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Farmersville City Council addressed a wide range of city business during its Jan. 20 meeting, focusing on repairs to aging municipal buildings, approving maintenance funding for key facilities and calling a May 2 election for council seats — while also taking action...
North Texas’s freshman Republican congressman, Keith Self of McKinney, said he was voting enthusiastically in favor of the resolution calling for an inquiry into impeaching President Biden. Self, speaking on a telephone town hall Dec. 12, from his Washington, D.C.,...
Farmersville has a walking bridge that is a work in progress. According to the president of the city’s 4B Community Development Council board, the work is nearing an end. However, 4B president Steve Casperi said there’s still plenty of heavy lifting to complete. “I...
Tiffany Barber has only been on the job since September as the new compliance officer for the city of Farmersville, but she has “hit the ground running” according to Ben White, city manager. Barber updated council on the status of code compliance and her ideas for...
Memories were shared and veterans were honored last week in a final end-of-year tribute that took place at the IOOF Cemetery in Farmersville and more than 4,700 cemeteries across the nation. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Lodge 228 hosted its second...
Sports
Farmersville sophomore Gustavo Ramos jumps in the air to head the ball to a teammate during a Class 4A Division II bi-district playoff game from Raider Stadium in Sunnyvale on Thursday, March 20. Sunnyvale won 3-2. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman...
Farmersville football faced defeat for the first time this season last Friday. Mineola (4-2, 2-0) came out on the winning end 54-0 over the Farmers (6-1, 2-1) in District 7-3A Div. I. “Mineola was everything that we expected them to be. However, I was proud of how our...
WINNSBORO – Defense once again proved to be the difference maker last Friday during a District 7-3A Div. I football contest. Farmersville (6-0, 2-0) held Winnsboro (4-2, 1-1) scoreless in the second half and got a pair of scores from the offense in a 17-7 win. “Our...
Farmersville football hadn’t won a district contest, since 2014, coming into the 7-3A Div. I opener. The Farmers (5-0, 1-0) snapped that streak last Friday with a 31-21 victory over Commerce (1-4, 0-1). “I really feel that was the biggest win that we’ve had yet this...
CADDO MILLS – For the first time this season, Farmersville football found themselves down at halftime. However, on the heels of strong second half the Farmers came away with a 28-18 win over Caddo Mills at Ed Locker Stadium. By David Jenkins • Staff Writer •...
Education
The Texas Education Agency has given the Farmersville Independent School District a “superior” financial rating, the FISD board of trustees learned Monday night. The board conducted a 15-minute public hearing prior to the start of its regular board meeting. It heard...
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Life & Style
A secret Santa has struck the city of Farmersville and he only has one message during this holiday season: pay it forward. Over $5,000 was gifted to random utility accounts associated with the city of Farmersville. The local anonymous “Santa” gave the city cash to go...
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Opinion
My uncle’s mother, Mrs. Ward, had a storm shelter. And I snuck into it every chance I got. Few others had one, so a storm shelter was absolutely fascinating to me. At least, a storm shelter is what they told all of the kids it was. It doubled as a storm shelter, but...
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