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Jericho Village resident Keoni Hudson, left,with Janet Collinsworth, founder and CEO of Agape Resource & Assistance Center, becomes emotional while describing what the Jericho Village community has meant to her family. Sonia Duggan/The Farmersville Times More than...
Farmersville Police Chief Marsha Phillips and her team walk College Street, stopping at homes and visiting with local residents. Courtesy photo Farmersville’s 12-member police force is answering the call for greater community interaction with the men and women who...
Amare Warren and the Farmersville football team will play at Van Alstyne on Thursday. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Due to weather concerns, Friday's scheduled football game between Farmersville and Van Alstyne has been...
The Scare on the Square event in Farmersville always includes a host of creative costumes by attendees. Cooler evenings and the scent of fall in the air can only mean one thing — it’s time for a month full of pumpkins, costumes and family-friendly frights. Communities...
Sarah Hustwit of McKinney feeds a sample ballot into a DS 200 tabulating machine in a practice run for the Nov. 4 general election. The Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election ballot includes 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution and a countywide proposal to...
Sports
Farmersville’s Conner Bakken brought home the state title in the 123-pound division at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association Division II state meet in Abilene last Friday. Courtesy Christopher Anderson By David Wolman [email protected] Farmersville’s...
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’...
FARMERSVILLE – After finishing on good terms in the Edgewood Tournament, the Lady Farmers basketball team returned home to take on the Sulphur Springs Lady Cats. It was a night where the Lady Cats dominated from beginning to end in a 57-33 loss for Farmersville....
The Farmersville Fightin’ Farmers basketball team tipped off their season last week with a pair of home games. After coming up with 38-34 win over their neighbors, the Bland Tigers, the Farmers dropped their Saturday contest against Gainesville to open the year 1-1....
Jeralin Craddock finds some open space for a decent gain in Farmersville’s loss to the Caddo Mills Foxes. (Photo by Victor Tapia) GREENVILLE – The Fighting Farmers first playoff appearance since 2019 was not accompanied with a storybook ending, as the...
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...
Farmersville Independent School District trustees are getting ready to make the only personnel decision they are empowered to make; hiring the superintendent of schools. They are going to take on this task themselves, said Board of Trustees President Tony Gray, with...
The Farmersville Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Monday night on a timetable for its selection of a superintendent to succeed Jeff Adams, who plans to retire at the end of the current academic year. Trustees met in closed session Monday night to...
The search for a new superintendent is about to get underway. During their Monday, Oct. 28 meeting, members of the Farmersville School Board gave authority to Superintendent Jeff Adams to post a job opening for his position. For the full story, see the Nov. 14 issue...
Collin College’s Auteur Film Series will screen "RBG" at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19 at the Angelika Film Center in Plano. “RBG” is a 2018 documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her unique position as an icon of justice, advocating for both men...
Life & Style
From rugged coastlines to desert canyons, icy glaciers to underwater reefs, the United States National Park System is a treasure trove of natural beauty and historical significance. With 63 official national parks—and more than 400 total sites managed by the National...
Half a century ago, 25 men got together with one purpose in mind: to help veterans. Though the location and members have changed, Farmersville VFW Post 7426 still has the same goal. The post commemorated their 50th anniversary Saturday, Feb. 10 with a golden...
Love comes in many forms and fashions, but for those at Shutt’er Down Ranch, a love for animals is a top priority. The 33-acre ranch located outside Farmersville on CR 702 is haven for many animals, 138 currently. With 34 dogs, 18 pigs, 16 goats, 20 chickens, five...
A new face is in town and it’s because he has been hired as the newest Farmersville Main Street Manager. Reagan Rothenberger, who hails from Beaumont, has been hired as the Main Street Manager. Though young, at 27, he brings education, enthusiasm and experience to the...
A new affordable housing option will soon be coming to McKinney courtesy in part to North Collin County Habitat for Humanity. The 35-unit townhome complex is one of the first of its kind in the United States, which will utilize shipping containers to make a 1,200 sq....
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...
Like most Americans, I have always considered the United States an exceptional country. We possess a political system built on checks and balances, an ideal of giving voice to ordinary people across a diverse land, and a Constitution that favors finding common...
I was sickened to watch this horrific act that resulted in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020. I can’t reconcile in my mind of why this officer seemingly didn’t have the wherewithal to see the damage he was inflicting and/or those officers...
For most Americans, today’s lockdowns and social distancing requirements are new. For my family, they’re what we do every flu season. That’s because our son, Hunter, has a rare condition known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and any type of infection can quickly...
WASHINGTON, DC, May 18 – AMAC Action has provided the Congress and the Administration a series of recommendations aimed at safeguarding seniors’ interests within the flurry of legislative proposals designed to cope with COVID-19’s aftermath. Senior Americans are...
