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A night of glamour, gaming and philanthropy will help support one of North Texas' premier exotic animal sanctuaries. In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center will host The Great Catsby: ROARing '20s Casino Night Saturday, June 27, at the Cotton Mill in...
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...
December Ballew, left and Madeline Burkhart, right, watch Isabella throw the ball to first base during a drill at the Farmersville Youth Softball Camp. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Students from the district were back on...
Sports
Farmersville senior Rileigh Blankenship picks up her dribble during Tuesday's Class 4A Division II bi-district playoff game against North Lamar at Greenville High School. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By Evan Grice [email protected] GREENVILLE – For...
Late in the game with a potential spot in the playoffs on the line, Farmersville’s field goal was blocked and Community ended up stealing the rivalry victory. Head coach Zac Quinlan highlighted moments like that as reasons the Farmers lost key games in district play....
With several players moving in and several returning options, the Farmersville football team shows plenty of depth in the secondary. With returning players like AJ Blake, Avery Gordon and Colton Harbin, the Farmers already had several options they liked back on the...
Farmersville head football coach Zac Quinlan hasn’t been coy about the strength of the defense for next season. He feels like the linebackers should lead the team in the 2022 season and changed his defensive scheme to put more linebackers on the field. The team is led...
The Dallas Tigers baseball program has produced several outstanding players, including MLB stars Clayton Kershaw and Corey Kluber. For just the fifth time in team history, they’re sending their team to the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, NM from July 22-30. In...
Education
Open registration is now available for Collin College’s Wintermester 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters. Students who have been admitted to the college and are eligible to enroll can register for classes through the CougarWeb portal at cougarweb.collin.edu. To register,...
Boy Scout Brayden Bolch recently received the honor from the city of Farmersville as having a day dedicated to him for his service to the community. For the photo in print see the April 27 edition of The Farmersville Times or click here for the e-Edition.
Fourth and fifth grade students took a journey into the past Thursday, April 6 and Friday, April 7 with the Farmersville Historical Society’s Farmersville 1900s program. Though typically completed in October, society members took the opportunity to “catch up” some...
Farmersville ISD employees can look forward to a raise in pay for the next school year. Unanimously approved at the Monday, March 27 Farmersville ISD school board meeting, educators will receive a 3.5 percent raise within their step pay scale. The board approved for...
Students jumped all day during their PE times today for donations to Jump Rope for Heart/American Heart Association. For more photos see the March 16 edition of The Farmersville Times or click here for the e-Edition.
Life & Style
Guadalupe Mountains Texas summers as a kid could be summed up with the three P’s: popsicles, pools and parks! Basically, if my siblings and I weren’t outside – running, splashing, laughing, enjoying every last second of freedom – then we were inside, sleeping for the...
Farmersville City Manager Ben White climbs the ladder truck with the assistance of Farmersville FD Captain Barry Pollard.
Spooktacular events are right around the corner in Farmersville as the annual Trick It Up Bike Ride and Scare Around the Shed usher in the creepiest of seasons. The Farmersville Chamber of Commerce has two spookily delicious events with the Trick It Up Bike Ride and...
A showdown of epic proportions took place between the Farmersville Fire Department and the Farmersville Police Department. The battle featured not police cars and fire trucks, but rather, lawn mowers at the annual Lone Star Garden Tractor Pulling Association Tractor...
Many new and old favorites will be on display during this year’s Old Time Saturday festival Oct. 3. First, the annual street dance, which was revived several years ago has been moved back to the downtown square. The band, Short Fuse, will be set up on a flat bed...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore is the keeper of his family’s history. Including his parents’ vintage grandfather clock. Courtesy John Moore The difference in a collector and a pack rat is whether you’re rich or poor. Those with money are considered refined and people of taste....
By Lee Hamilton Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was...
By Peter Hong Peter Hong is a contributing reporter at Americans for Limited Government. President Trump and the Republican majority in Congress have pledged to do something that hasn’t been done in over thirty years: comprehensively reform our badly broken tax code. ...
By Rick Wood Pastor, Pursuit Christian Fellowship This is a common question that roams the minds of many people…wondering if God could possibly use them. We live in a world that is fueled by self-worth; society teaches us to live for ourselves and to value our...
By Ed Sterling Member services director for the Texas Press Association. AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott as of June 4 had not signed Senate Bill 1, the 2018-2019 state budget finally approved by both houses of the 85th Texas Legislature on May 27. SB 1 appropriates...
