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Cemetery association unveils beautification updates

Cemetery association unveils beautification updates

New soil and concrete at the entrances of the IOOF Cemetery are part of the beautification efforts completed over the summer. Courtesy Billie Goldstein The IOOF Farmersville Cemetery Association has been diligently working on beautification efforts for the historic...

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Weightlifter sees second Olympics as a gift

Weightlifter sees second Olympics as a gift

Jourdan Delacruz is competing in the weightlifting competition at the Paris Olympics. This is the second trip to the Olympics for the former Wylie ISD student. Courtesy Team USA When Jourdan Delacruz moved from Wylie to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training...

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Podcast explores decades-old murder

Podcast explores decades-old murder

Murder victim Angela Stevens was in the eighth grade at Princeton High School in 1986. Courtesy photo It was a parent’s worst nightmare: a 16-year-old daughter sneaked out of her bedroom one night and never returned. Her brutalized body was found 11 days later. A new...

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From business park to parking lot

From business park to parking lot

An aerial view looking north from Hwy 78 shows Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railroad’s new automotive terminal. The 30-acre lot, located east of Spring Creek Parkway, is designed to temporarily hold automobiles for distribution to neighboring markets. Photo by...

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Food pantry grows to meet area needs

Food pantry grows to meet area needs

Amazing Grace Food Pantry in Wylie now has a new parking lot with lights and 73 parking spaces, more than doubling the number of spaces. Amazing Grace Food Pantry in North Wylie recently celebrated the culmination of an ambitious five-year goal: the completion of a...

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Congressman delivers message to Rotarians

Congressman delivers message to Rotarians

U.S. Rep. Keith Self, center, talks to John Kanelis, a Farmersville Rotary Club member, at the Tuesday, July 16, luncheon. U.S. Rep. Keith Self came to Farmersville to inform his constituents that his staff is there to serve them on any matter dealing with federal...

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Young man recognized for bravery

Young man recognized for bravery

Mayor Craig Overstreet presents Karter Dodson with a certificate proclaiming July 9, 2024, as “James Karter Dodson Day” in Farmersville in recognition for his bravery in saving the life of another swimmer at the Lakehaven subdivision pool last month. Farmersville City...

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Women thought to have been trafficked

Women thought to have been trafficked

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is among agencies investigating charges alleging four Collin County residents had been trafficking female immigrants. The Princeton Police Department filed the charges in March after finding 15 women in a house on Ginsburg...

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