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Justin Wilson of Wylie responds to the scene of a hit-and-run crash along Highway 78 before paramedics arrived. Overall, the Jeep club received over 100 calls for assistance last week, including transporting essential workers to their jobs. Courtesy Bryan Stephens...
The Farmersville High School Class of 1964 celebrated its 60th Class Reunion Saturday, June 8, at the Family Table Restaurant in Farmersville. Pictured are, front row from left, Brenda Clark Duckett, Linda Smith Hess, Linda Bowers Willis, Sherry Jackson Rice, Betsy...
Summer for area school districts is a break for students, but not for trustees and administrators. As is the case for many, including Farmersville ISD, July is the start of the financial (fiscal) year, so budgets are required to be adopted in advance. By Cole...
Vickey Keahey, founder and president of In-Sync Exotics, presents Tim Harrison a painting crafted by Lambert the lion at the Saturday, June 8 gala in Lavon. Harrison, a published author and documentary film star, was the keynote speaker. Courtesy Dave Smith It was a...
Last week, the FISD Child Nutrition Department began offering a free meal program to children 18 and younger and to enrolled students with disabilities 21 years old or younger within the district. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a U.S. Department of...
Sports
Farmersville High School seniors, from left, Michael Vasquez (UDA Soccer UK Chester), Kenah Brown (Weatherford College), Alexi Atchison (West Texas A&M University), PJ Capetillo (Louisiana Tech), Isabella Deluco (King’s College), Morgan Cobb (University of the...
The Farmers sent their fans home happy during Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 19. They pulled out a 28-23 win over Dallas Lincoln in District 5-4A Div. II football action at Fightin’ Farmer Stadium. “It was a huge win and was even better that it came on Homecoming,”...
One win is all that separated the No. 6 state ranked Lady Farmers from a District 13-4A volleyball title. They needed to beat Quinlan Ford on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The Lady Panthers fell in three sets in the first round. “We just need to stay focused and play our game....
The dominance of District 13-4A volleyball continued as the first round came to a close. The No. 6 state-ranked Lady Farmers defeated Crandall 25-23, 25-10, 16-25, 25-23 and Quinlan Ford 25-12, 25-8, 25-8. "Crandall is a very good team. The win at their place was big...
The move up in classification hasn’t phased the No. 7 state ranked Lady Farmers so far. They improved to 3-0 in District 13-4A following wins at Caddo Mills 28-26, 25-11, 25-16 and over visiting Sunnyvale 25-15, 24-26, 25-20, 25-17. “I am very proud of how the girls...
Education
Veteran’s Day was celebrated at several Farmersville ISD campuses on Friday, Nov. 11. The festivities started with a flag raising ceremony at Tatum Elementary, where veterans were given thank-you cards and invited to join the student body in reciting the Pledge of...
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Life & Style
A Wylie-based “big cat” is taking the world by storm, one gene at a time. Kylo Ren, a white Bengal tiger housed at In-Sync Exotics in Wylie, was born in March 2018, less than two months after his parents Assad and Zahra were taken in by the local wildlife rescue...
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Opinion
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. It wasn’t just the amazing food; it also was the coffee that was served in...
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