The future of Farmersville’s long-running “Old Time Saturday” event is uncertain as organizers face ongoing challenges with volunteer support, a concern raised during the Monday, April 6, City Council meeting. Dustin Tarrant, a board member of Farmersville Centennial...
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...
Farmersville ISD administrators are slowly but surely getting plans in motion for the upcoming school year. A first day of school has not yet been set. According to Superintendent Micheal French, the situation is currently too fluid to allow for specifics. He noted,...
Farmersville residents celebrating the Fourth of July this weekend are reminded that it is illegal to discharge fireworks inside city limits. Violation of the ban can lead to a citation and confiscation of the fireworks. The annual Sparks of Freedom event hosted by...
The Farmersville City Council, culminating a process that has been several weeks in the making, has installed and replaced several members of boards and commissions. The changes and appointments were made at the June 23 council meeting as a result of a concerted...
Applications for new student housing at Collin College are now open with limited space available. The newly renovated student housing is located on the college’s Plano Campus (Spring Creek) at 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano....
