Eli, Sabba and their sister Sky relax in an enclosure at their new home after traveling from Amarillo to Wylie last week. The siblings, along with another lion, three tigers and 10 lemurs, are among the newest arrivals at In-Sync Exotics. Courtesy Lon Ricker for...
As retail changes and shopping flees toward the future, the Farmers and Fleas market offers a wide number of opportunities both for vendors and eager shoppers. Saturday, Aug. 4 marked the 14th anniversary of the Farmers and Fleas market in downtown Farmersville. “The...
As a media professional, I assume that you, the reader, know what you get as a subscriber to your local newspaper. But we’ve all heard what assume can mean, so I’m going to explain why it’s important you pay for an annual subscription and what you get with that...
National Night Out festivities drew a large crowd in downtown Farmersville Tuesday, Aug. 7 as community members interacted with firefighters and law enforcement personnel. It also afforded them a chance to have fun by sinking first responders, including Police Chief...
Kids enjoyed a winter and penguin themed Summer Reading Club meeting at Rike Library Wednesday, Aug. 1. For more photos of the event see the Aug. 9 edition of The Farmersville Times.
The city of Farmersville has started its budget work and a tax rate decrease is in the works. Preliminarily, the city is discussing dropping the tax rate from 78 cents per $100 valuation to 75 cents per $100 valuation, a 3-cent decrease. Within this tax rate, 34 cents...
Farmersville Outreach Alliance Food Pantry is on the move during the month of August and will be temporarily relocated to the First United Methodist Church. Currently at the IOOF Lodge, the pantry has to be relocated due to the lodge becoming more active in the...
With an increase of school shootings, safety is a paramount concern as the upcoming school year is beginning. Farmersville Independent School District takes safety seriously and unlike many other districts has their own police department under the direction of newly...
Farmersville proved itself to be one of the top teams in Class 3A volleyball over the previous four seasons. They’ll look to do the same at the 4A level in the upcoming campaign. Like every other year, head coach Harold Davis has put together a tough non-district...
