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Collin County Animal Services will no longer hold certain stray or impounded animals for five days before making a placement decision. The Collin County Commissioners court voted Monday, May 11, to approve a request from Misty Brown, manager of the county’s animal...
Staff at Farmersville Health and Rehabilitation, a five star facility, continue the legacy created by the Hinton family. You sell a business that has consumed most of your waking hours for almost your entire adult life and you celebrate being free from the hassle,...
City Council finalized a trimmed fiscal year 2025-26 budget Oct. 6, approving cuts to the police department and Rike Library to balance spending under the approved tax rate. Finance Director John Lawrence presented an ordinance achieving that goal by reducing...
Crowds pack Main Street in Farmersville Saturday, Oct. 4, for the 45th annual Old Time Saturday event. Ian McVea/The Farmersville Times Perfect early autumn weather greeted crowds of visitors Saturday in downtown Farmersville for Old Time Saturday, the annual event...
Map of Texoma Two-Step Project. Courtesy of NTMWD North Texas Municipal Water District is moving forward with a major infrastructure initiative known as the “Texoma Two-Step,” a series of projects aimed at increasing the use of water from Lake Texoma to help meet...
Sports
Farmersville senior Natalie Taylor scored five goals in a 5-0 win over Bonham on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Farmersville soccer teams reached the halfway point of district play last week....
The Farmersville girls soccer program is in a familiar scenario entering the season. With constant coaching changes over the last seven years of the program, it is Coach Krystal Mikeska’s chance to try and get the Lady Farmers on the right path. Coach Mikeska arrives...
It’s January, which means the soccer season is getting ready to kick off for most high schools in Texas. For Farmersville, the new year brings another new face steering the ship in Coach Barrett Clark. Coming off a long tenure at Rockwall High School, Coach Clark is...
LEONARD, TX – Starting off fresh in 2024 is just what the Farmersville Fightin’ Farmers need after three straight losses in the Leonard Holiday basketball tournament. Farmersville opened the event on a good note, defeating Bland in the opening round 72-63 before...
FARMERSVILLE - After winning a double-overtime thriller in Celeste, the Fightin Farmers returned home to face the Sunnyvale Raiders in their first district game of the season. However, the Farmers would not make it back-to-back wins, as they lost to the Raiders by the...
Education
Class of 2025 salutatorian Brycen Williams, left, and valedictorian Cooper Chambers will address their fellow classmates at the Farmersville High School graduation ceremony Tuesday, May 20. An academic year filled with challenges— and a shared commitment to “passing...
After four months and countless hours of manpower, Farmersville Independent School District cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Tatum Elementary and Farmersville Junior High schools. The ceremony, held Saturday, Aug. 29, began with remarks from FISD...
The Farmersville Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a school district tax rate that reflects continuing growth within the district and gives residents a bit of a reduction on the amount of money they will pay to operate the public school...
Farmersville ISD has a new addition to the administrative team. Corey Krick has taken over the newly-created position of Director of Communications. She grew up in Plano, studied criminal justice at Texas Christian University, and then switched paths to work for an...
A dream of almost two decades to operate a Collin College campus in the southeastern part of the county becomes reality Aug. 24 when the recently completed Wylie campus opens for classes. The 340,000 square foot campus was built from the ground up on a Country Club...
Life & Style
It’s easy to overlook them as we go about our busy lives, but pollinators are some of the most essential—and unsung—workers in our ecosystems. The next time you stop to smell the roses, take a closer look. You might spot a bee, butterfly, or even a beetle helping that...
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...
Farmersville Police Department and Farmersville Fire Department officers are excited to get to meet their neighbors and National Night Out offers a perfect time to do so. This year National Night Out is being held in downtown Farmersville from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m....
Health care is a multi-faceted issue with the complexity increasing through insurance needs, long wait times and gaps in coverage. Despite being number one in the state for health factors and number three for health behaviors in 2018, according to...
Dawn Struthers can’t afford to go to the doctor to get the medicine she needs these days. As a diabetic, the Princeton resident is playing Russian Roulette with her health due to lack of income. “I flat out cannot afford to go to the doctor. I need to as I am a...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore cuts and bales hay on the homestead he shares with his wife. A remnant of the hard work he was taught growing up. Courtesy John Moore Hard work has a way of shaping a person that no shortcut or modern convenience can replicate. In an era when many...
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....
A Texas Senate committee on Friday passed an elections bill that would tighten the state’s voting rules by limiting extended early voting hours, requiring proof of disability to qualify for mail-in voting and prohibiting drive-thru voting. Senate Bill 7, sponsored...
