Leonard News

Two Leonard residents died early Saturday morning when the experimental aircraft they rode in crashed.

Voters with a preference for early voting will have two more days to cast ballots.

Fannin County Habitat for Humanity invites everyone to attend the first Volunteer Orientation for the Leonard home.

The donated walls to the newest Habitat project are being delivered on October 25 at 4 pm.

Whitewright ISD and Tom Bean ISD have always been rivals. But this year, they've added other schools to the mix.

The 2nd playhouse for Fannin County Family Crisis Center's Parade of Playhouses is on the Bonham square.

Some downtown streets will be closed and portions of Metro's light rail service suspended this weekend as wrecking crews tear down the original 103-year-old Savoy Hotel, which has been declared structurally unsound.

On September 24, the First National Bank of Trenton hosted a spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser to help Fannin County Habitat launch their fund-raising campaign for building the new Leonard home.

A Beaumont teen is facing charges after witnesses helped police connect him to an auto burglary on the citya s south side.

It has been a long time since the Lake Fannin Wilderness Park has seen an exciting Saturday like the one planned for September 5. Family-friendly activities include a ride along a challenging mountain bike trail, nature tours, history tours, volleyball, horseshoes, dominoes and a wide variety of local musicians that will provide a living soundtrack ...

A total of 589 students from all over Fannin County, including 319 students from Bonham, got off to a better start at school thanks to a generous community.

Indications are that a unified Bonham School Board will soon make a decision to ask voters to go the polls and approve a bond issue that would allow Bonham ISD to make notable improvements at several campuses.

Confederate leader Bob Lee was captured by his enemy Lewis Peacock who was a union leader and Peacock's men took Lee to the Choctaw bottoms not to take his life, but his fortune.

Fannin County Commissioners accepted the written resignation of the county's tax assessor, Pamela Sweet Richardson, at Monday morning's Commissioners' Court.

Leonard Library's Big Bag of Books Sale is set for Saturday, July 18, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Pre-sale starts July 7 - July 17 during regular hours inside the library located at 102 S. Main in Leonard, TX.

Baby Crawling Contest, Toddler Race, Hula Hoop and Jump Rope Contests, Parent/Child Activities, Art Contest Winners Announced, Arm Band Night, and Much, Much More Contests and Activities: O 6:30 p.m. - Baby Crawling Contest .

In 1880, Mexican soldiers killed Apache chief Victorio, Thomas Edison tested an electric railway and Wabash, Indiana became the first city in the world to be lighted electrically.

A handful of residents challenged proposed changes to the Denton Connect bus routes during a public meeting at Texas Woman's University Wednesday morning.

Seed quality for fall wheat planting in the Southwest may be iffy at best, hard to find at the very least and likely more expensive than usual.

On May 30, 2009, the Fannin County Sheriff's Office executed a 'No-Knock' search warrant at a residence located on FM 896 in the Valley Creek Area north of Leonard.