Farmersville Mayor Craig Overstreet, acknowledging his plate as mayor is overflowing, is asking for a “little bit of grace” as he settles into the job to which he was elected this past May. “I have only been at this job for about 100 days,” Overstreet said in asking...

Christi Houston is the new executive director of the Farmersville Chamber of Commerce. Christi Houston didn’t have to move far to find a nearly perfect job. The Farmersville resident is the new executive director of the Farmersville Chamber of Commerce, leaving a...

All the spring and summer budget planning came to a closure on Monday, Aug. 26 as trustees unanimously approved the 2024 tax rate. The proposed rate and accompanying resolution were presented by Anna Baker, the district’s chief financial officer/assistant...

If you keep up with the city’s budget process, including the setting of a tax rate, you probably have heard of a couple of tax rate terms. One is “no-new-revenue” and the other is “voter-approval”. In a bid to help the public better understand property tax...