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Texas boomtowns lead in population growth

Texas boomtowns lead in population growth

Texas is home to the Top 5 fastest-growing cities by percentage of population, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. Celina, which had been No. 1 in 2023, stole the spotlight from Princeton for the period July 2024 to July 2026.  The Census Bureau estimated Celina grew...

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Local, state leaders battle COVID surge, each other

Local, state leaders battle COVID surge, each other

Texas topped 1 million COVID-19 cases as some counties reimposed restrictions that had been loosened after this summer’s spike. Particularly hard-hit El Paso extended its temporary shutdown of nonessential businesses, but the Texas Eighth Court of Appeals ruled 2-1...

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Habitat for Humanity builds homes, hope for families

Habitat for Humanity builds homes, hope for families

Christmas 2020 will be a new experience this year for six Collin County families - three in Wylie, one in Plano and two in McKinney - who moved into new homes thanks to Habitat for Humanity of Collin County. Laura Manning and her two children, Emily, 9, and Aidan, 10,...

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The case for holiday lights

The case for holiday lights

 Farmersville Lights, a planned Christmas celebra­tion that aims to give resi­dents and visitors to the city something to cheer during this year of the pandemic, drew some serious questions from a city council member, but it will go on as planned. Councilman...

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CDC issues guidelines for holiday season

CDC issues guidelines for holiday season

 With the holiday season fast approaching and a recent rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control have issued several guidelines to spend time with family safely. The CDC is urging families to modify their plans to reduce the spread of...

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Farmers lose season opener to Legacy Christian

Farmers lose season opener to Legacy Christian

Getting ready for the first game of the season can be a difficult challenge. It becomes even tougher when your head coach is not leading on the sideline. That situation presented it­self to the Farmersville boys basketball team, as the Farm­ers played their first game...

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Changing of the guard for Boy Scout Troop 310

Changing of the guard for Boy Scout Troop 310

Farmersville Boy Scout Troop 310 will experience a change in leadership at the end of this year.  After serving as Scoutmaster of the troop for the last five years, Kyle Odom will step down at the Troop’s next charter renewal, which takes place in December. Odom...

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Zombies invade Farmersville

Zombies invade Farmersville

FHS theatre hosts ‘How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse’ This past week, Farmersville High School hosted their fall show in front of a live audience, performing Thursday, Nov. 5 at the FHS gym. Instead of the traditional fall musical, FHS chose to act out a holiday...

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Workshops scheduled to help shape city’s growth

Workshops scheduled to help shape city’s growth

If you’d like to have a hand in shaping the future of Farmersville, city officials want your input.  As part of an information gathering process, the public is invited to attend upcoming workshops and offer feedback and opinions about how they’d like to see the...

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