The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has scheduled a public hearing at 7 p.m. Feb 25 for a TXI Operations air quality permit for a concrete batch plant. TXI Operations is a... Read more
Awareness key to combatting human trafficking January is Human Slavery and Trafficking Awareness Month and each year strides are being made to bring awareness to this crime. Texas continues... Read more
Farmersville Fire Chief Kim Morris has his hands full these days. Morris has just promoted one of his battalion chiefs to assistant chief, selected a volunteer firefighter of the year and is... Read more
Farmersville City Attorney Alan Lathrom is exercising what he calls “an abundance of caution” while seeking to regulate the off-duty actions of city council. Lathrom, along with City Secret... Read more
Lady Farmer basketball will delve deeper in district action within 13-4A. They traveled Tuesday, Jan. 14 to Caddo Mills. Farmersville (6-11, 1-0 in district as of Monday, Jan. 13) then host... Read more
Collin County residents who are interested in serving on a county board or commission are invited to apply for appointment. Terms are two or three years and most boards and commissions meet... Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Texas – time for Girl Scouts to start selling cookies. Treats go on sale Friday, Jan. 17, and if you donate blood to Carter BloodCare through that... Read more
At midweek, there is still plenty of activity at the annual Collin County Junior Livestock Show and sale that runs through Saturday, Jan. 11. The event, featuring livestock entries from FFA... Read more
At about the midway point of the 2019-20 flu season, cases treated in doctors’ offices and emergency rooms have started to rise. “It’s definitely starting to spike, especially over the last... Read more
Mayor, two council seats open The filing period for the Spring 2020 city council election opens on Jan. 15 and runs through Feb. 14. The last day to file a declaration of a write-in i... Read more