In a general election and a special election that will be held simultaneously May 2, 2026, Bonham voters will go to the polls to elect councilmembers to represent Ward 1, Ward 4, Ward 5, and a mayor to serve out a one-year unexpired term.

It was the late 1980s when Bonham residents Vera Ross and Mae Helen Higgs, sisters, were browsing through old family photographs, letters and other memorabilia that belonged to their parents, the late Sam and Marie Smith. Some of the items got them to wondering about interesting rumors that they had heard since childhood about their family. The rumors had always been surrounded by mystery.

Plano’s premier lifestyle destination celebrates Valentine’s Day Weekend 2026 with immersive installations, precious pop-ups, live music and delicious dining experiences!

The Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special guided tour, “Romance in the Gilded Age”, on Saturday, February 14, at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. This Valentine’s-themed tour explores the romantic lives of the Maxey and Long families and offers visitors a glimpse into courtship during the late 19th century.

You are invited to attend a Harmony House Concert on Sunday, February 8, '26, 3:00-5:00 p.m., featuring one of the most authentic female singer-songwriters ever, Bernice Lewis. Your hosts, Faye Wedell and Scott Lipsett, were fortunate to go on a rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon for ten days with Bernice ten years ago. Bernice is known for her many songs about the Grand Canyon, and her voice resonated off the Canyon walls during this memorable trip.

1968 – American civil rights movement: An attack on Black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation leaves three dead and 28 injured in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The Orangeburg Massacre was a shooting of student protesters on February 8, 1968, on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Nine highway patrolmen and one city police officer opened fire on a crowd of African American students, killing three and injuring twenty-eight. The shootings were the culmination of a series of protests against de facto racial segregation at a local bowling alley, marking the first instance of police killing student protestors at an American university. In the aftermath of the killings, the bowling alley and most remaining whites-only establishments in Orangeburg were desegregated. Federal prosecutors charged nine patrolmen with deprivation of rights under color of law by firing on the demonstrators, but they were acquitted in the subsequent trial.