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National Wreaths Across America Day is Saturday, Dec. 13. Ceremonies will take place at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, the Wilson-Chapel Cemetery in Lowry Crossing and throughout the county, state and country. Communities across Collin County will once again join a national...
It’s been a year since longtime Wylie resident, and former justice of the peace for nearly a decade, retired from public service. Jerry Shaffer, the namesake of the football stadium near Burnett Junior High School in Wylie, called it quits on his working life at 82...
Memberships and summer program attendance were on the upswing at Farmersville’s Rike Library in 2023. Although the local library did not offer any new programs, the free events that took place in June and July again this year were well attended by the community said...
2023 was a year of reflection for city leaders as Farmersville celebrated 150 years of existence through several sesquicentennial events and recognitions. Traditional gatherings such as Old Time Saturday, Audie Murphy Day and Farmersville Lights all paid homage to the...
The city of Farmersville loves its events, and parades, and 2023 did not disappoint. Aside from city-hosted events, the Farmersville Chamber of Commerce was a key player in hosting many of them as were other local nonprofits including the Farmersville Historical...
Sports
The Farmers will look to snap a two-game losing streak this Thursday. Farmersville hosts Sanger at 7 p.m. at Farmers Stadium. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Due to the threat of severe weather, Farmersville and Sanger...
The Lady Farmers snapped a two-game losing streak in District 10-3A softball action. They came back for an 11-8 win over Van Alstyne in the lone game on the slate. “The win felt great,” head coach Paula Wilfong said. Farmersville (1-2 in district, as of March 20) took...
Farmersville’s Levi Dale thinks about throwing the ball over to first base but decides against it during the Edgewood Tournament in Crandall. Farmersville won the game 4-3 and finished 4-2 over a three-day span. For the complete story see the March 16 edition of The...
Last week was a busy one for Lady Farmers softball. They started with a 7-4 loss to visiting Lone Oak in the District 10-3A opener. Haley Lewis drove in three runs and was 2-for-3, with Natalie Segovia going the full seven innings and striking out four. Later that...
Farmersville baseball started off the season by hosting a six-team tournament Feb. 23-25. They finished in second place after losing 4-2 to Frisco Reedy in the title game. Prior to that the Farmers beat Wills Point 4-1, Reedy 9-0 and Paris North Lamar 6-4, tied Caddo...
Education
Michael Daigrepont has what one could describe as an “Olympic dream” that he and a group of Farmersville Junior High School students are about to achieve. They will enter the VEX Robotics World Championship in May in downtown Dallas to determine whether they are the...
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Life & Style
The date of April 2, 2009 is seared into Karen Schrah’s brain, as it would be for any parent who underwent what she did that day. That afternoon, her son, Zachary, a sophomore at Clark High School, was taking part in spring football practice at Plano East, where he...
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Opinion
Whenever I see canister sets, cookie jars, clocks and Formica dinette sets from the 50s and 60s, I feel as if I’ve gone home. These items adorned my youth, but as often happens, new things come and old things go. As the 70s made way for harvest gold, avocado green,...
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