Bonham News

As Fannin County Commissioners Court prepares to consider the proposed budget for FY 2014 - 2015 and the proposed tax rate for FY 2014 - 2015 at a special meeting July 31, the court will no doubt be trying to build on its notable fiscal success of the past three years.

Weather Aware conditions continue overnight due to the potential for locally heavy rainfall.

Daniella is a Bonham native thrilled to be starting her journalism career in Texoma, and telling stories in the area where she grew up.

With the start of school less than one month away, families all over Fannin County are gearing up for getting back to school.

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Christian's birthday today! As the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on.

"Laurie's songs explore themes of identity, growth, friendship and love in a way that always honors the fundamental mysteries of the human journey.

Whether you work in the heat or try to get your work-out done in this heat, the 100 degree Texoma temperatures lately have been brutal.

Fondest memory while serving: "Sunday night dinners at Jones Field in Bonham Texas.

Thinking about fresh spinach from a winter garden, but crowded for space at home? Bonham Community Garden has a plot just for you.

Tours gathered Saturday at the Sam Rayburn House Museum for a special viewing of a historical quilt.

Quilters and quilt lovers have their plans all sewn up for this weekend because the 2014 Bonham Quilt Hop began Friday, July 25 and continues Saturday, July 26. The event kicked off Friday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. with quilt displays at eight locations around Bonham, showcasing historic, antique, and contemporary quilts, including quilts from the ... (more)

Of the 10 cities in Fannin County, only 3 have police departments with a chief, while 2 cities have suspended their police departments since April.

The 6th Annual Kids Entertaining Kids Fundraiser will be held Saturday, August 9, 2014, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Sherman Municipal Ballroom, 405 North Rusk.

Friends of Willow Wild and Bonham Purple Warriors young and older! Now that the Willow Wild Cemetery Association has been in possession of the cemetery for a while, our budget needs are coming into clearer focus.

Every quilt tells a story. Whether it is a baby quilt lovingly made by an expectant mother in the 1930s, a quilt pieced and embroidered by friends in the 1990s, a quilt sewn by a grandmother for her granddaughter's wedding in the 1960s or quilts purchased at antique quilt shows throughout the country to furnish the houses of a family ranch ... (more)

If you feel like eyes are following you as you walk through Powder Creek Park, maybe you're right; the Mississippi kites are back in town.

Many years ago a talented songwriter named Steve Goodman penned the words that made an Illinois Central train called The City of New Orleans famous.

The 2014 Bonham Quilt Hop begins Friday, July 25 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 26, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Quilts will be on display at eight different locations around Bonham.

Delano Smith, Family Self-Sufficiency Coordinator and native Bahamian, will present 'Secrets of The Bahamas'...at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, at the monthly Fannin Partners in Education presentation.

The Chamber's mission is to market the Bonham area by providing a base for beginnings, promote tourism, economic development, and commerce.