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City signs agreements with concrete plants
Development agreements between the city and two concrete plants have received preliminary approval. At the Tuesday, March 26 city council meeting, board members examined a redeveloped agreement between the city and Listocon, also known as Reliable Concrete. The...
Growth continues for Farmersville
Growth and progress is the name of the game right now in Farmersville as future housing continues to be built. In Camden Park, for Phase 1 and 2, a total of 121 building permits have been issued by the city of Farmersville, according to information provided by...
Digging down deep: Prehistoric discovery uncovered by family
A Collin County family recently made quite the discovery, of a prehistoric nature, near Lake Lavon. Matthew Payne, of Wylie, along with his wife Tana Trent and her daughter Landry, 11, uncovered an 80-million year old mosasaur skeleton. Though the animal’s name may...
Foxes caged: Caddo Mills defeated in district action
Farmersville softball made it look easy in district action against Caddo Mills. They opened with a 12-0 five innings home and were victorious 12-2 on the road in 13-4A. In the opener the Lady Farmers got a seven strike out no hitter from Reese Fetty. Callie Yellin had...
Opinion: Medicare’s Hospital Compare website rates your local hospital care
Have you wondered how your area hospitals stack up in terms of the quality of care they provide? Emergencies obviously call for rushing to the nearest hospital. But when you have time to plan, it is worth doing some research and finding out which hospitals do the best...
IOOF donates to VALOR program for Sheriff’s office
The IOOF Lodge of Farmersville was recently called out: in a positive way by Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner. Recently, the local Odd Fellows Lodge donated funds to the Collin County Veterans Accessing Lifelong Opportunities for Rehabilitation (VALOR) and Sheriff’s...
Register to vote by April 4
Collin County residents planning to vote in the May 4 election need to register by Thursday, April 4. The election this year drew enough interest from hopefuls that both city council and school board races are contested. For the city council ballot, voters will choose...
School district employees to get 6 percent raise
All school employees in Farmersville ISD will see a 6 percent raise in the coming months. Farmersville School Board met in regular session Monday, March 25 to discuss salaries, stipends and certifications, with the most contentious item proving to be the salary...















