On behalf of the City of Sherman, Pam Howeth, Sherman City Councilmember, presents a Proclamation to Dr. Gary Sisson, President of the Edmund Terrill Chapter, Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, declaring November 11, 2026 to be Liberty Tree Day in Sherman. The Original Liberty Tree was a large, stately elm tree planted in 1646 at the corner of Essex and Washington streets in Boston, where colonists would stage acts of defiance against British rule.

The Semple Family Museum of Native American Art will honor Paul King, Merlin Little Thunder and Jon Tiger during a Hall of Fame ceremony on Nov. 14 at 6:00 p.m. in the Southeastern Ballroom in Hallie McKinney.

The US Air Force Band of the West will be performing 7 shows throughout Texas this holiday season. These shows feature the exceptional talents of the nation’s finest Airmen musicians. North Texas performances are set for December 5 at Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center, Rockwall, Texas, and December 6 at McFarlin Memorial Auditorium at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

In 1943, World War II was raging across Europe and the US and British troops had just landed on Sicily. German forces had an invincible stronghold in the northern mountains of Italy and multiple US and Allied attempts to overtake the Germans had resulted in repeated failures and massive casualties. Also at that time, Weldon Porter, a 23-year-old, black-dirt farm boy from Bonham, was training at the highest military camp in the world which was Camp Hale, Colorado near Leadville, Colorado, just south of Vail at an elevation of 10,000 feet above sea level.

By a 4-1 vote, Fannin County Commissioners Court approved a final draft and adopted the Fannin County Tax Abatement Guidelines and Policy. Fannin County Judge Newt Cunningham cast the opposing vote and suggested more stringent guidelines, while commissioners were inclined to follow the advice of the committee that created the guidelines. Commissioners court also voted to approve a contract with Iglesias Law Firm that was selected at the October 27, 2026 regular meeting of commissioners court to represent Fannin County in potential litigation.

2022 – A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in mid-air over Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow, killing six. On November 12, 2022, two World War II–era restored aircraft, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, collided mid-air and crashed during the Wings Over Dallas air show at the Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Texas, United States; all six occupants died in the crash. The air show, which coincided with Veterans Day commemorations, was organized by the Commemorative Air Force. Just before the crash, the air boss directed the bomber formation to fly parallel to the spectator viewing line, while the fighters were instructed to enter a trail formation and fly in front of the bombers. According to witnesses, the P-63F executed a high-speed descending banked turn onto the runway approach, colliding with the B-17 and causing both planes to break apart and burst into flames. The B-17 had a crew of five, while the P-63 had a single occupant. All six died as confirmed by the Dallas County Medical Examiner. Both aircraft were destroyed on impact. The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) preliminary report, released on November 30, highlighted the absence of altitude deconfliction briefings and revealing that the P-63's GPS navigator failed to record any information during the flight, with the ATC audio released on January 12, 2023, confirming no altitude advice was provided. The NTSB's final report on the accident in December 2024 concluded that the probable cause of the accident was the air boss's and air show event organizer's inadequate prebriefing, relying solely on the air boss's real-time deconfliction directives and the see-and-avoid strategy for collision avoidance, which allowed for the loss of separation between the two aircraft. A contributing cause was a lack of FAA guidance and oversight of air bosses at air shows.