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Collin County commissioners met Monday, June 29 to consider a wide range of county business, including contracts, budget adjustments, engineering projects and an interlocal agreement with the City of Princeton. Among the consent agenda items was an interlocal...
Property values in Collin County continue to increase, according to 2025 certified taxable values released by Collin Central Appraisal District (CCAD). The district released certified taxable values to taxing authorities on Thursday, July 24. Cities and school...
Collin County residents who don’t live in cities will be asked whether the county should create an emergency services district (ESD) to provide fire protection, financed by taxes on their property. Following a Monday, July 28 hearing in McKinney, Collin County...
Farmersville alumna Bella Holland set the school record for most digs in a season with 507 and was named the District 13-4A utility player of the year in volleyball and the co-offensive player of the year in softball. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David...
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...
Sports
The Farmersville boys soccer team will host Sunnyvale at 7:30 tonight in a playoff rematch from last season, won by the Raiders 3-2. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Less than 24 hours prior to Saturday’s regular-season...
With five games remaining, the playoff race is heating up for the Lady Farmers basketball team. Every game matters, and the Lady Farmers picked up a key victory over Community at home Tuesday night, winning 49-32. The game was close early on, before a big run in the...
The Farmersville girls soccer team opened the new season, filled with optimism and plenty of new challenges in 2023. The team welcomes new head coach Arian May, who also works with the Lady Farmers volleyball and girls basketball team and took over the soccer job just...
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...
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...
Students at Tatum Elementary School have been having fun with a variety of educational events. For more photos see the Feb. 1 issue or subscribe online.
Tatum Elementary School students have been raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. For more photos see the Jan. 25 issue or subscribe online.
Many students from Farmersville High School participated in the Collin County Junior Livestock Show last week. For additional photos see the Jan. 18 edition or subscribe online.
Livestock exhibitors from throughout the county step into the judging ring next week for the Collin County Junior Livestock Show, the first event of the season. The junior livestock show runs from Monday, Jan. 8, through Saturday, Jan. 13, at Myers Park and Event...
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...
Is there anything more American than a summer road trip? Texas is filled with great places to enjoy open skies and endless roads, and while many people plan their vacations around reaching dream destinations, I think most would agree that the real fun comes in the...
Family. Freedom. Fireworks. Put them all together and you can usher in the kind of fun Fourth of July you remember as a child. Lafon’s Fireworks is just the place to go and boasts an atmosphere like none other, one of family. For owners Joann and Alvin Lafon,...
Area residents can choose from a number of locations to celebrate Independence Day and can stretch out their celebrations for more than a week. Fourth of July celebrations start this Saturday, June 25, and run through Monday, July 4. The cities of Allen and Josephine...
As summer blossoms into full swing providing opportunities for fun outdoors, it is imperative that Texans take precautions against mosquitos. With the Zika and West Nile viruses being in Texas, prevention should take be on the forefront of Collin County residents’...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore keeps an old rotary phone around. Just in case. Photo by John Moore There are many once-common aspects of the telephone that are now gone. Keep in mind that those born in the 1990s likely have never heard a dial tone, dialed a phone, or talked to...
There is no question, pipeline and transmission line projects are necessary to supply our rapidly growing state. The electric transmission capacity ensures our lights stay on and our homes stay cool during the hottest months of the year. Pipelines carrying oil and gas...
It’s quite simple, really. We Texans have a right to know how our taxpayer dollars are spent. It’s our money. We, the people, choose our government. Our elected public officials represent us. They manage and spend our tax money. But we, the people, get to decide...
August 25 marked one year since Hurricane Harvey’s battering winds and torrential rains brought death and destruction to coastal and inland counties of Texas. Repairs and rebuilding in the region continue to this day, and the U.S. Office of Coastal Management has...
My Dad used to say, and probably still would, ‘Don’t complain unless you’re willing to do something about it.’ I’m pretty sure that he didn’t coin the phrase, so this is probably not a new expression to you. You may have been told, or heard, the same idiom. This...
