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See more, spend less with these road-ready travel ideas By Carrie Dunlea Summer travel is shaping up to be more expensive than ever, and for many Americans, that means rethinking long-haul flights and overseas adventures. Rising airfare and overall travel costs have...
Old Time Saturday will be held Oct. 4. The smell of kettle corn, the sound of revving engines and the sight of kids darting through downtown with funnel cakes in hand can mean only one thing—Old Time Saturday is back in Farmersville. The 45th annual celebration takes...
Mark Hernadez of Lavon will debut a new exhibit, Sentimientos del Macho, Sept. 6-27 at Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center in Fort Worth. The show will feature 10 male artists with varied backgrounds. Courtesy photo Lavon resident Mark Hernandez, 39, a middle school art...
The highly anticipated Cops N’ Rodders Farmersville car show returns to downtown Saturday, Sept. 6. Engines will rev and chrome will shine as the highly anticipated Cops N’ Rodders Farmersville car show returns to downtown Saturday, Sept. 6. The show, which begins at...
At the August 18 City Council meeting Mayor Craig Overstreet recognizes Carevide staff Michelle Carter, Sandra Gooding and Crystal Lanier In recognition of National Health Center Week, Aug 3-9. Farmersville residents could see a significant increase in their property...
Sports
Farmersville senior point guard Alexia Hernandez has helped lead the Lady Farmers basketball team to a 15-6 record. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] For a moment, Alexia Hernandez thought her world had come crashing down. But...
With Christmas Break finally here, the Farmersville girls will have two full weeks between games, allowing them to get plenty of rest after a busy start to the season. The Lady Farmers started the week on good terms after winning back-to-back games to close out the...
FARMERSVILLE – Last Monday, Dec. 11, the athletes, coaches and fans piled into the school cafeteria for a night of reflecting on a successful fall for the Farmers’ sports programs. Not only did Farmersville have one athlete qualify for a state event, but they also saw...
The Farmersville boys basketball team took part in the second of three regular-season tournaments last week as the traveled to Blue Ridge. With district play on deck, the Farmers were hoping to build some momentum last week. Fortunately, a pair of victories on Friday...
The Farmersville boys basketball team returned from the holiday break looking to bounce back after multiple losses to close out November. They opened last week hosting Blue Ridge, before heading northeast to Celeste for a three-day tournament. While the Farmers’...
Education
Trustees handled a brief agenda swiftly during the Farmersville ISD school board’s regular meeting Tuesday, April 29. Most of the meeting took place in closed session to discuss two items: personnel employment—including administrative contracts for the 2025–26 school...
After seeing an increase in students failing classes, Farmersville ISD said they are working toward helping accommodate students who are remote learning. “As is the case with districts across the state, Farmersville ISD has experienced a disparity...
The Farmersville Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a budget amendment Monday night that wipes out a projected fiscal deficit of $95,128 and results in a budget surplus of more than $500,000 in the current fiscal year. The amendment is the result...
Farmersville High School will host their own Pep Rally/Bonfire to celebrate the students, alumni and the community this year. The event will be held behind the FHS tennis courts Wednesday, Oct. 7. At the Bonfire/Pep rally, the High School will celebrate their fall...
The Farmersville Independent School District Board of Trustees, blazing through a meeting Monday night in 20 minutes, voted unanimously to submit a report to the Texas Education Agency outlining the district’s asynchronous learning plan, which is another way of...
Life & Style
Discovery Room When the summer sun scorches the Texas sky, savvy families know the best way to chill out is to head underground. Across the state, a network of natural limestone caves offers more than just geologic wonder—they provide a refreshing retreat where...
In one week 32 amateur boxers will step into the ring for the first time before an estimated crowd of five thousand people at Allen Event Center. Friendly foes, DFW area firefighters and police officers, will face off against each other in the 17th annual Guns and...
A red English style telephone booth glinting in the sunlight has been attracting quite a bit of attention throughout the city. Located on the corner of Gaddy and Hwy. 78, the booth is not just a relic of a time gone by but rather a way to offer protection for a school...
Automobile enthusiasts will be able to have their fill of fancy cars as two car shows roll into town next weekend. The 50th anniversary of Bug Tussle Trek will be Saturday, Aug. 25 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in downtown Farmersville. The event, hosted by Farmersville...
As retail changes and shopping flees toward the future, the Farmers and Fleas market offers a wide number of opportunities both for vendors and eager shoppers. Saturday, Aug. 4 marked the 14th anniversary of the Farmers and Fleas market in downtown Farmersville. “The...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore remembers the parlors of the houses of yesterday. Where plastic covered the furniture, fresh flowers adorned the window sills, and you’d better not ever get caught going in there. Courtesy John Moore There was always one room in every Southern...
They say that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. While those two certainties are undeniable, we need to make sure that family-owned businesses, including farms and ranches, aren’t taxed to death. Texas boasts more than 248,000 farming and ranching...
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA) was recently introduced in the House and has now been introduced in the Senate – and will benefit every member of this community! Unlike many issues in Washington, this legislation has bipartisan support and is focused...
No matter how hard we try, we really can’t avoid one another. We live in a world where what takes place somewhere else on the globe has a very good chance of affecting us, along with many others. The pandemic, of course, is a useful – if sobering – example. A virus...
The aftermath of sexual assault is painful and complicated to navigate. For the 6.3 million Texans who have experienced some form of sexual assault—33.2% of women and men—the experience comes with complex emotional, psychological and sociological repercussions....
