Leonard News

Regarding "Give terrorist a trial - for our sakes" , Leonard Pitts is correct when stating that we need to give the terrorists fair trials.

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 23, 2009 9:00 A.M. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1. Invocation 2. Public Forum 3. Approve minutes of previous meeting 4. Discussion, consideration and action to approve Resolution ...

Area Fannin County schools were presented $750 grants from Kwik Chek Food Stores/McCraw Oil Company through the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program.

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.

Five local people recently completed thirty hours of training in order to become volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children in the custody of the state.

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.