The Farmersville Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) has approved a new grant program aimed at helping downtown businesses install fire suppression systems. The FEDC board voted to launch a funding initiative on Wednesday, March 5. The grant, which was initially...
For over two decades, Farmersville’s favorite World War II hero, along with veterans and active duty personnel, have been honored in a special day-long community event. The tradition continues this year — Farmersville’s Sesquicentennial year — with the annual Audie...
Residents will have the opportunity to cast ballots for Place 5 on the FISD board of trustees, Place 1 on city council, a special MDD election and Places 1, 2, and 3 on the Collin College Board of Trustees Saturday, May 6. Residents can vote at the Collin College...
After a recent meeting, a coworker mentioned that she and her family had bought a new home. Actually, it was new to them, but it was built in 1963 in what was then and is still now one of the city’s most desirable neighborhoods. What seemed like a typical workplace...
The Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum in Greenville will host its first To Hell & Back Motorcycle Poker Run on Saturday, May 6. Registration will begin at 8:30 at the museum. Tickets cost $30 and include a t-shirt, poker card and with an additional rider fee of...
Collin County residents who voted in the March primary will be asked to head to the polls again to settle races where there wasn’t a clear winner. To win most Texas elections, candidates must receive more than 50% of the vote. When there is no clear winner, officials...
Partial human remains found on February 26 in Sachse were identified as a missing Wylie female. On Thursday, March 31, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the skeletal remains found in a creek bed in the 4500 block of Merritt Rd, belonged to Faiza...
Farmersville City Hall has taken a step toward providing the residents it serves with much greater access to the city’s financial statements and other municipal activity through an online site that Finance Director Daphne Hamlin has developed. Hamlin delivered a...
The National Weather Service reports that freezing rain is expected to continue Thursday until around 3 p.m. with the high for the day in the lower 30s. Tonight, temperatures are expected to drop back into the lower 20s with wind gusts as high as 20 MPH. Travel...
