Columnist John Moore grew up eating at cafeterias. Today, if he wants those dishes, he has to make them himself. Photo: John Moore Luby’s. Bryce’s. Wyatt’s. Piccadilly. All cafeterias. Many gone. If you grew up in the South in the 50s, 60s, or 70s, odds are you had a...
If residents have heard a lot of sirens today it's due to multiple wrecks and a rekindling of a fire that occurred off CR 610 yesterday. The fire rekindled around 9:30 p.m. Monday, July 23, 1:23 p.m. and 4:59 p.m. Tuesday, July 24. Around 5 p.m. today there was a...
A grass fire led to a structure fire off of CR 610 Monday, July 23 where a home was completely destroyed. Princeton, Blue Ridge, Merit, Wylie, Caddo Mills, Greenville, Josephine and Texas A&M Forest Service responded to the fire. The Farmersville Police...
The Regional 10-Year Plan, which identifies major projects to be implemented in Dallas-Fort Worth, will be presented at a public meeting at 6 p.m. July 23 in Arlington. Residents will have the opportunity to provide input on the Regional Transportation Council’s list...
The future Farmersville Collin College campus and associated city projects were under discussion at the recent city council meeting. City Manager Ben White updated city council Tuesday, July 10 on several projects from the city surrounding the campus. The campus,...
The jury is still out on the effects of the tariffs placed on imports by President Donald Trump and reactions to those surcharges are mixed among local business owners. The president has put tariffs on an ever-growing list of goods, including lumber from Canada,...
The friendly folks at Independent Bank are doing their best to help out the community by hosting a school supply drive. The drive, will help Farmersville ISD students in Pre-K through 12th grade and will run Monday, July 23 through Friday, Aug. 10. “We just wanted to...
There will be a new head coach guiding Farmers basketball next season. Taking over that group will be Jordan Bedford. He was previously in charge of the boys basketball program at Kemp starting with the 2012-’13 season. He assisted with the varsity baseball team....
Dawn Struthers can’t afford to go to the doctor to get the medicine she needs these days. As a diabetic, the Princeton resident is playing Russian Roulette with her health due to lack of income. “I flat out cannot afford to go to the doctor. I need to as I am a...
