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A Princeton program launched last year is helping families strengthen relationships, manage everyday challenges and connect with resources — while also providing food assistance to those who need it. Building Strong Futures, a free program for families with school-age...
Farmersville was scheduled to hold its general election Saturday, May 2, 2026, to fill two City Council seats, but both races are uncontested following the close of the filing period on Friday, Feb. 13. Coleman Strickland filed for re-election to Seat 1, while...
The DFW LEGO Users group (DFW LUG) set up at the Farmersville Heritage Museum in December for the fourth year in a row. Courtesy John Daugherty A building toy invented nearly a century ago remains relevant today, having grown up alongside its users. LEGO, best known...
Courtesy art. To visit the website, click here. Texas families began applying last week for the new education savings account program that allows parents to direct public funds toward private schooling and other approved learning expenses. The Texas Education Freedom...
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...
Sports
(From left) Mrs. Bowland (volunteer from Christian Cycling TX in Farmersville), David Rivas (Blue Ridge), Daniel Geary (Burleson) support each other during the Exclamation 5.0 race in Farmersville. Photo courtesy David Rivas By David Wolman [email protected]...
Farmersville third baseman Camden Anderson looks the ball into his glove during Game 1 of the area round last Thursday against Spring Hill. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] CANTON – Farmersville swept Pittsburg in...
Farmersville junior Levi McAbee, left, congratulates sophomore Reece Tuck after Tuck scored a run during the Farmers' 9-8 win over Pittsburg during Game 2 of a Class 4A Division II baseball game from Farmersville last Friday. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By...
Farmersville junior Daniel Mendoza has been named the District 11-4A utility player of the year. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] It was a historic season on the pitch for the Farmersville boys’ and girls’ soccer teams. The...
Farmersville’s Alicia West runs up the first-base line and attempts to beat the throw from a Sunnyvale infielder. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] In their final game of the season, the Farmersville softball team created a...
Education
With property values climbing and debt obligations in focus, Farmersville ISD will soon decide how much residents will pay in school taxes for the coming year. The district will host a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at Farmersville High School, 499 State Highway...
The Collin County Fire Marshal is requesting assistance from residents to solve an arson case. According to a Monday, June 6, Farmersville ISD news release, a fire occurred at the Ag Barn located at Farmersville Junior High School in the early morning hours June 6....
Farmersville Independent School District Superintendent Micheal French has offered a stern vow in the wake of the Uvalde school massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers two weeks ago. “We aren’t going to wait 80 minutes,” French declared in describing a scene...
Historical Society hosts unique 2-day event for students Farmersville Intermediate School fourth grade students traveled back to the 1900s last week thanks to a unique program offered by the Farmersville Historical Society. Following a two-year hiatus due to the...
How do two young women – who have been best friends since kindergarten — and who finished first and second in their high school graduating class feel about competing against each other for the honor of being named valedictorian? If you ask Kate Rich and Sabrina...
Life & Style
Excelsior House Hotel in Jefferson, Texas, Courtesy Excelsior Hotel Do you have a penchant for the peculiar and perhaps haunted happenings? If so, plan a special trip this fall and visit some spooky hotels in Texas towns to get you in the Halloween spirit. Let’s...
“It’s just a drill.” “They don’t do drills for stuff like this, idiot.” For students at Farmersville High School, a lockdown drill is familiar territory as students participate in two lockdowns per semester. FHS Senior Savannah Phifer is directing her senior showcase...
A new Main Street Manager has been hired by the city of Farmersville. Dana Mingo officially took the helm of the Farmersville Main Street Program Monday, April 8. “Dana is a very talented individual with a wealth of varied experience and energy that I think will...
Bluebonnet season in Texas is in full swing and a bumper crop of the state flower can be found on Collin County roadways. “While there is no law against picking the state flower, laws do exist against damaging or destroying rights-of-way and government property,” DPS...
A Collin County family recently made quite the discovery, of a prehistoric nature, near Lake Lavon. Matthew Payne, of Wylie, along with his wife Tana Trent and her daughter Landry, 11, uncovered an 80-million year old mosasaur skeleton. Though the animal’s name may...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore knows how to make Southern Sweet Tea, and he's offering the recipe. Courtesy John Moore The thing you discover about beverages when you travel beyond the Mason Dixon is that most folks outside of Southern civilization do not know how to properly...
When our parents would take my sister and me from Ashdown, Arkansas to Texarkana, often they’d succumb to our begging and stop for ice cream. The only destination considered was Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors. By John Moore To Login to read the full story or to subscribe,...
If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying to explain them. If your town is small, few folks have heard of it and they have no idea where it is. “What’s the name of...
A granddaddy long legs climbed onto my face while I was out brush hogging on the tractor. I’d like to apologize to the neighbor for his fence, chicken house, doghouse, clothesline, and for leaving the scene of an accident. By John Moore To Login to read the full story...
Ever have one of those moments where something in your head says you need to do something, but you’re not sure why? Recently, a memory I have of my grandfather cooking on a charcoal grill sparked that little voice to give me a direct order. The instructions were to...
