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...
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...
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....
Some district and county attorneys reportedly have begun to dismiss misdemeanor marijuana possession cases following the Texas Legislature’s passage of House Bill 1325, a law creating a legal path for the cultivation and marketing of hemp and hemp products. Gov. Greg...
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...
Roads are the topic of discussion on social media, restaurants, downtown events and even at the local Dairy Queen. How roads are funded, who is responsible for costs associated with byways and how road repairs are prioritized can be a confusing subject. In the eastern...
For the second time in as many seasons there will be a new Farmersville head cross country coach. Jared Masood took over for Kevyn Tramell, who also served as the girls soccer head coach in 2019. He will also assist new boys and girls soccer head coach Chris Chase....
It’s time to clean up, ladies and gentlemen – the city of Farmersville’s annual clean up event is just around the corner. Saturday, July 20 will afford residents the opportunity to make their homes and property spiffy. “We really hope people will take this opportunity...
The Collin County Sheriff’s Office has released the Farmersville Police Department blotter for July 4 – July 11. Calls for traffic stops and traffic enforcement areas have been omitted. July 4 00:06, Arrest, 304 E. Audie Murphy Pkwy. 03:49, Susp. veh., 707 McKinney...
