Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Fannin County Master Gardeners will host a fun and informative session on rainwater harvesting on Friday, May 8, 2026 at the Derrell Hall Education Center, located at 2505 N. Center Street in Bonham. The morning session is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. until noon and the optional afternoon workshop will be from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

A recently published paper by Texas A&M University researchers examines the health benefits of coffee and reveals there is still much to explore about coffee’s impact on human health. (Laura McKenzie, Michael Miller, Shelby Dittman/Texas A&M AgriLife)

The fifth annual Juneteenth Fashion Show presented by Legacy West and produced by Think Three Media will return to the Lexus Box Garden at Legacy Hall on June 19, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. photo credit: Ari Talton

Whether you’re brand new to canning or looking to refresh your skills, this workshop will walk you through the essentials in a fun and approachable way. Each participant will take home a helpful booklet filled with canning instructions and easy recipes to get you started at home. RSVP required

Heard-Craig Center for the Arts invites you for a night of exciting music as Tony Stride and company provide a musical experience for all to enjoy. Located in the elegant Heard-Craig Center in downtown McKinney, Tony Stride presents Strings that Sing featuring the violin sounds of Austin Smith (jazz violin). Dancing is optional but encouraged if jazz is your muse! Refreshments available. Open to the public with reservations.

1915 – World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire. RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her running mate Mauretania three months later. In 1907, she gained the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing, which had been held by German ships for a decade. Though reserved for conversion as an armed merchant cruiser, Lusitania was not commissioned as such during WWI but continued a transatlantic passenger service, sometimes carrying war materials, including a quantity of .303 ammunition, in her cargo. The German submarine U-20 hit her with a torpedo on 7 May 1915 at 14:10, 13 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, leading to her sinking about 18 minutes later. Only six of several dozen lifeboats and rafts were successfully lowered; there were 763 survivors out of the 1,960 people on board, while 1,197 perished. The sinking killed more than a hundred US citizens and significantly increased American public support for entering the war, which occurred in 1917 with the United States declaration of war on Germany.