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FHS marching season begins

FHS marching season begins

Heading into a new school year, the Farmersville High School Marching Band hopes to get back to performing safe­ly and easily after a long period away from one another. During a summer break headlined by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Farmersville band maintained social...

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District hires director of communications

District hires director of communications

Farmersville ISD has a new addition to the administrative team. Corey Krick has taken over the newly-created position of Director of Communications. She grew up in Plano, studied criminal justice at Texas Christian University, and then switched paths to work for an...

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Collin College opening Wylie campus for fall

Collin College opening Wylie campus for fall

A dream of almost two decades to operate a Collin College campus in the south­eastern part of the county be­comes reality Aug. 24 when the recently completed Wylie campus opens for classes. The 340,000 square foot campus was built from the ground up on a Country Club...

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TIRZ to help fund parkway development

TIRZ to help fund parkway development

 Tommy Ellison, chairman of the Farmersville Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, calls it a “missed estimate.” The joint city-Collin County entity is prepared to step up to help Farmersville cover the ex­tra cost it has incurred on an im­portant parkway development...

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The right way to buy American? Slow and steady

The right way to buy American? Slow and steady

The White House may soon issue an executive order that would require drug companies to manufacture certain essential medicines here in the United States. Lawmakers in both parties are pushing for more domestic manufacturing of drugs and medical products. Proponents of...

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Season starts Aug. 20 for Farmers

Season starts Aug. 20 for Farmers

Coaches released a revised football schedule for Farmersville High School on Thursday July 23.  This follows the announcement by the UIL stating that conferences 1A-4A can proceed as scheduled for fall athletics. The season will open with a warm up scrimmage...

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County election websites reviewed

County election websites reviewed

While heading to the polls in two months may not be top of mind, the League of Women Voters of Texas have been busy preparing for the upcoming November election. The group conducted its sixth survey of Texas county websites in July.  This review was narrow in scope,...

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