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Application filing ends June 26 Collin College is seeking applicants to fill the Place 8 seat on its Board of Trustees following the retirement of founding trustee and Farmersville resident Robert “Bob” Collins after 41 years of service. To be eligible for...
The 15th Texas Court of Appeals (COA) has thrown out injunctions that had blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing school accountability ratings for the 2023-24 school year. The TEA is expected to release the ratings Aug. 15. “It is time for local courts to...
Colton Trentine tours a Farmersville fire truck at Rike Memorial Library during their annual Public Safety Day Wednesday, July 9. Farmersville’s Police and Fire Departments paid a visit to Rike Memorial Library for their annual Public Safety Day Wednesday, July 9....
Jake Buchanan has taken the helm as the new Farmersville Rotary Club president. Courtesy photo As the Rotary calendar turns over each July 1, local clubs across the globe usher in new leadership. The Farmersville Rotary Club is no exception, beginning its 2025-26...
Texas lawmakers returning Monday, July 21, to Austin may reconsider a failed bill from the last legislative session that would have helped local governments acquire emergency communications equipment. “It’s going to be something that will be looked at,” Gov. Greg...
Sports
The Farmersville powerlifting team brought nine lifters to a meet last Saturday in Prosper. Courtesy Christopher Anderson By David Wolman [email protected] The Farmersville boys powerlifting team continued its busy start to the season last week at Prosper High...
With a new team and new coach, new expectations have arrived for the Farmersville boys' soccer season. The team is led by Farmersville head coach James Walker, who admits that he’s a little green to the game of soccer. An assistant coach on the football team, Walker...
The Farmersville athletic program saw a successful 2022 season, featuring several playoff teams, state championship medalists and qualifiers across many different sports. Randy Barnes, the Farmer's head football coach and athletic director, resigned from the position...
Farmersville resident Matthew Day earned national and GRT Race Cars South Central Region rookie of the year honors, as well as Heart O’ Texas Speedway and Southern Oklahoma Speedway track titles and the Oklahoma State crown this season. “Winning 12 Modified features,...
The Farmersville boys basketball team is heading to a new era, with new head coach Hayze McGuckie leading the charge. Former coach Stephen Blassingame took the defensive coordinator position for the football team, allowing McGuckie to come in and try and guide the...
Education
Addison Horton poses with her Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb at the 2025 Collin County Junior Livestock Show at Myers Park in McKinney. Courtesy Farmersville FFA The Collin County Junior Livestock Show and Sale brought area FFA and 4-H students together to show...
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...
Editor’s note: Shattered Dreams wreck is a reenactment. No one was arrested, injured or killed. Farmersville first responders please be in route to a major head-on collision, multiple fatalities reported. Though a reenactment geared to show teens the dangers of...
The Farmersville HS Symphonic Band earned their 5th consecutive Sweepstakes award last week at the Region 25 UIL Concert and Sightreading contest. For the photo in print and additional band coverage, see the April 12 edition or subscribe online.
For the first time in six years there will be a new head football coach doning the head set on the sidelines at Fightin’ Farmer Stadium. Brandon Hankins was confirmed for that position in addition to athletic director during the Thursday, March 29 Farmersville ISD...
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...
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...
Tatum Elementary School received some incredibly special visitors and for cancer survivors Erin Lisman and Marti Mason, and it meant the world to them. Aug. 23, both Lisman and Mason were called outside to help with “crowd control” as a group of firetrucks rolled in...
It takes a village is a common thread when children are concerned, and this year’s Summer Reading Club is no exception. Sponsored by The Farmersville Times, readers of all ages flocked to the library for three months to participate in weekly meetings, complete craft...
With temperatures well over 100 degrees, the last thing that sounds appealing is being up to one’s neck in wool, alpaca and other fibers but that is exactly what is happening this August as over 700 yarn-lovers participate in the 5th Annual DFW Yarn Crawl. Eighteen...
Opinion
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...
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a state disaster declaration for 18 Texas counties recently impacted by deadly weather that claimed at least four lives and caused extensive flooding. On Oct. 16 Abbott authorized the use of all available resources of state government and of...
The Texas House Committee on Appropriations met Oct. 9 to hear ideas on improving school safety in the aftermath of the May 18 Santa Fe High School shooting that left eight students and two teachers dead and 13 injured. “It’s an unbelievable reality that shootings in...
