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From welcoming a new city manager to reshaping zoning rules, Farmersville City Council tackled a wide range of issues during meetings held June 30 and July 6. During the June 30 special meeting, council approved three resolutions updating authorized...
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...
With property values climbing and debt obligations in focus, Farmersville ISD will soon decide how much residents will pay in school taxes for the coming year. The district will host a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at Farmersville High School, 499 State Highway...
School zones can be hectic places with students hopping on and off buses or darting between cars to cross the street, and drivers may become distracted or impatient. So, crashes can -- and do -- happen. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, there were...
Texas Country Music Hall of Famer Clay Cooper took to the Wylie Opry stage Saturday, Aug. 2, along with his sons, Colt, left, and Caden. A Wylie native, Cooper started his career at the Opry at age 13. He now owns a venue in Branson, Missouri, where he performs...
Sports
Farmersville infielder Haley Watkins and the Lady Farmers softball team will host Quinlan Ford at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The battle to earn one of the four playoff spots in District 13-4A will...
Farmersville head volleyball coach Harold Davis has stepped down from his coaching position after several seasons at the helm. Assistant coach Arian May will take over the head coach role. She was the assistant coach for the Lady Farmers for the last three seasons....
District play has proven no problem for the Lady Farmers softball team, dominating at home Tuesday night. Farmersville scored 14 runs in the bottom of the first inning, winning 16-0 to improve to 2-0 in district play. The Lady Farmers continue their season this...
The Farmers came out on top in a back-and-forth encounter with Van Alstyne Monday night, capping off their 4-1 start to the opening week. Traveling to face the Panthers on Feb. 27, the Farmers won 15-8 behind a stellar offensive performance. The team collected 13 hits...
The Farmersville softball team scored eight runs in the top of the fifth to defeat Princeton 14-8 on the road Tuesday night. With the game tied at six heading into the fifth, the first eight Lady Farmer batters reached base in the inning, partly thanks to three...
Education
FISD Superintendent Micheal French, pictured earlier in the school year at the opening of the new FHS facilities, was named president of the Public Education Resource Equity Center, a school finance organization representing over 400 school districts across Texas....
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.
Senior Class members from First United Methodist Church were honored Sunday, April 29. They received Bibles from the church and to their surprise, the first-ever Tim Barber Memorial Scholarship was presented to each of the students who knew Tim before his death in...
Life & Style
With the exception of winter crops like hearty spinach and kale, Collin County gardeners should remove spent plants and debris from vegetable beds and flower gardens to prepare for spring crops. As winter’s chill settles over Collin County, gardeners might be tempted...
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...
The Farmersville Rotary Club recently collected donations for the Farmersville Community Outreach Food Pantry. From left are Rotarian Charlie Whitaker and Pantry volunteer Shirley Weldon. For the complete story see the Sept. 22 edition of The Farmersville Times or...
Homecoming Queen Anna Nibbelin smiles while being crowned by last year’s Homecoming Queen Claudia Patino. Anna was escorted by her dad, David Nibbelin. For more Homecoming photos see the Sept. 15 edition of The Farmersville Times or click here for the e-Edition.
Without a doubt the majority of people remember where they were, what they were doing and how they found out about the news of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. 15 years have gone by since the attacks on the World Trade Center, United 93 and the Pentagon. This...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore doesn’t recall ever seeing gloves in a glove box. Courtesy John Moore English is a language full of leftovers. It’s like the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Filled with things we just can’t seem to toss out. The difference of course is that at...
Dear Rusty: Sometimes words used have different meaning to others, like your recent article on the Social Security “Trust Fund.” In a true trust fund, monies are only used for a specific purpose. Our so-called Social Security Trust Fund doesn’t work like that....
Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 1 issued the following statement on the Nov. 30 death of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States: “The state of Texas mourns with the nation at the passing of one of our greatest presidents. George H.W. Bush was an...
Texas has its lowest unemployment rate in more than 42 years. The Texas Workforce Commission on Nov. 16 announced that Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in October, down from 3.8 percent the prior month. It is the lowest level of...
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...
