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By Andrew Norsworthy | [email protected] Farmersville City Council members continued discussions Monday about the future of ambulance service following its departure from the North and East Collin County Coalition of Cities. After public comments on agenda...
City Council recognized Farmersville EDC for the 2025 Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award for fire suppression grants. Farmersville City Council members voiced concerns at the Monday, Oct. 20 regular meeting over purchasing 111 N. Johnson St. as a potential...
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...
Sports
Farmersville senior Ethan Stone raises his hands in the air after winning first place in the boys 400-meter dash at the area 13-4A/14-A track and field meet in Sunnyvale last week. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Photo...
Farmersville Lady Pirates celebrate as Bi-District Champions Monday night. Updated Nov. 2, 2023; 4:30 p.m. The Lady Farmers were again in a familiar spot Monday, the playoffs. After finishing in second place in District 14-4A, Farmersville (35-5, 10-2) hosted Dallas...
Kaden Johnson (7) plows through the Krum defense to score the Farmers' first touchdown. Photo by Victor Tapia Like last week it took Farmersville some time to develop a rhythm on offense, but they got a different result, a win. The Farmers gave up a Krum score late in...
Caden Norman (3) looks for his receiver against Van Alstyne. Traveling to Van Alstyne, the Farmers’ run-first offense could not get traction in the first half against the Panthers. Instead, it was a combination of Panther runners, including quarterback Weston...
Kenah Brown (13) and Cayla Huff (6) rise to block a Sunnyvale shot. Farmersville had an opportunity to knock off district-leading Sunnyvale on their home court but couldn’t make it happen on Tuesday night, Oct. 10. Trailing the Lady Raiders (27-7, 8-0) by a game in...
Education
Two candidates for the Collin College Board of Trustees have filed 30-day preelection campaign finance reports ahead of the upcoming Saturday, May 3, election, detailing their fundraising and expenditures in compliance with state law. The reports were filed by Place 4...
The Class of 2019 received $575,611 in scholarships. The 42 students that received awards are listed below. Madysen Addington – $1,250 Collin College Foundation Board of Directors Scholarship. Michael Bagwill – $1,000 Farmersville Centennial scholarship. Rebecca...
The top two of Farmersville’s graduating class are ready for commencement ceremonies Friday night and are looking forward to a bright future in science fields. This year’s valedictorian is Kiersten Haas and salutatorian is Ellie Odom. Kiersten, who has a 4.40 GPA, has...
Students at Farmersville Junior High School will end the school year by giving back to the community in a meaningful way by hosting their very own Relay for Life event. Community members are invited to participate at the event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2...
Life & Style
Everyone needs a break now and then. Time off helps us recharge, gain perspective, and reconnect with ourselves and the people we care about. But instead of letting vacation days slip away unused—or spending them on trips that leave you needing a vacation from your...
To serve in a church for 71 years is a long time but to Farmersville resident Glenda Hart it’s just part of who she is. Recently, Hart received a dedication of The Glenda Hart Organ at First United Methodist Church of Farmersville for her devotion to the church and...
George Smith, leader of the Bugtussle Car Trek, guides a group of classic car participants into the downtown square Saturday, Aug. 26. Despite rain, there were more than 40 cars gathered in the square allowing local car enthusiasts the opportunity to admire the...
Deanna Cleaveland and her aunt Mary Pryor, 93, watch the solar eclipse together Monday, Aug. 21 at a family ‘watch party.’ Cleveland, who is visiting from University Place, Washington, brought the glasses from the Tacoma Astronomical Society. The family had three...
Books flew off the shelves, stories were shared and prizes were won at this year’s annual Summer Reading Club at Rike Library. Sponsored by The Farmersville Times, readers of all ages flock to the library for three months to participate in weekly meetings, complete...
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...
Journalists relentlessly pursue the truth in order to provide citizens with the information they need to be self-governing. And yet, for journalists, doing that work can be risky, dangerous and even cost lives. Just 15 months ago the deadliest attack on journalists...
You’re probably chuckling already. Seriously? “The joy of politics”? That was pretty much the reaction I got the other day when, in the middle of a conversation about how confrontational, adversarial, and downright unpleasant politics has become of late, I...
Democracy’s premise is that ordinary citizens can make solid decisions on complex issues. But this basic principle and the structure of laws and practices erected over the centuries to safeguard it are being questioned as rarely before. It’s not just that political...
This week, October 6 – 12, 2019, marks National Newspaper Week, which, in my view, is a celebration of the First Amendment. This week is a confirmation of our freedom of speech, our right to a free press, our right to peaceably assemble and our right to petition the...
