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Preservation Celebration guests, including Audie Murphy’s nieces and guest speaker Bryon Wiebold, walk the red carpet Saturday, April 25, in Farmersville. Courtesy Ben Cardon A nod to the city’s deep-rooted history took center stage last week as the Collin County...
City Council’s newest member, Kristi Mondy, shown with City Secretary Tabatha Monk, took the oath of office during the Monday, June 16 meeting. Finance Director John Lawrence gave Farmersville City Council a preliminary look at the 2025-26 fiscal year budget during...
Bertie Neu, dressed as Rosie the Riveter, stands with a life-size cutout of Audie Murphy, which will be on display June 21 at the Bain-Honaker House. Courtesy photo Farmersville is set to honor its most famous hometown hero as Audie Murphy Day returns Friday and...
Farmersville alum Tay’shaun Davis celebrates a big play made by the Farmers during their 27-0 win over Canton in the bi-district round of the Class 4A Division II playoffs. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Another school...
Starting with November’s general election, Collin County voters will be going back to the future. Collin County commissioners have agreed to return to hand-marked paper ballots except for voters with vision or mobility challenges. They would still be able to use...
Sports
Farmersville junior outside hitter was named to the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A all-state honorable mention team on Saturday, Jan. 3. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Farmersville junior outside hitter...
Farmersville couldn't keep up with Van Alstyne, as they lost 53-10 Friday night. Jacob Tull ran the Farmers' (0-3, 2-5) only touchdown from 49 yards out with 5:33 remaining in the second quarter. The score trimmed Van Alstyne's (3-1, 4-4) lead to 14-10 and the Farmers...
No. 3 Farmersville honored their senior class pregame, then rallied to defeat Community 3-1 (25-17, 19-25, 25-22, 25-12) Tuesday night. The Lady Braves (4-5, 20-11) battled back to win the second set, using creative hits to make up for their size disadvantage against...
Aubrey Varner has been the leader of the Farmersville cross country team all season, and will now get a chance to race for state in two weeks. Varner finished seventh overall (13:32.67) at the District 13-4A championship Monday afternoon, and she’ll run at the...
The Farmersville football team couldn't right the ship on the road, falling 20-7 to Gainesville Friday night. Defensively, Farmersville (0-2, 2-4) was able to force a couple of turnovers, but the offense failed to capitalize on opportunities. Jeralin Craddock scored...
Education
FHS won big in March after sending 10 Robotics teams to State. Teams 75442A. 75442X, 75442N, 75442W and 75442R were able to secure seven awards and three banners at the State competition in 2024. Courtesy art Farmersville ISD experienced a transformative year in...
Amid a sea of purple and gold, the Class of 2018 celebrated the finale of 13 years of education. The 111-member class completed its commencement ceremony Thursday, May 24 at Plano Centre in Plano. Class members raised more than $400,000 in scholarships and were...
The Class of 2018 will walk across the stage Thursday, May 24 and everyone is invited to enjoy commencement ceremonies. The ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. at Plano Centre located at 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy. Those traveling to the center are advised to leave...
A pair of young women who value education and extracurricular activities are leading Farmersville’s Class of 2018. Valedictorian Donna Smith and Salutatorian Katy Ravsten have been named as the top two. Donna, who is graduating with a 4.5022 GPA, is actively involved...
Students at the Farmersville Intermediate School put their science skills to the test at the annual Physics Phair. For photos in print or online, subscribe to The Farmersville Times.
Life & Style
Breckinridge, Colorado is a festive place to visit during the holidays. Courtesy photo While many people dream of being home for the holidays, there’s a special magic in traveling during the Christmas season. Whether you’re craving snow-capped mountains, tropical...
Big Tex isn’t the only crowd favorite at the 2016 State Fair of Texas. On Tuesday, Oct 4, a new man on the fairgrounds stole the show. Jarren McTee, from Farmersville competed in the Youth Market Barrow Show and took home not only an eighth place ribbon, but the...
Mountains, weather and injuries failed to deter endurance bicyclist Danielle Girdano of Nevada from completing a 2,400-mile ride from Chicago, Ill., to Santa Monica, Calif.; she cut the world record for the route almost in half. Girdano made the ride, which follows...
After a heated and long-awaited journey, voters get to start heading to the polls Monday, Oct. 24 for early balloting in the 2016 Presidential Election that will be held Nov. 8 across the country. Although the Presidential Election is the premier attraction, there are...
Fall is here and the décor of choice, pumpkins, will soon be appearing on doorsteps throughout neighborhoods. Searching for that perfect orange (most often) fruit for decorating or carving can be a fun experience especially if you have children. If you want your...
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...
To the good folks of the Third District of Texas: With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I would like to take this time before the holidays to say a few words of gratitude as well as offer a farewell as your Congressman. As Texans, we are a blessed to live in the best...
Tell me: What does it actually mean to be an American? In the press of day-to-day events and amid the ongoing tumult of politics, we don’t think about this much. Yet it’s a crucial question, one that each generation in this country is called upon to answer for itself....
Statistics compiled by the office of the secretary of state show Texans cast ballots in record numbers during the early voting period before the Nov. 6 midterm general election. Of the 12,255,607 registered voters in the 30 most-populous counties of Texas, some...
Gov. Greg Abbott on Oct. 24 announced $55.5 million in funding from the federal Homeland Security Grant Program to support state and local efforts to prevent terror attacks and crack down on terroristic activity in Texas. These awards, according to a governor’s...
