Today the Eastern District of Texas observes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and joins the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) in reaffirming the administration’s commitment to combating all forms of human trafficking and protecting victims and survivors. Human Trafficking Prevention Month presents an opportunity for DHS and DOJ, through Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTF) to intensify operational efforts, raise public awareness, and strengthen partnerships across federal, state, and local agencies to disrupt trafficking networks, protect vulnerable individuals, and ensure traffickers are brought to justice.

The Texas Liberators: Witness to the Holocaust tells the story of 25 U.S. soldiers who participated in the liberation of the concentration camps in Europe at the end of the Second World War. Upon entering the camps, the soldiers were not prepared for the terror, torture and depravity they discovered. Although they were hailed as liberators by the prisoners, what the soldiers found haunted many of them for the rest of their lives.

The American Heart Association offers some important information for staying heart healthy in cold temperatures across North Texas.

The second concert of the 2025-26 Musical Arts Series at Southeastern Oklahoma State University will feature Alexandru Malaimare (violin) and YooBin Lee (viola) at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 29, in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Following a phenomenal kick-off of Leadership Fannin in 2025 we are now accepting applications for our 2026 class. The purpose of the program is for participants to gain leadership skills that will contribute to performance within the workplace, and to our community for years to come. The cost per student is $700 if you are a Chamber Partner, with payment plans and scholarship opportunities available. The deadline for submitting applications is January 31.

1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, on 24 January 1961. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3.8-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. Five crewmen successfully ejected or bailed out of the aircraft and landed safely; another ejected, but did not survive the landing, and two of them were killed in the crash. The accident is one of the most famous "Broken arrow" nuclear accidents of the Cold War. Both of the weapons began their firing sequences upon separation from the aircraft, despite safeguards meant to prevent that from occurring. One of its nuclear bombs was judged by nuclear weapons engineers at the time to have been only one, final safety switch away from detonation, and that it was "credible" to imagine conditions under which it could have detonated. The other bomb did not get as far into its firing sequence, but became deeply embedded in a muddy field, and one of its major weapons components (the thermonuclear "secondary" stage) was regarded as irrecoverably lost after an extensive, failed effort to recover it. (photo of one of the Mk 39 nuclear weapons at Goldsboro, largely intact, with its parachute still attached)