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A young visitor to McKinney National Airport takes the controls of a biplane during Display Day, Sunday, Oct. 26. A youngster wore a t-shirt emblazoned “TKI.” When asked what that meant, he replied loudly, “Airport!” He was one of the hundreds of area residents who...
Fentanyl poisoning continues to claim a growing percentage of drug deaths in the state, according to the Texas Health Data dashboard published online by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). As of Aug. 25, 45.39% of all drug deaths were attributed to...
A sea of blue t-shirts designed with the phrase “Don’t Farmersville our Merit!” packed council chambers at the regular Farmersville city council meeting last week. Approximately 30-35 individuals attended the Tuesday, Sept. 12 meeting in support of speakers who...
The Farmersville Rotary Club, acting on the advice of one its members who happens to be Farmersville’s Chief of Police, has temporarily suspended a community service project aimed at cleaning up Farmersville. Police Chief Marsha Phillips said she is uncertain on when...
Attendees lunch and learn about business support, job creation The Farmersville and Princeton Lowry Crossing Chamber of Commerce bridged the gap on Wednesday, Sept. 15 by hosting a lunch and learn event at the Collin College Farmersville Campus. During the event,...
Sports
The Farmersville fishing duo of Mason Erwin (left) and Kolten Peel (right) will be taking part in the Texas High School Bass Associations’ State Championship this weekend. Pictured with Boat Captain Rusty Erwin, the trio will take to the waters for a two-day event at...
The 2015 campaign will go down in the record books as the best in school history. Farmersville, ranked No. 5, won a record 39 games, made it all the way to the Class 3A Region II finals (first time ever) and captured a second straight District 13-3A title. The last...
For the second straight season the No. 7 state-ranked Lady Farmers made it to the third round. They faced off Nov. 10 against Alba-Golden in the Class 3A Region II regional quarterfinals at Terrell. “We will need another match like our previous one (Mt. Vernon) in...
One season ago, the No. 8 state-ranked Lady Farmers advanced to the regional quarterfinal round. They began their quest to eclipse that point on Nov. 3 during the Class 3A Region II bi-district round. Farmersville (35-3 overall, as of Nov. 2) faced District 14-3A...
The first 25 minutes of the District 5-3A Div. I contest against Callisburg was going pretty good. However, the last 23 minutes weren’t quite so good for the Farmers. In the end the Wildcats outscored the home team 3-1 in the last two quarters for a 43-22 win at...
Education
Select Farmersville High School band students participated in the UIL Region 25 Solo and Ensemble contests February 27 at Anna High School. The band, under the direction of Scott Cross, had 24 students perform a solo in the competition and 20 scored a first...
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Life & Style
When Lucas resident Diane Leigh went missing last May, the Collin County Sheriff’s Department and Lucas Fire Department conducted a search for hours with no luck. The 71-year-old woman was last seen helping her husband with yardwork, and when he went inside, she...
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Opinion
Once upon a time, kids used to get bored. Before cell phones, video games, and 4,000 cable channels with nothing to watch, there wasn’t much to do. And kids got bored. I was one of them. It was bad enough to have a deep, endless chasm of time swallowing you (think...
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