MillHouse Foundation and Cotton Mill Partners, Ltd. invite art lovers to spend the weekend at Summer ArtFest, a juried indoor art festival held August 29–30, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days at the historic McKinney Cotton Mill.

On July 29, 2026, the Fannin County District Attorney’s Office secured a decade of prison time for the offense of Sexual Assault/Child in the case against Trevor Wayne Brown, 27, of Bonham. The Honorable Judge Christina Tillett presided over the plea, which included a lifetime protective order for the victim, lifetime sex offender registration for the Defendant, and a waiver of the Defendant’s right to appeal.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials have announced upcoming nightly full closure of the US 75 southbound mainlanes beginning at 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. on July 30 until July 31. The US 75 southbound motorists will be detoured at Exit 65, southbound exit to Loy Lake Road, Sherman. Motorist will follow the marked detour and re-enter US 75 southbound mainlanes near Travis Street.

The staff at Fannin County Children's Center has 850 backpacks to fill and they can't do it without you! Volunteers and their friends are invited to stop by the Children's Center on Thursday, July 30 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. to help fill backpacks.

With time running out to either find a way to balance the county's 2026-2027 budget or dip into reserves, more bad news surfaced July 28 in a special meeting of commissioners court. Already $1,394,300.82 in the red, the county will need to budget a quarter-million dollars to pay for legal costs related to the six courthouse restoration indictments that were tossed out for Lack of Probable Cause. Fannin County Judge Newt Cunningham admitted that the $250,000 taxpayers will have to pony up because of the indictments is a "conservative" estimate. Fannin County had hoped that Texas Association of Counties (TAC) would represent it in this lawsuit, but at the moment TAC is denying coverage because in this situation it is member-against-member.

1945 – World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors. USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931, she was the flagship of the commander of Scouting Force 1 for eight years, then flagship for Admiral Raymond Spruance from 1943 to 1945 while he commanded the Fifth Fleet in battles across the Central Pacific during World War II. In July 1945, Indianapolis completed a top-secret high-speed trip to deliver uranium and other components for "Little Boy", the first nuclear weapon used in combat, to the Tinian Naval Base, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty. At 0015 on 30 July, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen aboard, about 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 890 faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning, and shark attacks while stranded in the open ocean, with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The Navy learned of the sinking four days later, when survivors were spotted by the crew of a PV-1 Ventura on routine patrol. A U.S. Navy PBY flying boat crew landed to save those in the water. Only 316 survived. No U.S. warship sunk at sea has lost more sailors. On 19 August 2017, a search team financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen located the wreckage in the Philippine Sea at a depth of about 18,000 feet. On 20 December 2018, the crew of Indianapolis was collectively awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.