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Commissioners of Collin County Emergency Services District No. 1 are considering three possible tax rates to fund firefighting in the 75.5 square miles of unincorporated county land in the district. During the board’s Tuesday, May 26, meeting, ESD Commissioner Linda...
Farmersville volunteer fire department recently receiving funding for fire and rescue equipment through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. Farmersville, Lavon and Nevada were among Collin County volunteer fire departments recently receiving...
As Farmersville continues to grow, city leaders moved Monday, Dec. 15, to ensure future green space, with City Council approving new park development fees for residential projects. The new fee structure was adopted following a staff study comparing park development...
Lavon Police Chief Mike Jones says a 14-year-old murder suspect has been arrested without incident. The chief said the boy, a student at Community Trails Middle School, was apprehended Monday, Dec. 15, in Dallas. Jones said the suspect was sought in connection with...
Sonja's Angels delivers presents to the elderly and special-needs residents at nursing homes as well as local shut-ins without families. Courtesy photo For more than 17 years, Sonja’s Angels has made it their mission to ensure elderly and special-needs residents in...
Sports
Farmersville senior Natalie Taylor scored four goals in the Lady Farmers' 7-0 rout of Bonham last Saturday. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] With the postseason hopes of the Farmersville girls soccer team having faded a few...
The Farmersville boys’ powerlifting team poses for pictures after winning the team title at their home meet, held Feb. 13 inside Farmersville Arena. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] The Farmersville powerlifting team got the opportunity to...
Farmersville junior Rileigh Blankenship (10), pictured in previous action, led the Lady Farmers with 11 points in a 57-27 loss to North Lamar in a bi-district playoff game Monday at Commerce High School. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By Evan Grice For The...
Farmersville senior Michael Vasquez scored the lone goal for Farmersville in a 1-0 upset win over Frisco Panther Creek on Saturday, 25. Submitted photo. By David Wolman [email protected] After the Farmersville boys’ soccer team lost 3-0 to Sunnyvale in the...
Farmersville junior Katelynn McRay goes up for a layup attempt during the first quarter of a District 13-4A girls basketball game on Friday, Jan. 24 from Farmersville Arena. McRay finished with 13 points in a 43-33 home victory for Farmersville over Quinlan Ford....
Education
The 15th Texas Court of Appeals (COA) has thrown out injunctions that had blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing school accountability ratings for the 2023-24 school year. The TEA is expected to release the ratings Aug. 15. “It is time for local courts to...
Farmersville Independent School District’s Board of Trustees, meeting Monday night in the high school cafeteria, spent next to no time disposing of a sparse agenda. The lengthiest discussion item on the agenda occurred at its beginning, during the constituent comment...
The Farmersville Independent School District Police Department had decided some time ago that it needed extra sets of eyes it could put on all the campuses within the school system, according to Police Chief Steve Wade. Then came the tragedy at Robb Elementary School...
A Farmersville teen’s quick thinking last summer earned her a special hero designation and a big check. Kaydence Henslee,15, daughter of Matt and Rebecca Henslee, was selected as the Kids Wish Network Hero of the Year for 2021 for saving a little girl from drowning...
Years of planning and preparation finally came to an end for the much-anticipated Building 22 at the Wylie Preparatory campus. The school hosted a ribbon cutting for the building Saturday, Aug. 8 at the campus located at 4110 Skyview Court in Wylie. School personnel,...
Life & Style
Halloween isn’t just about costumes and candy. For kids, it’s also a chance to get creative, let their imaginations run wild, and make something fun with their own hands. Parents and teachers know that holiday crafts do more than keep little hands busy—they help kids...
Fifty-two children died in hot cars nationwide in 2018 of pediatric vehicular heatstroke -- more than any other year on record in the past 20 years. Experts say that these tragic deaths are entirely preventable. “Even one child dying in a hot car is too many,” says...
AUSTIN- With many people getting out their rod and reel for summer fishing trips, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) wants to warn all anglers to only use bait shrimp native to the Gulf of Mexico when fishing in fresh or salt water. Shrimp is a popular...
Swimming can be an enjoyable activity inside Texas’s state parks, but it’s also one that’s fraught with danger if safety warnings and tips are ignored. Anyone swimming in a state park should follow all safety warnings as well as these tips: Learn to swim, as formal...
To honor and remember our nation’s military heroes, Audie Murphy Day will be Saturday, May 25th. This annual event, which is free and open to the public, is hosted by the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum to celebrate Audie Leon Murphy, the most decorated combat...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore's mother sent him one place often when he was a child. Outside. Courtesy John Moore Red Rover. Sandlot baseball. Hide-and-seek. Cowboys and Indians. The latter today is likely lacking political correctness, but it shares with the others a...
If we’re honest, some products aren’t that different from each other. But during the 50s, 60s, and 70s, our moms were extremely loyal to the ones they liked. And advertising had a lot to do with mom’s loyalty, and ours. Growing up in front of a large, RCA console TV...
Our grandparents had it figured out. They lived life on their terms. Today, we live life on society’s terms. And the evidence that we regret it is all around. The first bit of proof that my grandfather and grandmother had control of how their day would go is the fact...
He left me a message, so I called him back. It’s funny how, even if you haven’t talked to a childhood friend in a long time, the conversation picks up as if you had just spoken earlier in the day. “Remember that location you always said you’d like to buy one...
They were called, “Victory Gardens.” And they were one of the weapons US citizens used to help win World War II. With the bad guys throwing everything at us that they could, in return, we were throwing everything at them that we could. By John Moore To Login to read...
