See more, spend less with these road-ready travel ideas By Carrie Dunlea Summer travel is shaping up to be more expensive than ever, and for many Americans, that means rethinking long-haul flights and overseas adventures. Rising airfare and overall travel costs have...
The spring and summer months are prime time for boating in Texas. This means learning how to be safe while on the water is crucial. Just like driving, it is recommended anyone interested in owning or renting a boat take a boating safety course. The important...
Summertime is sipping an ice-cold strawberry margarita. It’s wearing a brand-new swimsuit and a perfectly floppy straw hat. It’s relaxing in cold water while the hot Texas sun beats down on you. It’s making memories that will last all year! But this year,...
FHS seniors and their loved ones won’t have to travel far for graduation next week. On Wednesday, July 1, Superintendent Micheal French announced that the ceremony’s location was switched to Farmersville Stadium, 1198 Hwy. 78. It will still take place at 8:30 p.m....
Farmersville does not at the moment have a manager to run its Main Street program, but the president of the city’s Main Street board of directors is expressing high confidence that the city will find a qualified candidate to continue working on reviving the city’s...
Couple restores 100-year-old garage sale find Dawn Costello has a love of antiques and a keen eye for finding treasures at garage sales. In fact, a 100-year-old door that was once used in Dyer Drug Store now has a new home in what Dawn and her husband Mark...
The famous line "Howdy, folks!" said by Big Tex every year at the State Fair of Texas will be missing this fall. The State Fair of Texas Board of Directors voted on Tuesday to cancel the annual fair held in Fair Park in Dallas due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic....
Football season will be here before we know it, at least we hope. The Farmersville Farmers football team has started workouts at the school in accordance with the UIL mandate that schools could start practicing on June 8. This is the first time the kids have...
A 44-year-old Murphy man, Fahad H. Shah, faces eight charges alleging he defrauded the government of $1.6 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program funds and a separate civil case to forfeit the house he purchased in 2018. The charges were unsealed and he was...
