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The rusted water tower is one of the last visible reminders of the Princeton POW Camp, which briefly housed German prisoners of war during World War II. The Stories Collin County Forgot to Notice Every time I drive through Princeton, I pass the same brown sign. You...
Texas families could save $132 million this weekend in the annual back-to-school sales tax holiday, said acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock. The event runs Friday, Aug. 8, through midnight, Sunday, Aug. 10. “Back-to-school costs can add up fast,” Hancock said....
Farmersville junior Amare Warren, left, runs against sophomore Jaxson Ward during practice Monday, Aug. 4. The Farmers come into the season seeking to build off their first playoff win since 2016. Students in Farmersville ISD will return to class Thursday, Aug. 7,...
The Farmersville Chamber of Commerce is inviting the community to try their luck at its 2025 Casino Night fundraiser, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 23, at The Hidden Jewel in Blue Ridge. The event kicks off at 6:30 p.m., with gaming tables opening at 7 p.m. and running...
In preparation for final budget development, Finance Director John Lawrence presented certified property values at the Monday, Aug. 4 Farmersville City Council meeting. Lawrence, absent from the meeting, provided the data through a written communication included in...
Sports
Farmersville senior Daniel Mendoza scored one goal in a 3-2 loss to Sunnyvale in a Class 4A Division II bi-district playoff loss at Farmers Stadium on Thursday. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Farmersville boys soccer...
Farmersville claimed the district championship last season, and is hoping to do so again in 2023. The Farmers still boast plenty of returning talent from last year’s roster, with several key contributors back in the lineup. Seniors Cooper Strawn and Logan Dale lead...
In a winner-take-all moment, the Farmersville defense came through in a big way down the stretch. Farmersville shut down Community's offense Friday night, winning 35-24 to reach the postseason. It was the second time in a row Farmersville beat Community to end the...
With the Lady Farmers basketball team finishing the district season at 5-7, they'll play one game to make the playoffs. Farmersville will face off this Friday, Feb. 10, against Community at 6:15 p.m., with the game taking place at Greenville High School. The Lady...
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...
Education
Farmersville ISD administrators presented district and campus improvement plans at the Monday, Jan. 27, school board meeting, focusing on academics and attendance rates. Tatum Elementary Principal Cristi Uland reported the campus has grown to more than 600 students....
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...
Students at Tatum Elementary School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday in early March. For more education news see the March 15 edition or subscribe online.
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...
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...
Harper Dyer, with Detective John Williams, looks curiously at a button inside a patrol car that turns on the siren. Though Harper wasn’t too sure about the police officer, by the end of the Aug. 3 Summer Reading Club at Rike Library, she and the detective were good...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore loves grits. Real grits, that is. Photo John Moore Folks who aren’t from the South invariably aren’t familiar with grits. When they come for a visit, they often twist their eyebrows into a John Belushi-type look after they spot them on their...
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...
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...
