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About 1,400 graduates of Collin College will receive their degrees at two separate commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 15. Both events will be held at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center, 200 E. Stacy Road, in Allen. At 11 a.m., the ceremony will celebrate...
After more than two decades on death row, the man convicted of murdering 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson was executed Wednesday evening, bringing an end to a case that has haunted the Farmersville community for over 20 years. Moises Sandoval Mendoza, a former...
Farmersville junior Daniel Mendoza has been named the District 11-4A utility player of the year. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] It was a historic season on the pitch for the Farmersville boys’ and girls’ soccer teams. The...
Farmersville’s Alicia West runs up the first-base line and attempts to beat the throw from a Sunnyvale infielder. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] In their final game of the season, the Farmersville softball team created a...
Farmersville catcher Carlo Vanegas throws to first base to complete a strikeout during the Farmers’ 3-2 win over Sunnyvale on Tuesday, April 15. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] After starting District 13-4A play with a 1-5...
Sports
Farmersville junior outside hitter was named to the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A all-state honorable mention team on Saturday, Jan. 3. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Farmersville junior outside hitter...
Farmersville lost its home-opener 7-4 to Van Alstyne Monday night. The Farmers (1-4) were leading 3-2 late in the game but surrendered five runs in the top half of the sixth inning. They tacked on one run in the seventh but eventually fell short in their late comeback...
The Farmersville football team's appeal to move out of Div. II District 5-4A was denied by the UIL. The District Assignment Appeals Committee of the University Interscholastic League heard six appeals regarding reclassification and realignment Wednesday. The...
Farmersville head coach and athletic director Randy Barnes is part of the new Texas High School Coaches Association mentoring program. The THSCA has implemented a new mentorship program called The R.O.C.K. Coaches Mentoring Program (Rare, Outstanding, Compelled...
The Lady Farmers’ softball opened the regular season with three wins in a difficult Celina tournament as the team prepared for the long season ahead. Farmersville (3-2) began the regular season with a 5-2 victory over Valleyview on Feb. 12. Morgan Erwin...
Education
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is funding a grant for Collin College to provide a variety of free services to adults seeking career advancement or to improve their basic skills. The TWC grant, $2.1 million for each of the next two years, will expand adult...
More than two dozen science projects were displayed last week at the sixth annual Physics Phair of Farmersville Intermediate School. The event is usually held at Dairy Queen but was moved to the school this year because of extensive repairs underway at the eatery due...
Laying the foundation for a successful transition to college begins in high school. Destination College’s final presentation of the year will focus on the steps every high school student can take to prepare themselves for higher education. “From High School to...
Collin College will honor the Class of 2016 with a commencement ceremony at 7 p.m., Friday, May 13 at the Allen Event Center, 200 E. Stacy Road in Allen. Phil Dyer, former mayor of Plano and retired president of Legacy Texas Bank will deliver the commencement address....
Life & Style
The holiday season is a special time of year for people of all ages, but children might be the most enthusiastic celebrants come December. Children spend much of the holiday season anticipating the arrival of the man in the red suit, and that enthusiasm can be...
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Opinion
Columnist John Moore noticed a tear on his coffee cup and himself after a recent purchase at a high-dollar coffee shop. Courtesy John Moore On a recent trip, I remembered why I like to stay home. Coffee. After throwing back the covers from my rented room,...
Ruminations From An Old Goat By Ed Stuart Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part column. When last we saw Truman approaching Maidie Belle's humble abode, his old pickup was slowly rolling to a stop because he had subconsciously eased up on the accelerator...
By Lee H. Hamilton Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University The presidential election is 16 months away, but already we’re smack in the middle of the usual media scrum of campaign coverage, prognostication, and strategizing by many of us who have...
By Ed Sterling Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on July 7 announced his decision not to go the usual route to insure that Texas meets its budgetary obligations. The state’s chief financial officer explained that every year for the past three decades the state has issued...
