Flight instructor Leonard Gerner (third from the left) and five of his trainees at Jones Field in the mid-1940s. Military pilot training ceased at Jones Field more than 70 years ago, but all the checks haven't cleared the bank. Gerner, one of the instructor pilots hired to train cadets to fly the Fairchild PT-19, discovered he still has one small check issued by Bonham Aviation School.

Praying mantids are a distinctive predatory insect. Their forelegs are powerful, spiny tools the ambush predator uses to catch and subdue their prey. “They’ll eat pests, but they’ll also eat beneficial insects and pollinators, and even other mantids,” said Wizzie Brown, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension entomologist. “Food is food.” (Wizzie Brown/Texas A&M AgriLife)

The Fannin County Museum of History is pleased to display a number of walking sticks and canes on loan from the collection of Joe and Sandra Ward. The exhibit features walking sticks made by Joe and also walking sticks and canes collected by Joe and Sandra.

Enjoy a spectacular evening at the 49th Annual Lights Over Lake Bonham Fireworks Show on Friday, July 3, 2026. This is a free event open to the public. Bring your lawn chairs!

2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone. The iPhone is a smartphone developed and marketed by Apple as the first device in the iPhone lineup of smartphones. It features a Samsung S5L8900 SoC (90 nm), a 3.5 in multi-touch display, and a web browser (Safari). After years of rumors and speculation, it was officially announced on January 9, 2007, and was released in the United States on June 29, 2007. Development of the iPhone began in 2005 and continued in secrecy until its public unveiling at Macworld 2007. The device broke with prevailing mobile phone designs by eliminating most physical hardware buttons, and relying on a finger-friendly touchscreen interface that did not need a stylus. The iPhone featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer, and it used continuous internet access and onboard processing to support features unrelated to voice communication. The iPhone generated much hype before release, and it quickly became Apple's most successful product, although it was met with less enthusiasm in European territories. At the time, the iPhone appealed largely to the general public, as opposed to the business community, upon which BlackBerry and IBM were primarily focused. By integrating existing technology and expanding on usability, the iPhone turned the smartphone industry "on its head," and later generations of the iPhone propelled Apple to become one of the world's most profitable companies.