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Celebrate Trails Day returns April 25

Celebrate Trails Day returns April 25

Residents are invited to lace up their shoes, grab their bikes and head outdoors as Farmersville prepares to host National Celebrate Trails Day on Saturday, April 25, at the Chaparral Trail. Activities will begin at 9 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the...

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Texas tries nation’s first virtual criminal trial

Texas tries nation’s first virtual criminal trial

A Texan’s speeding ticket put her in the legal history books last week. To combat the backlog in criminal cases created by the pandemic, a Travis County justice of the peace conducted the nation’s first virtual criminal trial. The case was livestreamed on YouTube, and...

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When to use soap and water, or use hand sanitizer

When to use soap and water, or use hand sanitizer

In the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak in ear­ly 2020, millions of people across the globe found them­selves scrambling for hand sanitizer. While the Centers for Disease Control and Pre­vention note that cleaning hands at key times is one of the most important...

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Lady Farmers secure double header

Lady Farmers secure double header

In the first home sporting event of the season, the Farmersville High School Volleyball team defeated two 3A opponents, Prairiland High School and Blue Ridge High School, dominating both matches en route to sweeping the double header competition on Friday, August 14....

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100 years of women’s right to vote

100 years of women’s right to vote

In just over two months, about 9.3 million Texas wom­en will have the option to vote in the presidential election. It’s a process that hundreds of thousands Texans take for granted, but for women, the process of merely making it to the polls was a hard-fought process....

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New restaurant a labor of love

New restaurant a labor of love

In what was once a beloved candy factory in the heart of Farmersville, the aroma of cooked barbecue exits the front door of the recently opened Wood and Time Smokehouse. For the owner, Charles Pressley, the business is the result of a long journey fol­lowing his labor...

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Couple charged in infant death

Couple charged in infant death

A couple that lives south of Princeton was arrested last week in connection with the unreported death of an infant. The couple, 42-year-old Roland Grabowski and 41-year-old Donna Grabowski, face charges of abandonment/endangerment of a child, abuse of a corpse and...

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