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The Collin College Board of Trustees has named a successor to Place 1 Trustee Megan Wallace, who resigned last year due to relocation. Wallace was elected in May 2023 and her term expires in May 2029. Trustees chose attorney Glenn Callison of Plano to serve until the...
The Farmersville Fire Department has been without its two major pieces of firefighting equipment. Residents, though, shouldn’t worry about whether the city’s emergency response capability has been compromised, according to Fire Chief Gregg Massey. The fire...
Farmersville ISD voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition A, a $98 million bond proposal to expand the district’s facilities. Voters cast ballots in favor of the proposition 774 to 394, with 751 of the total 1,168 votes cast early or by mail. Election day turnout on...
Election results have just been reported by 100% of Collin County precincts for today’s local elections. Farmersville ISD voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition A, a $98 million bond proposal to expand the district’s facilities. Of the 1,168 votes cast, 774 (66.27%)...
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...
Sports
Farmersville catcher Carlo Vanegas throws to first base to complete a strikeout during the Farmers’ 3-2 win over Sunnyvale on Tuesday, April 15. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] After starting District 13-4A play with a 1-5...
This 2017-’18 school year was filled with many bright spots for Farmersville’s boys and girls athletic programs. See the story for a breakdown of how each team fared, starting with the fall sports, winter and wrapping up with the spring. By David Jenkins • Sports...
APPLETON, Wisc. – It was a fairytale ending to the 2018 season for Farmersville graduate Bowie Farris. The junior shortstop helped lead the University of Texas at Tyler baseball team to a NCAA Div. III World Series championship. The unranked Patriots knocked off No. 6...
COLLEGE STATION – Blue Ridge is home to a state champ for the second time in as many weeks. The girls doubles team of Shelby Gerner and Ellery Martin earned bronze medals in the May 17-18 Class 2A state tennis tournament. The Lady Tigers opened in the quarterfinals...
AUSTIN – It was the perfect end to the 2018 track and field season for Blue Ridge’s Skylar Gerner. The sophomore brought home the bronze medal, third place, in the Class 2A high jump with a height of 5-04 at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Lufkin Pineywood’s Tina Douglas...
Education
The Farmersville Independent School District Police Department had decided some time ago that it needed extra sets of eyes it could put on all the campuses within the school system, according to Police Chief Steve Wade. Then came the tragedy at Robb Elementary School...
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Life & Style
To honor and remember our nation’s military heroes, Audie Murphy Day will be Saturday, May 25th. This annual event, which is free and open to the public, is hosted by the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum to celebrate Audie Leon Murphy, the most decorated combat...
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Opinion
One of my most vivid memories of fall happened during junior high. I was standing in the end zone prior to the start of a game. I could barely feel my fingers and toes. It was October, but it was unusually cold (Al Gore had yet to invent global warming). My shoulder...
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