Early voting is ending for the Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election that has at least two ballot issues for Collin County voters. Early voting began Monday, Oct. 20, and ends Friday, Oct. 31. Polls are open Election Day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All Texas voters are being...
Farmersville’s police department had what could be described as an up-and-down year fighting crime, according to end-of-year statistics released by Police Chief Marsha Phillips. The department showed a slight decline in overall calls for service in 2023, logging 5,863...
The Angel Tree program finished its 2023 season on a positive note in mid-December. Once again, Farmersville Outreach Alliance lent a helping hand to Santa and provided gifts to 309 children in Farmersville this year. By Norishka Pachot For more on this story see the...
The extreme cold weather prediction for the Dallas/Fort Worth area has prompted the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to issue a weather watch for Jan. 15-17. The weather watch, according to ERCOT, is a 3–5-day advance notification of “forecasted...
Students at Clark Middle School will get an extended holiday break because of construction delayed by a workplace accident. “This has been one hellacious mess but we’re getting it done,” said Asa Womack, Sr., one of the contractors. Regular Princeton ISD classes...
Pay online, don’t stand in line. That’s the message from Collin County Tax Assessor-Collector Kenneth Maun, who reminds property owners that 2023 taxes are due Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. More than 450,000 tax notices mailed last October already included rate reductions...
It’s been a year since longtime Wylie resident, and former justice of the peace for nearly a decade, retired from public service. Jerry Shaffer, the namesake of the football stadium near Burnett Junior High School in Wylie, called it quits on his working life at 82...
Memberships and summer program attendance were on the upswing at Farmersville’s Rike Library in 2023. Although the local library did not offer any new programs, the free events that took place in June and July again this year were well attended by the community said...
2023 was a year of reflection for city leaders as Farmersville celebrated 150 years of existence through several sesquicentennial events and recognitions. Traditional gatherings such as Old Time Saturday, Audie Murphy Day and Farmersville Lights all paid homage to the...
