The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) will host the 26th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser on Thursday, February 26, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Perot Family Campus in Plano. Presented by Kroger, the evening will bring the community together for a meaningful experience featuring tastings from leading local chefs, beverages, and the opportunity to take home a one-of-a-kind, handcrafted bowl created by local artists. Empty Bowls highlights a simple but powerful truth: hunger is real in our community, and it takes all of us working together to make a difference.

During a regular session on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, Fannin County Commissioners Court announced that the Justice Center will need a new roof at a cost of slightly more than $981,000. An attempt was made to repair the 20-year-old roof, but it developed leaks during the recent ice storm. The new roof increases the total cost of the Justice Center to $19,821,214.76, with additional expenditures expected for the parking lot. Commissioners court also discussed the pending resignation of Fannin County Elections Administrator Cristian Pérez García which will be effective March 4; those duties will fall on the county clerk.

Max Levine was born on June 21, 1863, in New York, NY. His parents Jacob Levine and Bertha Bach were likely born in Kórnik, Prussia (modern-day Poland), and immigrated to the U.S., Jacob arriving in 1856 and Bertha bringing herself and four of her children a couple of years later. In the late 1800s and into the twentieth century, a number of Jewish merchants and their families moved to Bonham and engaged in the mercantile trade, the cotton business and bought and sold real estate.

The 2026 spring severe weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local public safety officials want you to be ready. The National Weather Service (NWS) Office located in Fort Worth will be conducting a free Severe Weather Education class in Denton County on Thursday, February 26, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Texas Women’s University Student Union at Hubbard Hall (Southeast Ballroom) in Denton. There is no cost to attend this class, no pre-registration is required, and you do not have to be a resident of Denton County to attend.

In the years before angry, partisan politics and seemingly endless conflict dominated our world, I devoted a lot of time to covering high school athletics. The memories are precious. One sports article that I'll never forget came in from the Sam Rayburn girls basketball team...or at least that's what I thought at first glance.

1983 – death of Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. At age 33, after years of obscurity, Williams suddenly became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, Williams attempted a new style that did not appeal as widely to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Much of Williams's most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays, and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.