The future of Farmersville’s long-running “Old Time Saturday” event is uncertain as organizers face ongoing challenges with volunteer support, a concern raised during the Monday, April 6, City Council meeting. Dustin Tarrant, a board member of Farmersville Centennial...
Farmersville Police Department and Farmersville Fire Department officers are excited to get to meet their neighbors and National Night Out offers a perfect time to do so. This year National Night Out is being held in downtown Farmersville from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m....
A special interim committee of state lawmakers met July 24 at the Texas Capitol to further explore what can be done to prevent mass shootings like the one that resulted in 10 deaths and 10 injuries in May at Santa Fe High School. Testimony before a hearing of the...
Psychological prevention and treatment for students is the best way to head off school violence, mental health professionals told a panel of state lawmakers on July 18. This was the third in a series of interim hearings for the Senate Select Committee on Violence in...
A severe accident was reported in the westbound lane of Hwy. 330 and the intersection of CR 559 with a tour bus rear-ending an overturned fuel tanker. 70 casualties are initially reported. Heavy fog in the area makes it impossible for drivers to see the crash and...
Farmersville certified property tax values released by Collin Central Appraisal District in July increased from estimates made earlier this year. Collin CAD released its property tax estimates in late March and the certified values on July 18. The certified values are...
The Farmersville ISD school board recently approved several changes to employee, student and athletics handbooks. At a meeting Monday, July 23, the board voted to update the district’s handbooks. Many of the changes involve dress code. Officials hope that tightening...
Farmersville’s Caleb Twyford and Princeton’s Colt Collins were featured in the college section of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. Twyford, a sophomore, was listed second on the Texas State depth chart at the slot receiver position. Ahead of him was senior...
Health care is a multi-faceted issue with the complexity increasing through insurance needs, long wait times and gaps in coverage. Despite being number one in the state for health factors and number three for health behaviors in 2018, according to...
