the state's active work zones. Several fun, interactive activities are also planned, and visitors can learn more about tourism opportunities statewide.

The Orphan Train Movement sent abandoned or homeless children from Eastern cities of the US to foster homes in rural areas. An estimated 200,000 children were involved in the program. On November 18, 1898 a train carrying boys aged between 12 to 16 years arrived in Bonham. John E. Dibley (age 15) and his brother George Dibley (age 7) arrived on this train.

Texoma residents! If you’ve got leftover paint, cleaning products, chemicals, electronics or other household hazardous waste, don’t toss it… bring it to us. TCOG is hosting a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection event to help you dispose of these materials safely and responsibly. Saturday, May 2, 2026; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Open to residents of Cooke, Grayson, and Fannin counties.

1836 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The Battle of San Jacinto (Spanish: Batalla de San Jacinto), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. A detailed, first-hand account of the battle was written by General Houston from the headquarters of the Texan Army in San Jacinto on April 25, 1836. Numerous secondary analyses and interpretations have followed. General Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, and General Martín Perfecto de Cos both escaped during the battle. Santa Anna was captured the next day on April 22 and Cos on April 24. After being held for about three weeks as a prisoner of war, Santa Anna signed the peace treaty that dictated that the Mexican army leave the region, paving the way for the Republic of Texas to become an independent country. These treaties did not necessarily recognize Texas as a sovereign nation but stipulated that Santa Anna was to lobby for such recognition in Mexico City. Sam Houston became a national celebrity, and the Texans' rallying cries from events of the war, "Remember the Alamo" and "Remember Goliad," became etched into Texan history and legend.