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Farmersville City Council voted Monday to postpone action on a proposed zoning amendment for convenience stores with fueling stations, while also beginning discussions on the city’s fiscal year 2026-27 budget and potential property tax rate ahead of budget adoption....
Farmersville ISD trustees addressed state legislation, financial considerations and future planning during a regular meeting Monday, March 30 at Farmersville High School. Assistant Superintendent Micah Taylor provided an overview of student performance and...
Capacity concerns at the Collin County Animal Shelter dominated discussion during the Collin County Commissioners Court meeting Monday, March 23, as officials addressed ongoing strain on the regional facility and directed staff to take steps to manage intake levels....
Collin College will host a free outdoor movie night on Saturday, March 28, at its Farmersville Campus, inviting families, students, and community members to enjoy an evening of entertainment under the stars. The featured film will be the animated adventure “How to...
Registration for Collin College’s summer camps will open April 20, with a variety of programs available for middle and high school students across the county — including options in Farmersville, McKinney and Wylie. Space is limited, and college officials encourage...
Sports
Keagon Smith, left, pulls down a rebound during a five-on-five drill at the Farmersville Youth Boys Basketball Camp. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] In just his first season at the helm, head coach Kingsley Akinwole led a...
Dorman Hawkins prepares to announce the homecoming game between Farmersville and Gainesville last Friday. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Dorman Hawkins didn’t have any experience as a public-address announcer when he...
Farmersville senior Graycin Strawn (13) attempts to hit the ball around the hands of two Quinlan Ford defenders last Friday. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Farmersville volleyball is at its best when the Lady Farmers are...
Farmersville defenders converge to tackle Gainesville quarterback Ray Glancy on Friday. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Senior running back Marquis Oshodi rushed for touchdowns of 32, 14 and 97 yards and Farmersville...
Farmersville’s Landon Green, right, and Drew Crum, left, finished 16th and 11th, respectively, at the Castleberry Cross Country Invitational. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] With the regular season winding down, the...
Education
Farmersville ISD trustees unanimously voted Nov. 17 to extend Superintendent Micheal French’s contract through mid-2028 and heard encouraging updates on the district’s fastest-growing student group: English-language learners who now speak 19 different languages at...
“Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve” is the FFA motto many have learned through their high school experience. Those words have never been truer as Farmersville FFA students performed for parents, administrators, school board members and...
A short Farmersville ISD school board meeting, comprised primarily of the Superintendent Micheal French’s evaluation and contract, was held this week. At the Nov. 27 trustee meeting, prior to hearing a bilingual update, trustees unanimously approved the consent...
Garry Evans, bringing what he calls an “unusual” background to his latest assignment, is the new executive dean of Collin College’s Farmersville campus. The new executive dean on staff is a musician, having earned his bachelor’s degree in music education from...
A letter drafted by the law office of Stephen E. Dubner, representing Farmersville ISD, has been sent to Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath in which the district has unveiled inequities in the current school accountability system. The issue was explained by...
Life & Style
Participating in recreational sports leagues such as pickleball is just one way for seniors to get out and meet others. January has a way of inviting reflection—and renewal. As calendars turn and routines reset, many people feel a renewed desire to reconnect with the...
There’s a hidden gem in Collin County. A haven for the neglected, abused and the unwanted. It’s a place where lions roar, cheetahs run, servals play and lemurs climb. To some, it might sound like a children’s book or a zoo, but no - it’s a rescue facility for...
Summertime is sipping an ice-cold strawberry margarita. It’s wearing a brand-new swimsuit and a perfectly floppy straw hat. It’s relaxing in cold water while the hot Texas sun beats down on you. It’s making memories that will last all year! But this year,...
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden will reopen Monday, June 1 with timed ticketing to provide for health and safety of guests and employees. Timed ticketing will help to minimize physical contact and adhere to social distancing guidelines while enjoying a...
Memorial Day and Veterans Day each honor the military, though the two holidays are not the same. Memorial Day, which is celebrated annually on the last Monday in May, honors the brave men and women who lost their lives while serving in the American military. Many...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore’s great grandmother had one cure for everything. He wishes she’d used Lavoris instead of Dr. Tichenor’s. When I was little, every time I got sick, I was fairly certain that every medication the adults dispensed was designed to kill me. Before the...
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...
If you’re a Baptist from the South, you’re hoping that if there’s a Pearly Gates pop quiz, the question isn’t, “What’s the third verse to any song in the hymnal?” You won’t know the answer. If you’re laughing right now, you know exactly what I’m talking about. In...
