Farmersville will once again host its annual Old Time Saturday (OTS) event, a daylong celebration that pays tribute to the town’s rich heritage while raising funds for local causes. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 5, and will feature a wide array of...
Councilmembers went a step further and granted a tax freeze for senior citizens and disabled taxpayers for 2024 at last week’s city council meeting. Previously, council approved an increase in the exemption amount to $30,000 for these two groups. By Cole McClendon For...
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...
If you look at what’s missing from this great land, it’s, a barstool on which to sit, good home cookin’, and a counter on which to eat it. The diners of yesterday need a revival. By John Moore For more stories about the Farmersville community see the...
Voters have replaced Place 3 Collin College Trustee Stacey Donald with challenger Cathie Alexander, according to complete, unofficial returns from the Saturday, June 10, runoff election.Collin County Elections also reported Place 2 Trustee Jay Saad was reelected,...
Runoff election early voting is right around the corner as voters will cast their ballots for two trustee positions on the Collin College board. The runoff election day is Saturday, June 10, with an early voting window that is set to begin Tuesday, May 30, and run...
A rezoning request was revisited again by the Farmersville City Council at the May 9 regular council meeting. The request involves rezoning three lots containing 0.77 acres of land to commercial use, located on the north side of Audie Murphy Parkway (U.S. Highway 380)...
Codes of Compassion starts Friday with new focus When the city came up with the idea to take on exterior clean-up projects in the summer of 2020, the focus was to take on one home at a time. The idea, proposed by councilman and Rotarian Terry Williams, was to enlist...
Tucker Derrick and Angelina Lee likely did not plan to compete in a head-to-head contest to see who between them would finish first academically in their class at Farmersville High School. But that is what happened as the scholars finished first and second,...
