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Farmersville officials have selected Angela Smith as the city’s next city manager, filling the municipality’s top administrative position following action by the City Council during its Monday, June 15 meeting. Council approved Smith’s hiring following an executive...
Farmersville Historical Society members and guests gather Saturday, Aug. 16, to help celebrate 160 years of the Bain-Honaker House with a time capsule burial and much more. Future Farmersville residents will one day open a box filled with stamps, coins, blueprints and...
Farmersville High School continues to perform at the top of the district, repeating its A rating. The Texas Education Agency’s newly released accountability ratings show that Farmersville Independent School District maintained an overall grade of B for the 2024-2025...
Meet the Farmersville High FFA officers at Howdy Night. From left, Paxstyn Adams, Carson Dillard, Brady Johnson, Presley McIver, Addison Horton, Piper Long, Addison Adams and Garrett Williams. Courtesy photo The Farmersville FFA chapter is rolling out the welcome mat...
Farmersville residents can register to receive critical safety alerts by texting their ZIP code to 888777 or by signing up through the Farmersville Police Nixle page. Courtesy Everbridge Farmersville residents can now get critical safety alerts and community updates...
Sports
Farmersville pitcher Seth Brooks held Princeton to three hits with three strikeouts Friday. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Despite being separated by seven miles, the Farmersville and Princeton baseball teams rarely...
Farmersville will see two track and field athletes heading to the state championship after competing in the Region II-4A finals. With the top two athletes in each event, plus the top third qualifier from across the four regions, all qualifying for state, the Lady...
Losing the first game Friday night while battling through poor conditions, the Farmersville softball team had to fight down 1-0 in the bi-district round. They showed their perseverance on Saturday, winning their final two games to take the series 2-1 over Kaufman and...
Farmersville scored five runs over the first three innings, completing the perfect season in District 13-4A. Taking on Sunnyvale in the second game of their two-game series, the Farmers won 5-2 after some timely hits in the opening innings, and a strong start from...
Farmersville clinched the outright District 13-4A championship Tuesday night at home, defeating Sunnyvale 15-0 in four innings. The Lady Farmers (9-1, 19-7) remained ahead of Community in the district standings to win the championship, adding to a long list of...
Education
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reports 94.35% of Texas kindergarteners were vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella as of the 2023-24 school year, with 93.31% of Collin County kids having received the vaccines. As of Monday, March 3, the...
Thanks to the help of a Boy Scout working on his Eagle Scout project, the Farmersville City Park has new play equipment. Climbing equipment called a serpent pod climber and a three-panel cyclone are being installed as Derrell Foltz’s project in the downtown park....
As the curtains opened and the lights dimmed, Farmersville High School students were immersed in the world of dance, music and lines associated with the Broadway hit, “Hairspray.” For the first time in years, the FHS theater department premiered the musical originally...
Even though it is only a week past Halloween, for those interested in signing up for Farmersville’s Angel Tree and those interested in adopting, it is time to get into the spirit of giving. Signups for the Angel Tree program will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m....
Senior Lindsey May is crowned Homecoming Queen by last year’s winner Katy Ravsten while May’s dad, Lance May, rejoices in her coronation. Despite rain earlier in the football game, the rain stopped right before coronation ceremonies allowing umbrellas to be folded....
Life & Style
Discover the best St.. Patrick's Day celebrations in the U.S. Chicago dyes the Chicago River green each year for St. Patrick’s Day. As winter fades and March rolls in, cities across the United States prepare to turn green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a...
Easter activities are in full swing for the weekend and Farmersville residents have several hunts to choose from. The annual VFW Post Easter Egg hunt will occur at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15 behind the post located at 671 W. Audie Murphy Pkwy. By Wyndi Veigel • News...
The first thing that comes to this Texan’s mind when the season changes to spring is bluebonnets. When will they bloom? Will the bluebonnet patches be as plentiful as last year? Where will be the best spot for a photo? How long will the blooming season last? To be...
More than 200 people trekked to Bear Creek Ranch Event Center in Nevada last Friday, March 17, for the annual Farmersville Chamber of Commerce banquet during which a number of community awards were announced. The banquet was hosted by the chamber board of directors...
For families planning a staycation or visitors coming to Dallas for spring break, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden has something for everyone. Encounter 100 varieties of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, pansies, violas, poppies and thousands of other...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore recently pulled over to buy fruit from a roadside stand. It reminded him of home. Courtesy John Moore There’s a rhythm to the seasons that you can feel in your bones when you grow up in a place like southwest Arkansas. Long before supermarkets...
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),...
The Texas House of Representatives on April 3 approved much-anticipated legislation written to revise the state’s public school finance system. The vote was 148-1, and the bill now moves to the Senate for consideration. House Bill 3 would increase pay for public...
Have you wondered how your area hospitals stack up in terms of the quality of care they provide? Emergencies obviously call for rushing to the nearest hospital. But when you have time to plan, it is worth doing some research and finding out which hospitals do the best...
