Blackland Prairie Raptor Center will be visiting the Rike Memorial Library in June as one of its summer programs. File art The Rike Memorial Library is gearing up for a summer full of family-friendly activities as part of its 2026 Summer Programs lineup, featuring...
The lawsuit between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the city of Farmersville in regard to the Islamic Association of Collin County (IACC) cemetery project has been dismissed. The DOJ filed a lawsuit April 16 alleging that the city violated the Religious Land...
Discrimination against religious land use in Farmersville has not only garnered negative international media attention, now city officials have to get sensitivity training. In a settlement agreement between the city of Farmersville and the U.S. Department of Justice...
A series of public meetings regarding the Hwy. 380 expansion project from Denton County to the Hunt County Line will be held during the first week of May. TxDOT will be presenting the preferred alignment of a new east-west corridor through Collin County, which is the...
The Farmers closed out the District 13-4A slate. They fell 5-0 on the road to Caddo Mills and bounced back with an 8-4 win over Quinlan Ford. Honored before the final home game were seniors Christian Chambers, Braxton Hacker, Michael Bagwill, Bailey Abbott, Clay...
“It’s just a drill.” “They don’t do drills for stuff like this, idiot.” For students at Farmersville High School, a lockdown drill is familiar territory as students participate in two lockdowns per semester. FHS Senior Savannah Phifer is directing her senior showcase...
Early last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a roadmap outlining our efforts to address the national opioid epidemic. The roadmap details our three-pronged approach, including prevention of new cases of opioid use disorder (OUD),...
The city of Farmersville recently had its hand slapped by the United States Department of Justice in regard to alleged religious discrimination against the Islamic Association of Collin County during the cemetery process. According to a recently signed settlement...
A capital murder indictment has been handed down by the Collin County Grand Jury in the death of 1-year-old Mailee Bautista. The grand jury indicted Mailee’s father Adrian Rafael Bautista, 23, Thursday, April 11 for capital murder of a person under 10 years of age. If...
