The first Farmersville City Council meeting of the new year drew a large audience, including many residents from outside the city limits who are served by the city’s fire department. During public forum, several community members expressed concerns about the...
Farmersville senior citizens now have a place to call their own once again after a nearly two-year shutdown that started in March 2020 due to the pandemic. The parking lot at the Senior Center on Orange Street was full Saturday, Jan. 22 as senior residents took the...
Pigs, cattle, sheep and goats will parade around the show ring next week to be judged in the 2022 Collin County Junior Livestock Show and Sale. The event, which features entries from FFA and 4-H members throughout the county, is set for the week of Jan. 8-15 at the...
Farmersville Lights are now shining brightly as the Christmas light display along Farmersville Parkway was officially turned on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. CBTx Bank is the title sponsor of the light endeavor, giving the city the ability to host Farmersville Lights...
Charles Tucker believes that Veterans Day “seems to have lost some of its understanding and its value,” but added that he is not at all reluctant to talk about his service to the country. Indeed, his service as a retired U.S. Air Force colonel spans a wide range of...
Michael Hesse, a former three-term Farmersville City Council member, has agreed to lead a citizen’s effort to campaign on behalf of a home rule charter measure that Farmersville voters will decide on next May. The city council voted on Oct. 12 to put the measure to a...
Recent studies by the Texas State Climatologist, Texas A&M University and Texas 2036 show that Texas weather is growing more extreme. Recent polling also shows that Texans are beginning to feel the damaging effects. According to a news release from Texas 2036, a...
It’s that time of year when fall and Halloween events fill up the calendar, and many are back after a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic. Saturday, Oct. 23, cyclists from all over the Metroplex will converge on Farmersville as they hit the Chapparral Trail for 20,...
One day in 1940, Gussie Nell Davis got a call from Kilgore College in East Texas to form a group that would perform at halftime of college football games. She took the job and founded the Kilgore Rangerettes, an organization that has become part of Texas small-town...
