Farmersville residents in the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction raised questions about emergency services during the Dec. 1 regular city council meeting, even as the recent proposition to form an emergency services district for unincorporated areas passed...
Keeping up with growth was also a top priority for Farmersville ISD during 2023. The year witnessed the school district opening several new facilities funded through a previous successful bond election. The newest building at Farmersville High School celebrated its...
North Texas’s freshman Republican congressman, Keith Self of McKinney, said he was voting enthusiastically in favor of the resolution calling for an inquiry into impeaching President Biden. Self, speaking on a telephone town hall Dec. 12, from his Washington, D.C.,...
Farmersville has a walking bridge that is a work in progress. According to the president of the city’s 4B Community Development Council board, the work is nearing an end. However, 4B president Steve Casperi said there’s still plenty of heavy lifting to complete. “I...
Tiffany Barber has only been on the job since September as the new compliance officer for the city of Farmersville, but she has “hit the ground running” according to Ben White, city manager. Barber updated council on the status of code compliance and her ideas for...
Memories were shared and veterans were honored last week in a final end-of-year tribute that took place at the IOOF Cemetery in Farmersville and more than 4,700 cemeteries across the nation. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Lodge 228 hosted its second...
The Dec. 11 filing deadline has passed for the March 5, 2024, Republican and Democratic primaries. The Secretary of State’s office publishes a list of candidates accepted by the parties, but the parties have five days to submit the list and it could be Dec. 19 before...
“Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve” is the FFA motto many have learned through their high school experience. Those words have never been truer as Farmersville FFA students performed for parents, administrators, school board members and...
Last Friday’s festivities officially kicked off the sesquicentennial holiday season for Farmersville. The community showed up in full force to witness the debut of the annual light display on Farmersville Parkway at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 and the tree lighting in...
