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Farmersville officials have selected Angela Smith as the city’s next city manager, filling the municipality’s top administrative position following action by the City Council during its Monday, June 15 meeting. Council approved Smith’s hiring following an executive...
Farmersville senior first baseman/pitcher Mason Erwin was recently named to the District 13-4A first team. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Seven players from the Farmersville baseball team earned selections to the...
Allen assistant boys’ basketball coach Kingsley Akinwole has been hired as the next head coach of the Farmersville boys’ basketball team. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] When Farmersville ISD was conducting its search for its next head boys’...
The three-day Memorial Day weekend is also a double sales tax holiday in Texas. Families and businesses can save on the purchase of certain products during the state’s Water-Efficient Products and ENERGY STAR® sales tax holidays running from Saturday, May 24, through...
Bluegrass Heritage Foundation founder, Alan Tompkins, left, can often be found playing the upright bass with the band Hillbilly Fever, or playing banjo with Bobby Giles and the Texas Gales. Bluegrass music returns to Olde City Park this month for a beloved Wylie...
Sports
Farmersville’s Yoan Pineda kicks the ball into the air during Monday’s home match against Prosper Richland. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] When a player for the Farmersville boys soccer team was assessed a red card...
It was smooth sailing for the Farmersville baseball team in the bi-district playoff round. Facing off against Mabank in Mesquite over the weekend, the Farmers (9-3, 17-14) swept the Panthers over the first two games. Farmersville won the opening game Friday night 4-1...
The Farmers didn’t feel like celebrating Friday night after a tough loss, but they walked away co-district champions. Farmersville (9-3, 15-14) split their season series against Community, with the two teams ending up atop the District 13-4A standings. The Braves...
Trailing early in their bi-district playoff game against Athens Thursday night, Farmersville needed a spark on offense. The No. 24 Lady Farmers (12-0, 20-6) got precisely that in the top of the fourth inning, scoring seven runs to earn a 12-3 bi-district playoff...
Not much has challenged the Lady Farmers softball team this season, as they won the District 13-4A title in dominating fashion. No. 24 Farmersville (12-0, 19-6) completed their perfect run in district play with two more victories. The Lady Farmers have won 13...
Education
Miss Texas 2024, Annette Addo-Yobo, visited Tatum Elementary Tuesday, Aug. 27. She delivered an interactive program about autism awareness to kindergarten, first and second grade students titled, “Be an Advocate, Be a Friend.” Courtesy photo Tatum Elementary School...
It’s been said it takes a village and that is an appropriate statement when it comes to raising funds for the library. Young civic supporters are out in force selling tickets to help the library, civic center and senior citizens center as Old Time Saturday approaches....
Purple and gold splendor will fill the air this Friday night as the annual Fightin’ Farmers Homecoming ceremony will commence. The undefeated Farmers will face off against the Emory Rains Wildcats Friday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the home stadium. Coronation ceremonies...
Students head back to school Aug. 22. Principal Ginger Ketcher greets head start student Skyylar Jones and her sister on the first day of school at Tatum Elementary School. For more photos see the Aug. 25 edition of The Farmersville Times or click here for the...
With the start of the school year, Farmersville ISD Police and Farmersville PD have one goal: to get people to slow down and pay attention. Recently, the city and the school district have been hard at work to get TxDOT to make improvements to the Hwy. 78 crosswalks...
Life & Style
After a whirlwind of wedding festivities, it’s no wonder why so many couples look forward to their honeymoons and the opportunity to escape, unwind and celebrate the beginning of their life together. But with so many destinations, activities and logistics to consider,...
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Opinion
The Texas Senate last week passed a bill to allow school districts to set aside time for in-school prayer and gave initial approval to requiring all schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The Austin American-Statesman reported...
By Ed Sterling Gov. Greg Abbott on July 22 issued a statement regarding the arrest and death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old Illinois resident who had driven to Hempstead in response to a job offer from Prairie View A&M University. On July 10, Bland was pulled over...
By Bart Barber Pastor at First Baptist Church, Farmersville. These are turbulent days in Farmersville. Angry voices have rung out of some of our meetings. Our friends—our friends!—hunker down and avoid Facebook to keep their heads low during the next salvo. Dare I...
