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Clark named FPD officer of the year

Clark named FPD officer of the year

Chris Clark, center, is recognized as the Farmersville Police Department’s 2025 Officer of the Year alongside Police Chief Marsha Phillips, left, and Rotary President Kyle Bellue. John Kanelis/The Farmersville Times Chris Clark, a member of the Farmersville Police...

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Lady Farmers lose first two games of season

Lady Farmers lose first two games of season

This past weekend, the Farmersville girls basketball team hit the court for the first time this season. After having their season delayed due to a long run in the volleyball playoffs and then again by a COVID delay, the Lady Farmers saw their season opener Friday...

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Early voting begins for state senate runoff

Early voting begins for state senate runoff

Early voting begins today for the runoff election between Shelly Luther and Drew Springer for the Texas Senate District 30 seat. Early voting will run from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 through Dec. 12 and from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14 and Tuesday,...

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COVID-19 hospitalizations trigger capacity reduction

COVID-19 hospitalizations trigger capacity reduction

Trauma Service Area E (TSA E) reached seven consecutive days where the percentage of COVID-19 confirmed patients in regional hospitals, as a percentage of available hospital beds, exceeded 15%. According to Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-32, occupancy...

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Research spotlights ‘invisible incentives’

Research spotlights ‘invisible incentives’

The Texas Enterprise Fund took a hit for lack of transparency in a new research paper from the National Freedom of Information Coalition. The paper by journalist Steve Miller is titled “Invisible Incentives: How Secrecy Impedes Evaluation and Accountability of...

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Lights, more on tap for holidays

Lights, more on tap for holidays

After weeks of hard work, and a bit of grumbling from a Grinch or two, the much-an­ticipated holiday lights are of­ficially on every evening start­ing at dusk along Farmersville Parkway. Numerous volunteers, some councilmembers, along with Mayor Bryon Wiebold and his...

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Help needed for Sonja’s Angels

Help needed for Sonja’s Angels

 Tamera Jones-Davis doesn’t want certain people to be for­gotten at Christmas this year. Those people are folks who live in nursing homes, and Sonja’s Forgotten An­gels asks for the public’s help in making their Christmas brighter. People may go to...

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Shop safe, discourage porch pirates

Shop safe, discourage porch pirates

Farmersville PD offers package program again this year Online shopping has made holiday shopping easier than ever, and this year the increase in online revenue may be pro­nounced as people continue to avoid crowds to protect them­selves from COVID-19. Howev­er, on the...

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Brandon Hankins prepares for life off the sideline

Brandon Hankins prepares for life off the sideline

After spending the last 15 years as a high school coach, Brandon Hankins is adjusting to his new role managing the athletic depart­ment. Serving as both Farmersville’s AD and football coach for the last three seasons, Hankins agreed on Oct. 23 alongside superintendent...

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