Getty images Longer days and lighter schedules make summer perfect for relaxing, having fun outdoors and spending time with loved ones. However, more physical activity and time spent in the sun can also translate to increased health and safety risks. As you and your...
The Farmersville City Council has received an earful from residents in outlying areas who said they are unhappy with the city’s expansion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction. The council, convening its regular April 25 meeting at City Hall, welcomed a roomful of...
Farmersville Mayor Bryon Wiebold intended to conduct a question-and-answer session about an upcoming election on the future of the city’s economic development strategy. What he got, though, was a roomful of angry and seemingly confused residents upset over what they...
Kinsleigh Sawatsky is a young woman who intends to see as much of this “big world” as she can. She is using her feet to see that world and plans to keep on hiking along thousands of miles of trails through the United States. Sawatsky brought her message of adventure...
Assistant City Manager Mike Sullivan and newly designated Fire Chief Gregg Massey teamed up to deliver a brief report on crime statistics for the city last week to Rotary Club members. The advance reports of 2022 police and fire statistics were presented at the...
Christmas is a busy time for families as they prepare for Santa Claus’s visit and for getting ready for holiday meals at Grandma’s house. It’s also a busy period of the year for the Farmersville Rotary Club, which is committed to getting involved in community projects...
The Farmersville City Council has approved budgets for the city’s economic (4A) and community (4B) development commissions for the upcoming fiscal year that began on Oct. 1. Councilmembers voted unanimously on the budgets at their Sept. 27 regular meeting. The 4A...
Farmersville City Hall has set what amounts to a “drop dead” date on when it needs to hire someone to manage its accredited Main Street program. That date is Jan. 1, 2023. If the city doesn’t have someone hired and on the job by then, according to Mayor Bryon Wiebold,...
Farmersville Independent School District’s Board of Trustees, meeting Monday night in the high school cafeteria, spent next to no time disposing of a sparse agenda. The lengthiest discussion item on the agenda occurred at its beginning, during the constituent comment...
