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Bluegrass, classics roll into downtown Wylie

Bluegrass, classics roll into downtown Wylie

The Grascals, a Nashville-based bluegrass band, will headline Bluegrass on Ballard this year. Courtesy photo Downtown Wylie will once again fill with music, chrome and festival activity when Bluegrass on Ballard returns Saturday, May 30, for a full day of free...

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Service calls

Service calls

When you grow up in a Southern church, you learn how things are done. And how they’re not done. Some kids learn early. Some kids never get it. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church was a small, white frame structure. Like many churches of mid-20th Century America, it was...

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Farmersville ISD adopts lower tax rate

Farmersville ISD adopts lower tax rate

Farmersville ISD trustees approved a lower tax rate for the 2025-26 year at their Aug. 27 meeting while also opening extracurricular opportunities to homeschool students. The board set the total tax rate at $1.215 per $100 valuation, a decrease of 2.44 cents from the...

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EDC earns innovation award

EDC earns innovation award

Farmersville EDC was announced as a winner of the 2025 Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award from the International Economic Development Council. Courtesy photo The Farmersville Economic Development Corporation has been recognized with a 2025 Excellence in...

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State Fair of Texas preparing for 24-day run

State Fair of Texas preparing for 24-day run

The State Fair of Texas Midway beckons with all of its sights, smells, sounds and thrills. Courtesy Kevin Brown/State Fair of Texas® The State Fair of Texas will return to Dallas’ Fair Park this fall with 24 days of entertainment, agriculture, and community events,...

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Rodeo rides again in Wylie

Rodeo rides again in Wylie

The 32nd Annual Wylie Champion Rodeo will be back next month with two nights of UPRA-sanctioned rodeo, food, vendor booths and more. The Wylie Championship Rodeo is back for its 32nd year with two nights of family fun on Friday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 13. The...

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Old Time Saturday returns for 45th year in October

Old Time Saturday returns for 45th year in October

Old Time Saturday will be held Oct. 4. The smell of kettle corn, the sound of revving engines and the sight of kids darting through downtown with funnel cakes in hand can mean only one thing—Old Time Saturday is back in Farmersville. The 45th annual celebration takes...

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Making a dash for it

Making a dash for it

Columnist John Moore no longer has an 8-track in his car, but he hangs on to the technology in his house. Courtesy John Moore When long hair was hot, the measure of male teenage coolness in the 1970s, was the sound system in your ride.  Your car could burn...

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