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Farmersville Independent School District will hold a public meeting June 29 to discuss its proposed budget and tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at Farmersville High School, 499 U.S. Highway 78 North. District officials will...
Polling places across Texas open Tuesday, Feb. 17, for early voting in the Republican and Democratic party primaries. Early voting ends Friday, Feb. 27, and Election Day is Tuesday, March 3. If needed, runoffs will be held Tuesday, May 26. Winners in the primaries...
Kristi Mondy and Coleman Strickland have filed for Place 3 and Place 1, respectively. on the Farmersville City Council. Mondy was appointed to fill Place 3 in June 2025 and Strickland was elected to Place 1 in May 2023. If there is a contested race, voters will...
An outreach team gathers before heading out to conduct the annual Point-in-Time homeless count in Wylie. From left; Taylor Hutchinson, Jace Wiley, Bill Roberts and Jon Bailey. Courtesy Jon Bailey An annual count aimed at measuring homelessness in Wylie and...
Justin Wilson of Wylie responds to the scene of a hit-and-run crash along Highway 78 before paramedics arrived. Overall, the Jeep club received over 100 calls for assistance last week, including transporting essential workers to their jobs. Courtesy Bryan Stephens...
Sports
Farmersville junior Amare Warren won his second consecutive District 13-4A title in the triple jump last week. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The postseason got off to a rousing start for the Farmersville track and field...
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...
Rebecca Christ: Rebecca Christ is entering her first season as head coach of the Farmersville girls soccer team. Photo courtesy Farmersville ISD By David Wolman [email protected] In searching for its next head girls soccer coach, Farmersville ultimately decided...
Farmersville senior Jady’n Kirby hits the ball over the net during team tryouts last Friday. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Before the Farmersville volleyball team began summer workouts, head coach Arian May added a...
Farmersville alumnus pitcher Cooper Strawn announced on his personal ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) account July 28 that he will play collegiate baseball for the University of Oregon. File photo By David Wolman [email protected] Two former baseball players for...
Education
The Thrille of the Ville performs during halftime show at the season opener. The marching band’s current five-movement show is titled “The Hidden Kingdom” and explores the theme of insects and their day-to-day lives. Band and Color Guard members will hopefully debut...
Its lights, cameras, action, learning, plus a whole lot more, that happens every week for students involved in the Farmersville High School AV program. Each week, the students produce their own weekly newscast — KFMV — to inform the student body. The program was...
Although still faced with higher appraised property values, homeowners will see relief in the school tax rate for 2023. At the Tuesday, Aug. 29 monthly meeting, Farmersville ISD school board members unanimously approved a 10-cent decrease in the 2023 tax rate compared...
School officials are warning students and parents about the potential danger of the popular Saturn calendar and class scheduling application for high school students. The developer of the app says, “Saturn is the only calendar that supports the complexities of the...
With the first few weeks of school already in the books, a new house bill has added some additional consequences for high school students. House Bill 114 was signed into law in June. According to the bill, students may be removed, expelled, or placed in a Disciplinary...
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...
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...
With many Americans staying home, the pressure is on to maintain fun and variety in the kitchen, so family meals don’t get boring. However, cranking out three meals a day can be a burden. In fact, the average American can only prepare five meals without a recipe,...
Losing a loved one is never easy. Whether the loss is recent or not, many people find the void created by a loved one’s passing never leaves them and celebrating holidays, especially Mother’s Day, can magnify feelings of loss. There’s really no right or wrong way to...
Although the pandemic has caused an increase in anxiety and depression, hope has been increasing as well. Mental health issues are statistically on the rise with more people stuck at home and under stress. But that doesn’t mean resources and recovery aren’t possible....
Opinion
People use different ways to learn to read. Some folks use the vowels and consonants method. Others memorize how the words look. I used both, but I had a secret weapon many didn’t know about. Comic books. While most kids were having, “Fun with Dick...
Residents in a total of 35 Texas counties now qualify for individual disaster assistance following a series of severe storms and flooding that began in late April, The Dallas Morning News reported. “I thank our federal partners and emergency response personnel across...
Texas is facing a reckoning on water that we must address if the state wants to secure its future prosperity. The State Water Plan prepared by the Texas Water Development Board projects that Texas faces a long-term water supply deficit of 6.9 million acre-feet in 50...
I have a lot of my grandparents in me. I’m cheap. I also love the Arkansas Razorbacks. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to radio, television, and an Arkansas game. I grew up listening to free radio and watching free television. So, the idea of paying...
