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Collin County commissioners met Monday, June 29 to consider a wide range of county business, including contracts, budget adjustments, engineering projects and an interlocal agreement with the City of Princeton. Among the consent agenda items was an interlocal...
Sheriff Skinner with some of the blankets donated by Project Linus to be distributed by his department for multiple purposes; child accident victims, the Children’s Advocacy Center, the VALOR project and more. A colorful patchwork of quilts, the aroma of homemade...
Complete, unofficial returns in yesterday’s election show the proposal to create an emergency services district (ESD-1) in Collin County was favored by 6,594 voters or 72.57% of the total vote count of 9.086, Collin County Elections reported at 12:33 a.m.There were...
Complete, unofficial returns from the Nov. 4 election show all 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution passed in Collin County, as they did in statewide balloting. With all 91 vote centers reporting, Collin County Elections showed Proposition 10 had the...
Courtesy image Collin County officials are inviting residents to attend a public meeting to review and comment on plans for the southeast segment of the Collin County Outer Loop, a proposed 55-mile transportation corridor designed to connect the Denton/Collin County...
Sports
The Farmersville baseball team will play at District 13-4A leader Community at 7:15 p.m. Friday before playing two games next week against Sunnyvale. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Photo album The Farmersville baseball...
The Farmersville girls won three straight games to close out the regular season, and will now look to carry that momentum into playoffs. The Lady Farmers will take on Pinkston in the bi-district round on Monday. Victor Tapia/The Farmersville Times With the regular...
COMMERCE – The Farmersville powerlifting teams took turns making their trips to Commerce last week for the opening meets of the season. While the girls took 10th last Thursday in the Tigers Raising the Bar Meet, the boys came out hot, finishing second on Saturday. For...
The Lady Farmers strong start to the new year continued last week. After picking up a pair of road wins in the opening week of January, they split their two games last week, defeating the Forney Jackrabbits 38-31 in a non-district match. The girls led for most of the...
Last week’s basketball action for the Farmers featured a pair of losses, as the guys remain winless in district play. After a lopsided loss to Quinlan Ford early in the week, Farmersville found themselves in an epic showdown with and the Caddo Mills Foxes on...
Education
An evening of celebration for the Farmersville High School Class of 2025 was shared with family, friends and Farmersville ISD administrative staff last week. The commencement ceremony for the 174 graduating students was held Tuesday, May 20, at the Credit Union of...
June 10, 2020 – Collin College will offer virtual information sessions for the Bachelor of Applied Technology (BAT) in Cybersecurity degree program in June, July, and August. The online sessions will occur:5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16 Noon on Wednesday, June...
With the school year over, many parents are left wondering how their children will find regular meals this summer. Luckily, there are several options for local families. Farmersville ISD is continuing its curbside meal pickup program into the summer,...
Administrators at Farmersville Junior High School have a unique way of preparing students for high school and encouraging good grades: eighth graders get to compete for the titles of “valedictorian” and “salutatorian” four years before most other students do....
A most unusual school year has just concluded, but for the top two Farmersville High School scholars in the Class of 2020, the unique challenges brought this year have prepared them both for what lies ahead as they graduate from high school and move on to the same...
Life & Style
Rangerettes, past and present, along with member of the Greenville High School Flaming Flashes, attended the May dedication ceremony honoring Gussie Nell Davis with a historical marker on the square in Farmersville. Courtesy photo On a warm spring afternoon in May,...
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re fortunate enough to still have your mom or grandmother in your life why not plan a special trip to honor them this year? We all know flowers and lunch are nice but how about escaping town to visit a place where...
After more than a year, the Farmersville FD EMS Academy has graduated its first-ever class. The graduation, which was held Friday, April 27 at the Civic Center, commemorated the hard work of four students who were able to walk across the stage as certified EMTs and...
Many people showed up to Back the Blue at the Farmersville Police Association Gala Saturday, April 21. The gala raised money for several local community events, such as the Angel Tree Program and scholarships. For additional photos see the April 26 edition or...
It literally took breaking a leg one summer for Ray Baker to find his true passion…the saxophone. Baseball was the culprit. The soon-to-be- high school student was sliding into second base the first game of the season when it happened. “I had a cast on my leg for the...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore has never attempted to rough it in the mountains like Jeremiah Johnson did, but John has taken a picture of the mountains from inside the comfort of a tour bus. Courtesy John Moore Robert Redford was a movie star. At a time when movie stars...
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the results of the presidential election. President Donald Trump and 17 Republican attorneys generals had joined the lawsuit, which asked the Supreme Court to toss...
The Texas Enterprise Fund took a hit for lack of transparency in a new research paper from the National Freedom of Information Coalition. The paper by journalist Steve Miller is titled “Invisible Incentives: How Secrecy Impedes Evaluation and Accountability of...
Texas topped 1 million COVID-19 cases as some counties reimposed restrictions that had been loosened after this summer’s spike. Particularly hard-hit El Paso extended its temporary shutdown of nonessential businesses, but the Texas Eighth Court of Appeals ruled 2-1...
In a year of fighting a global pandemic, historic protests for racial equality, and the rapidly approaching presidential election, America needs journalists to bring them critical reporting. The events of this year have led to significant increases in traffic to news...
