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Members of VFW Post 7426 assist with the retirement of the flag at South State Bank. The post’s inaugural golf scramble is set for Saturday, April 11. Courtesy photo It is time to tee up for the inaugural Stars and Stripes Scramble presented by Farmersville VFW Post...
December Ballew, left and Madeline Burkhart, right, watch Isabella throw the ball to first base during a drill at the Farmersville Youth Softball Camp. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Students from the district were back on...
The Juneteenth Celebration, planned for Saturday, June 14, at Olde City Park in Wylie, includes a lengthy roster of musicians, dancers, food and retail vendors, kid fun activities and more. A celebration of freedom, family and culture is at the heart of the 6th...
Kylo Ren, a tiger born at In-Sync Exotics in 2018, enjoys playing with a colorful cardboard tube in his pool during the annual Birthday Bash last weekend. The facility is located on Skyview Drive in Wylie. Photo by Dave Smith for In-Sync Exotics After 25 years of...
The Texas Legislature has passed Senate Bill 571 (SB 571), aimed at closing loopholes in the state’s educator misconduct system and preventing individuals with a history of wrongdoing from moving between schools. The measure, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, now...
Sports
The Farmersville boys basketball team poses for photos with the first-place trophy in the Farmersville Hardwood Hoopfest on Saturday after the Farmers defeated Frisco Lebanon Trail. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected]...
Just one season removed from a winless soccer season, the Lady Farmers have made tremendous progress heading into district play. First-year head coach Arian May was excited for the season when she took the head coaching reigns but said the key has been the team’s...
The Farmersville High School basketball games originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 1, have been rescheduled because of the winter storm. Instead, the varsity boys and girls basketball teams will play against Caddo Mills this Saturday, Feb. 4 at Farmersville High...
The Farmersville softball program has been one of the best in the area over the last few years and is excited for another new season with plenty of returning talent. Coming off their third straight district championship, the Lady Farmers aren’t focused on goals for...
Going on the road to defeat Wills Point was crucial to Farmersville's playoff hopes. That's exactly what they did Friday night, defeating Wills Point 37-32 to improve to 4-4 in district play. The victory improved the Lady Farmers to one game ahead of Community for the...
Education
Kyle Bellue, new executive dean at the Collin College Farmersville campus, speaks to Rotarians at the Tuesday, Jan. 21 luncheon. How does one transition from a 28-year career as a U.S. Air Force meteorologist to becoming a higher education administrator? Kyle Bellue...
Collin College trustees voted last week to raise student tuition $4 per credit hour starting with the fall semester, but prices will remain less than the cost at other area community colleges and universities. The $4 per hour tuition increase is for Texas residents....
Plans for the 2019-20 school year are already underway. The Farmersville ISD School Board unanimously approved the year’s calendar during their regular meeting Monday, Feb. 25. The first day of school will be Aug. 14 and last day May 21, 2020. Breaks are planned for...
As filing is winding down, a contended race has developed on the Farmersville School Board. Both Tommy Monk and David Ketcher have filed for Place 5, which was formerly held by Glenn McClain. Ketcher, who is retired, has 30 years in public education as a teacher,...
Students from Farmersville FFA recently participated in the Collin County Junior Livestock Show and 26 of their entries made sale. The show was held at Myers Park in McKinney Jan. 7 – Jan. 12. Students results are listed below. Swine entries Isabella Lopez Reserve...
Life & Style
As New Year’s Day 2024 approached, millions of individuals were preparing to make changes they hoped would improve their fitness. In a Forbes Health/One Poll survey of 1,000 adults in the months leading up to the start of 2024, nearly half (48 percent) of respondents...
Looking for an early start to the July 4 holiday? The 11th annual Fireworks in the Park celebration in Josephine is scheduled for this Saturday night. Activities includes a car show for the seventh year. Activities get underway at 3 p.m. at the Josephine Fire Station...
Honor, respect tinged with a bit of sadness was on display for the 18th annual Audie Murphy Day festivities. Held Saturday, June 17, Audie Murphy Day kicked off with a breakfast and time for veterans to share memories and conversation at the First Baptist Church of...
Grazing horses and donkeys set against a backdrop of clear blue sky and rolling fields welcome you to a serene oasis in northern Collin County. If it weren’t for the sign out front indicating you were at Lone Star Ranch and Rescue, you’d think it was just another...
Honor and respect, along with a bit of fun, is scheduled for this year’s Audie Murphy Day, which will be held Saturday, June 17 in downtown Farmersville. The annual celebration is held to honor veterans and active duty military personnel for their service, along with...
Opinion
Sunlight is starting to break through at the Capitol in the final month of the Texas legislative session. Open government measures have won passage in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support, and more House votes are scheduled on legislation championed by...
A couple of weeks ago I was speaking to a group of students and decided to start with a point-blank question: Is Congress doing a good job? There were perhaps 100 people in the room, and not a single one raised his or her hand. So I asked the question a different way:...
The Texas House of Representatives on May 1 passed Senate Bill 2, legislation proposing to bring property tax relief to homeowners, but the lower house slowed the bill’s momentum by tacking on 25 floor amendments. If finally passed in the coming days, the legislation...
Only a month is left for lawmakers to get the state’s business done in the 86th regular session of the Texas Legislature. Still unfinished are the issues at the top of a list shared by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen: the passage...
Early last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a roadmap outlining our efforts to address the national opioid epidemic. The roadmap details our three-pronged approach, including prevention of new cases of opioid use disorder (OUD),...
