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Reelected council members Coleman Strickland, Place 1, and Kristi Mondy, Place 3, were sworn in this week. Strickland is pictured with his wife, Paige, and their children, while Mondy is pictured with Mayor Craig Overstreet following the Monday, May 18, ceremony. ...
The deadline for paying 2025 property taxes in Collin County is approaching quickly, and county officials are reminding property owners that payments must be made by Jan. 31, 2026, to avoid penalties and interest. Property tax payments not received by the deadline...
The Collin County Sheriff’s Office has launched a new voluntary initiative called “Take Me Home” aimed at helping law enforcement quickly identify and assist residents who may struggle to communicate or find their way home in an emergency. The program, offered at no...
The city of Farmersville will hold its general election Saturday, May 2, 2026, to fill two City Council seats. Voters will elect representatives for City Council Place 1, currently held by Coleman Strickland, and City Council Place 3, currently held by Kristi Mondy....
Formerly marketed as EPIC City, The Meadow community is planned for unincorporated Collin County and Hunt County land near Josephine. Graphic Courtesy Community Capital Partners Collin County officials have notified the developers of The Meadow Phase 1, formerly...
Sports
Farmersville’s Conner Bakken brought home the state title in the 123-pound division at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association Division II state meet in Abilene last Friday. Courtesy Christopher Anderson By David Wolman [email protected] Farmersville’s...
The Farmersville volleyball team poses for pictures with the second-place trophy at the Central Heights Tournament. Photo courtesy Arian May By David Wolman [email protected] It's been a red-hot start to the season for the Farmersville volleyball team. On...
Farmersville’s Dani Penaloza, left, overtakes Garland’s Alina Cervantes during the girls’ varsity race at the Plano ISD High School Invitational. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Farmersville cross country team is coming...
Farmersville coach Chris Stegman instructs Tavian Smith on a drill during practice on Aug. 4. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] A cool breeze that blew inside James G. “Shug” Stanford Multi-Purpose Facility as the result of a...
Adrian Briones brings 18 years of experience as a strength and conditioning coach to Farmersville High School. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] When Farmersville head football coach and athletic director Zac Quinlan made a job posting for a...
Education
The Texas Legislature has voted to eliminate the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR, and replace it with a new testing and accountability system designed to reduce pressure on students, give parents and teachers faster results and provide...
Texas A&M and Collin College have partnered to launch a new program that will benefit students and future employers across the state. Starting in Fall 2024, the first group of students will participate in the inaugural Texas A&M Engineering Academy at Collin...
A quorum of four Farmersville ISD trustees unanimously passed an order calling for a $98 million school bond election on the May 4 general election. Members David Coleman, Jason McTee, and Dale Pickett were absent for the regular meeting held on Feb. 5 at Farmersville...
A bill signed into law by the governor in June 2023 offers an incentive model to reform the state’s community college finance system. Shifting away from the previous enrollment metrics model, Texas House Bill 8 (HB 8) is an outcomes-based approach that rewards...
A grant awarded to Farmersville ISD in late 2023 will help the district to continue implementing its vision to provide locally sourced, fresh, clean food options for students and staff. Farmersville ISD applied for the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Local Food for...
Life & Style
Five Christmas cookie recipes that will be a hit at any cookie exchange are featured in the Life & Style section. Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies Makes 48 cookies 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened 3⁄4 cup peanut butter 1⁄3...
Just a short drive away, every day is Earth Day at the Heard Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary in eastern McKinney where 289 acres of flora and fauna are dedicated to conservation, education and preservation efforts. In the 54 years since the Heard opened, this natural...
There are many reasons to get in shape. Weight loss is a prime motivator, as is reversing a negative health effect, such as high cholesterol or increased diabetes risk. Routine exercise also can improve life expectancy. WebMD says exercise keeps the body and brain...
In the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, millions of people across the globe found themselves scrambling for hand sanitizer. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that cleaning hands at key times is one of the most important...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, families are still finding ways to make the most of unusual schedules to plan a getaway. With more flexible work and school arrangements, many families are embracing the idea of a “flexcation,” an emerging travel trend where families...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore learned to ride a bicycle from his dad. The two are pictured here in a photo from 1968. Courtesy Sarah Ward Bell-bottom jeans and bicycle chains are not friends. I share this bit of 1960s essential information for those who are participating in...
Lying on the deck behind the backseat and staring upward through the rear glass of a Buick gave a kid the perfect view of the sky and clouds. A cloud could look like a bear one moment, and a crocodile the next. Family road trips of the 1960s and 70s obviously did not...
Columnist John Moore takes sopping seriously. Courtesy John Moore Southerner’s are big on sopping. We like to sop our biscuits in lots of things. There isn’t much that’s better than sopping a cathead biscuit in gravy. Especially if your mom made both. My mother worked...
About 40 years ago, my dad gave me a radio. Not just any radio. It is what’s called a farm radio. According to Texas Co-op Power Magazine, in 1936 just three out of 100 farms had electricity. By the mid-1940’s it was three out of 10. That still left most farm...
The great thing about growing a lot of your own food is the ability to walk out the back door and pick it. It doesn’t get much fresher than that. If there’s a downside to growing a garden (we had seven garden areas this year), it’s that it seems that most of the...
