Bonham News

City of Bonham Downtown Lights Committee is so excited to announce that, with a nostalgic nod to holidays of yesteryear, the Chi Lambda service organization will be bringing back the downtown lighting ceremony, 'Carol of Lights.' This event will kick off around 6pm the evening of December 1 and will include local church bell choirs, school choirs, ...

The Bonham High School, L H Rather and I W Evans Bands would like to invite everyone out to the Bonham High School gym for their annual Christmas Concert.

The 11th annual Academic Excellence Awards Ceremony was held at the Bonham High School Gymnasium on Thursday, November 19th, 2009.

When the United States entered World War II in late 1941, one of the responsibilities assumed by the government was the proper housing of prisoners of war.

On November, 19 2009 McCraw Oil and Propane and the Railroad Commission of Texas' Alternative Fuels Division will put on a free propane training class in Bonham for area Volunteer Fire Departments.

At last week's Rotary Meeting, Rotarian Skip Jones's guest speaker was Johnny Neal who has been with State Farm for 35 years and has been working the last 12 years in the Special Investigation Unit .

At a recent Bonham Rotary meeting there were baby bottles waiting to be filled with loose change for the Fannin Pregnancy Care Center.

Seasonal flu continues throughout North Texas, and VA North Texas Health Care System has provided seasonal flu shots at its facilities in Dallas, Fort Worth, Bonham and Tyler since supplies became available in October.

The First Presbyterian Church of Bonham announced today that Sally Simpson , Habitat Board Member and FPC church member, presented Eva Fryar , Habitat Board Secretary a check for $1,000. Eva Fryar was happy to receive this donation at this time because Habitat for Humanity is starting a house in Leonard.

Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 16, 1959, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music,'' inspired by the real-life story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway with Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Capt.

Today is Monday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2009. There are 45 days left in the year.

Those in the Bonham area who are ready to take the GED Exam should mark a calendar for Nov.

Powder Creek Playground Committee in Bonham is hosting a fall festival to raise money to construct a new park and they need your help to make it all possible.

The residents of the Clyde W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home in Bonham didn't just give Ralph Hall a warm welcome Tuesday because he is a U.S. Congressman.

On November 11, residents of the Clyde W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home in Bonham will be honored with a visit from Congressman Ralph Hall, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

The First Annual Fannin County "Walk and Roll For Alzheimer's" will be held Saturday, November 14 at Powder Creek Park in Bonham.

Grayson County residents will honor veterans on Wednesday, first with a procession that begins at the County Courthouse, then with a ceremony at Veterans Field.

Federal investigators are looking into a plane crash that killed 2 people on Saturday.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING TAKE NOTICE THAT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FANNIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY COURTROOM FANNIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE BONHAM, TEXAS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 9:00 A.M. To consider any lawful subject which come before it, and specifically including the following: 1. Invocation 2. Public Forum 3. Approve ...

With beautiful weather attracting shoppers to Trade Days, a new exhibit at Creative Arts Center, a great community-based thrift store with unbelievable prices and dozens of sites to see around town on a crisp fall day, all signs point to a busy weekend in Bonham.