The district clerk's office was all smiles as children from three area elementary schools stopped by the Fannin County Courthouse for a morning of trick-or-treating, costumes and sweet treats.

It’s showtime! Broadway Dallas and Broadway Across America announced that single tickets for the North American Tour of Beetlejuice, the edgy and irreverent Broadway smash hit musical comedy, are on sale. Back by popular demand, Beetlejuice will play a limited one-week engagement April 28 - May 2, 2027, at the Winspear Opera House as a season option in the 2026/2027 Broadway Dallas Series.

Snow Geese (and Ross Geese) season is almost here! Expect to see gaggles of geese mid to late November as they migrate to (and through) the refuge.

October and November are the two months when pedestrian crashes are most likely to happen in Texas. With Halloween bringing more people outside after dark and the end of daylight saving time making evenings darker, TxDOT is reminding everyone to watch out for people walking. In the Paris District in 2025, there were 39 traffic crashes involving pedestrians, resulting in 3 pedestrian fatalities and 11 pedestrian serious injuries.

Join us for an evening of haunted history, true ghost stories, and local legends as we explore the darker side of historic Downtown Denison, Texas! At each stop, you’ll hear about the real people, historic events, unexplained encounters, and ghostly activity that have become part of Denison’s haunted history. Tour Dates: Saturday, October 24 and Friday, October 30.

1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States. "The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air which was broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938 over the CBS Radio Network. The episode was directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds and is infamous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was actually taking place. The first half of the program was delivered in a realistic "breaking news" format. Since the Mercury Theatre on the Air had few commercial interruptions, the first break came after fictional reporters had described a devastating alien invasion and the fall of New York City. This apparently caused some confusion and fear among its listeners, though the scale of the panic is disputed. Officials with CBS became aware of the public's growing reaction while the show was still being performed live, and though there was some pressure to stop the production, it continued to its planned conclusion. There was widespread media outrage in the hours and days that followed. The program's news-bulletin format was described as deceptive by some newspapers and public figures, leading to an outcry against the broadcasters and calls for regulation by the FCC. Welles apologized at a hastily called news conference the next morning, and no punitive action was taken. The broadcast and subsequent publicity brought the 23-year-old Welles to the attention of the general public and gave him the reputation of an innovative storyteller and "trickster."