Red River Station welcomes back, Max & Heather Stalling, to our Indoor Acoustic Series, Saturday December 20. Max and Heather, married since 2007, are finally combining their musical talents to create a captivating project. Max handles rhythm guitar and lead vocals, while Heather brings her exceptional fiddle skills and harmony vocals to the stage. After years of individual success, their collaboration promises a fresh and exciting musical experience.

Five candidates will vie for the position of Fannin County Judge. Other contested races include Pct. 2 commissioner, Pct. 4 commissioner, county treasurer, and Justice of the Peace for Pct 2.

Jessie Davidson as Elphaba and Zoe Jensen as Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked. Broadway Dallas and Broadway Across America (BAA) are pleased to announce Wicked, Dallas’s most popular musical, will return to the Music Hall at Fair Park May 6 – June 14, 2026, as part of the 2025/2026 Broadway Series presented by Broadway Dallas. Tickets for the return engagement went on sale Friday, December 5. photo by Joan Marcus

A vocal ensemble comprised of local junior high school choirs under the direction of Melody Cherry presented Fannin County Commissioners Court with a medley of Christmas carols. photo by Lisa Loiselle

John Burnett was sworn in as the new mayor of Bonham. Kevin Hayes took the oath to be the new mayor pro tem and Colby Davis was named the Employee of the Quarter at the Bonham City Council meeting.

1830 – birth of Emily Dickinson, American poet. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's home in Amherst. Evidence suggests that Dickinson lived much of her life in isolation. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a penchant for white clothing and was known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even to leave her bedroom. Dickinson never married, and most of her friendships were based entirely upon correspondence. Although Dickinson was a prolific writer, her only publications during her lifetime were one letter and 10 of her nearly 1,800 poems. The poems published then were usually edited significantly to fit conventional poetic rules. Her poems were unique for her era; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality (two recurring topics in letters to her friends), aesthetics, society, nature, and spirituality.