Five new portraits were installed June 29 in the Hall of Heroes at the Collin County Courthouse. Farmersville native Pharmacist Mate 1st Class Billy Bain Honaker, pictured second from left, was among those honored. He was declared missing in action after the USS...
Funeral ledgers discovered beneath Hurst’s Fielder-Baker Funeral Home, in July 2024. They have been digitized and are now accessible through UNT’s Portal to Texas History. Courtesy photo For more than a century, the names of North Texas residents recorded in fragile...
Home Depot employees deliver pallets of boxed cereal to Amazing Grace Food Pantry in North Wylie. Courtesy Amazing Grace Food Pantry Wylie pantry celebrates 20 years of feeding neighbors What began in 2006 as a small community service effort has grown into a lifeline...
TECRT Director Michael Dikovitsky and fellow TECRT volunteers at a seminar in Dallas last month. Courtesy photo When tragedy strikes — whether it’s a police shooting, a suicide, a mass casualty event or a devastating natural disaster — first responders rush toward...
The DFW LEGO Users group (DFW LUG), an adult LEGO group, sets up at the Farmersville Heritage Museum annually. Learn more at dfwlug.com. Courtesy John Daugherty A building toy invented nearly a century ago remains relevant today, having grown up alongside its users....
Community Quilters stay busy on a Wednesday workday at the new 5,000-square-foot workshop located in Royse City near Josephine. Courtesy Community Quilters Each week, a community of quilters comes together with a shared purpose: creating new, handmade blankets that...
A young visitor flashes a grin while sharing a chilly-but-cheerful moment with Santa at the Farmersville Holiday Market on Saturday, Dec. 6. Sonia Duggan/The Princeton Herald There’s no place like Farmersville for the holidays — especially now that Farmersville...
The National Wreaths Across America ceremonies will be held Saturday, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. at participating locations including the Wilson-Chapel Cemetery in Lowry Crossing. File art Communities across Collin County will once again join a national movement to honor the...
Shelby Williams, founder of Texas Equine Education & Horsemanship, located on FM 903 in Farmersville. Courtesy Texas Equine Four days a week, preschoolers, retirees, first responders, children with learning differences and a host of others make the drive to...
