Raise a glass to GrapeFest® – A Texas Wine Experience, presented by Bank of the West, as it celebrates four decades of wine, tradition and community. The Largest Wine Festival in the Southwest returns September 17, 18, 19 & 20 to Historic Main Street for its 40th annual celebration, honoring the stories, people and places that have shaped the world of wine with the theme Connecting Wine Traditions, One Glass at a Time.

By a 3-2 vote, Fannin County Commissioners Court voted to adopt the county's fiscal year 2026-2027 budget, with $250,000 in lawyers' fees moved into contingency under the stipulation that these funds can only be used to pay for legal representation. The county took $807,725.70 out of reserves to balance the budget. All funds for the Justice Center have been depleted, so any additional expenditures will need to be addressed. To date, the county has spent slightly less than $21 million at the Justice Center.

The Fannin County Office of Emergency Management is transitioning from Code Red mass notifications to a new company, Everbridge. Fannin County citizens will need to sign up to receive these automated notifications.

Firefighter and paramedic Kayli McGlothlin was named Employee of the Quarter for the city of Bonham. The council also had a lengthy discussion about possible ordinances for rentals.

Joint national takedown: U.S. Attorney's Offices, along with 20 federal and state investigative agencies participate in two-month enforcement surge

2025 – death of Robert Redford, American actor, producer and director. Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025) was an American actor, director, and producer, celebrated for his magnetic presence as a leading man during the American New Wave. Across a career spanning more than six decades, Redford earned widespread recognition and numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and five Golden Globe Awards, including a Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994. He also earned various other honors, including the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Honorary César in 2019. Redford began his career on television in the late 1950s, appearing in anthology series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. He made his Broadway debut in Neil Simon's comedy Barefoot in the Park (1963) before taking film roles in War Hunt (1962) and Inside Daisy Clover (1965). Redford achieved Hollywood stardom with Barefoot in the Park (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Downhill Racer (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Candidate (1972), and The Sting (1973), with the last earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.