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Prices to be shopped on indoor facility

Farmersville Independent School District trustees agreed to do some price shopping before making a decision to construct an indoor athletic practice facility for which it has received a pledged gift of $750,000. The school board met in regular session Monday, July 23....

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Masons present scholarship funds

Masons present scholarship funds

Members of the Farmersville Masonic Lodge No. 214 recently honored several Farmersville students at a special scholarship recognition ceremony. The ceremony was held Tuesday, July 16 as students, parents and special guests were welcomed into the lodge for dinner and...

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Suspect arrested after foot chase

Suspect arrested after foot chase

A warrant arrest ended up in a foot chase last week for Farmersville Police Department officers. At 7 a.m. Thursday, July 18 officers responded to the 300 block of Merit Street in reference to a warrant service for Bobby L. Henderson, 53. Officers made contact with...

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FFA students go to state speaking contest

FFA students go to state speaking contest

Audri Boring and Hudson Gray, of the Farmersville FFA chapter, competed in the Texas FFA Prepared Public Speaking Contest at the 91th annual Texas FFA State Convention held July 15-19 in Fort Worth. To qualify for the state competition, Boring and Gray advanced...

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Texas tuition plan deadline nears

Texas tuition plan deadline nears

The deadline is a week away, July 31, for Texas families to enroll their newborns in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®that allows them to lock in today’s public college and university tuition rates. Newborns are children younger than one year at the time of enrollment....

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Unemployment rate 3.2 percent in county

Unemployment rate 3.2 percent in county

At 3.2 percent, the unemployment rate for Collin County in June was slightly below that of Texas and the United States, figures released by Texas Workforce Commission show. Unemployment for the state in June was 3.6 percent and for the country was 3.8 percent. “June’s...

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