Rural Collin County residents will soon have an emergency services district to provide fire protection outside city limits. Complete, unofficial returns in the Tuesday, Nov. 4, election show the proposal to create ESD-1 was favored by 6,594 voters or 72.57% of the...
Street reconstruction of Davis (Prospect) and Rike Street to Austin was listed as the No. 1 priority on the City of Farmersville Street Priority List. The list includes 53 streets with four slated for TIRZ only funding, 11 for TIRZ/City funding and the remaining to be...
The tornado that hit Copeville and other parts of Collin County in 2015 rolled this vehicle. File photo The Federal Emergency Management Agency predicts Collin County has a high risk of tornadoes this year, but that’s nothing new. For starters, more tornadoes have...
Farmersville taxpayers 65 or older and those who are disabled may see additional tax relief coming their way as soon as next year. Councilmembers discussed the current exemption of $10,000 at the Tuesday, March 12 regular monthly meeting. City Manager Ben White...
As spring approaches, Habitat for Humanity of Collin County (HHCC) is gearing up to begin construction in Princeton on a new home on Harrelson Drive. Last year, Habitat volunteers built an 1,180-square-foot house for Amanda Martinez and her two daughters. The wall...
In the lightning-fast world of fiber-optic internet, an initial idea can sometimes plod along at a painfully slow pace. That’s the case with the advent of high-speed fiber-optic internet to Farmersville. Nevertheless, residents and business within the city limits of...
Farmersville Independent School District Micheal French believes the school district he runs is getting a new high school for a third of the price it would normally have cost. Why is that? “Because to build a high school from scratch,” he said, “it would have cost...
Three Texas House members from Collin County apparently survived Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to punish them for supporting his impeachment. Another has been forced into a GOP primary runoff with two Paxton-backed challengers. Paxton, who was acquitted by the...
At approximately 9:51 am today, the Collin County Sheriff's office reported deputies were dispatched to a major vehicle accident, involving a pedestrian off County Road 615 in Farmersville. The pedestrian was pronounced dead by medical personnel on scene. The driver,...
