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Preservation Celebration guests, including Audie Murphy’s nieces and guest speaker Bryon Wiebold, walk the red carpet Saturday, April 25, in Farmersville. Courtesy Ben Cardon A nod to the city’s deep-rooted history took center stage last week as the Collin County...
Farmersville residents in the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction raised questions about emergency services during the Dec. 1 regular city council meeting, even as the recent proposition to form an emergency services district for unincorporated areas passed...
More than eight people have been arrested in connection with the raid on a cockfight by the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said. The bust took place Friday, Nov. 28, on County Road 697, southeast of Farmersville, the Sheriff’s Office said. Responding to a...
Farmersville Lights will be officially lit Tuesday, Dec. 2, along Farmersville Parkway. Farmersville is kicking off the holiday season with a cheerful slate of events that will bring lights, shopping, tradition and small-town sparkle to the city over the next two...
Applications are now open for Collin County residents who wish to serve as commissioners on Emergency Services District 1, created by voters in the Nov. 4 election. County Administrator Yoon Kim said at the Monday, Nov. 17, meeting of the Collin County Commissioners...
Sports
Farmersville pitcher Seth Brooks held Princeton to three hits with three strikeouts Friday. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Despite being separated by seven miles, the Farmersville and Princeton baseball teams rarely...
Farmersville senior pitcher Mason Erwin allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts in last Friday's 2-1 home win over Community. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Fresh off allowing 11 runs to District 13-4A leader...
Farmersville sophomore Amare Warren broke the school record in the boys' triple jump at the District 13-4A track and field meet at Raider Stadium in Sunnyvale. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] This season has been one for...
Farmersville's Alicia West and the Lady Farmers fell 4-2 to Caddo Mills on Tuesday, April 8. Photo by Jerry Winfrey / C&S Media From Staff Reports Final scores for games played by Farmersville from April 7-12: Friday, April 11 Baseball Farmersville 2, Community 1...
Farmersville senior Mason Erwin delivers a pitch to home plate March 28. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media From Staff Reports Final scores for games played by Farmersville from March 28-April 3. Tuesday, April 1 Baseball Farmersville 11, Wills Point 8 Softball Wills...
Education
Farmersville junior Amare Warren, left, runs against sophomore Jaxson Ward during practice Monday, Aug. 4. The Farmers come into the season seeking to build off their first playoff win since 2016. Students in Farmersville ISD will return to class Thursday, Aug. 7,...
The Bain-Honaker House and the Onion Shed were bustling with Farmersville Intermediate fourth grade students last week as the Farmersville Historical Society hosted its annual 1900s day experience. The students had the opportunity to learn about, and participate in,...
Assistant Superintendent Micah Taylor presented the final draft of the proposed school calendar for consideration by trustees at the April 25 Farmersville ISD school board meeting held at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. According to Taylor, “This is the truest 4-day week...
By offering qualified incoming students six free credit hours for the 2023 summer semester, Collin College hopes to ensure students stay on track post pandemic. Students can apply for the tuition credit online for the ‘Reversing the Slide’ program, with applications...
Bella Holland, a sophomore at Farmersville High School, recently served as an Honorary Page for House Representative Jeff Leach during the ongoing legislative session. Bella was approached by the office of Rep. Leach to represent Farmersville ISD, a district located...
Life & Style
Spooky Spiderweb Ingredients • 1/4 cup butter • 8 cups mini marshmallows, divided • 1 tbsp vanilla extract 9 cups popcorn, divided ...
Collin County agencies that aid veterans are in luck as they have received large grants from the Texas Veterans Commission’s Fund for Veterans’ Assistance. The grants support a wide range of services for veterans including housing, financial aid, mental health and...
Car seats, strollers, cribs, breast or bottle feed, daycare. It’s a seemingly endless list of decisions most parents need to make pre-arrival of their baby. Then post-baby, more important decisions have to be made concerning their health and welfare so they can...
This past Saturday, Farmers and Fleas celebrated its 15th anniversary of offering locals a chance to browse unique finds, and vendors an opportunity to sell their wares. Saturday, Aug. 3 marked the anniversary of the Farmers and Fleas market in downtown Farmersville....
20 years in a single place of employment is a long time by any stretch of the imagination but for Pastor Bart Barber, it’s been a match made in heaven. Barber recently celebrated his 20th anniversary of being pastor for First Baptist Church of Farmersville. As a boy...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore looks forward to Thanksgiving specifically because of the thanks. Courtesy John Moore Thanksgiving, at its heart, was created for one purpose. To thank God for His blessings. The Pilgrims knew hardship well. They had survived disease, starvation,...
On Christmas Eve 2008, there were just three of us working in the office. Well, technically, there was one of us working, the other two were there. A couple of the young ladies on staff either didn’t have enough vacation time built up or they were saving it for...
My great grandparents lived on a homestead. They cooked on a wood stove. Most of us today have no idea how good we’ve got it. For my great grandparents’ generation, remodeling the kitchen meant picking a different place to stack the wood. By John Moore For more on...
Commercials used to be great. They used to be an art form. They used to be fun. Today’s advertising is boring in comparison. Television commercials were something to which I looked forward when I was a kid. Some were better developed and more interesting than the...
We often hear someone say they just want to leave the world a better place than they found it. That’s a great goal, but rarely is it the case. Unless you were Charles Kuralt. For those of us who grew up during his time on the CBS News segment, On The...
