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NCT Council of G’ments OKs $1 million for litigation over high-speed rail route
NCT Council of G’ments OKs $1 million for litigation over high-speed rail route
$1 million in funding for potential litigation costs associated with the proposed Dallas-Fort Worth high speed rail route. The funding will comprise four $250,000 tranches, with each being approved by the RTC before it is disbursed. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Taking care of the care-takers
Taking care of the care-takers
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James Riley Morgan – Early Freestone County pro athlete
James Riley Morgan was born Sept. 5, 1940, in the Freestone County community of Rocky Branch (Creek), which is located between Kirvin and Wortham. He was the youngest son of nine children – three sons and six daughters – born to farmers James and Tennie Morgan. He attended a small country school in that community then went on to attend and graduate in 1959 from the segregated F. W. Wheeler High School in Wortham. He was a well-rounded student and gifted athlete who played a variety high school sports but it was basketball where he excelled. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Illnesses shut down area schools
Illnesses shut down area schools
Fairfield ISD joined several other area school districts in closing Friday, Jan. 31, because of a high number of student and staff absences due to illness. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Ready for a great spring spawn
Ready for a great spring spawn
As we ended 2024, the lake level on Richland Chambers was down near 2.5 feet and the chances were not that great for the type of rainfall amounts we need to fill the lake back to full pool level. It takes a lot of water to fill a 45,000-acre lake! 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Congressman honors the Growing Together Program
Congressman honors the Growing Together Program
The Growing Together program, a part of Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services (PCHAS), was honored by Congressman Jake Ellzey’s office for its exceptional contributions to the community. Julia Hester, representing the Congressman’s office, presented the recognition during a meeting of the Navarro County Early Childhood Coalition, celebrating the program’s commitment to addressing early childhood needs in the Corsicana area. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Millions celebrate February 14 by giving flowers, candy, and cards to express romantic love. And some buy presents for their spouses, too. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
This time it’s different”
This time it’s different”
There is an old saying that great empires are built on credit. But there is an old corollary that too much of a good thing sometimes turns bad. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Blue Ribbon at Fort Worth
Blue Ribbon at Fort Worth
Blake Phillips, a junior at Fairfield High School, placed first in his class and in the drive for the calf champion with his project, Missy, on Sunday, Jan. 26. After the show, the Limousin Association, awarded Phillips as third overall showman of the Junior Limousin Show. Proud parents are Daniel and Jamie Phillips. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Love because he first loved us
Love because he first loved us
There is a lot of sickness that is going around. I hope everyone is feeling better. There was so much sickness going around that Fairfield and Teague shut down on Friday, Jan. 31. There was other schools that shutdown due to sickness as well. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Patrick releases 25 legislative priorities
Patrick releases 25 legislative priorities
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported. They include banning all forms of consumable THC, the psychoactive ingredient in CBD products; increasing the school homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000; a Texas version of a government oversight department to improve governmental efficiency; and measures to shore up the state’s electric grid and water supply. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
Friday, Feb. 7 4 p.m. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Why not confess your sins today?
Why not confess your sins today?
I begin this devotion with the cry of two men, who though they never knew one another and came from different times and different circumstances, yet they both have similar circumstances that caused them to cry unto God from the depth of their souls. One came from the prophet Jonah, “When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple” (Jonah 2:7). The other came from King David, “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me” (Psalm 51:1-3). As I said, neither man knew the other, but they are both “tied together” through the one sin that caused them great guilt and anguish. And notice that David said, “for I know my transgressions”, as in many. All of us can recall or call up sins that we have yet to ask forgiveness for or have yet brought before the “throne of grace”, yet it was for the one particular sin that they cried out for forgiveness, the one sin that stood out before all others, that they needed forgiveness. And so, from the bottom of their heart, they cried out, and from the depth of God’s love, they received forgiveness. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Cothran Ag Services wins 12th Annual Teague FFA Varmint Hunt
Cothran Ag Services wins 12th Annual Teague FFA Varmint Hunt
A record breaking 29 teams entered the 12th Annual Teague FFA Varmint Hunt Jan. 31 - Feb. 1. When all was said and done, Cothran Ag Services won the event with 1,165 points. Making up the team were Chance Sullivan, Cameron Cothran, Trevor Cooper, and James Curry. They also killed the heaviest coyote coming in at 41 pounds. 02/05/2025 11:00 PM
James Riley Morgan – Early Freestone County pro athlete
James Riley Morgan – Early Freestone County pro athlete
James Riley Morgan was born Sept. 5, 1940, in the Freestone County community of Rocky Branch (Creek), which is located between Kirvin and Wortham. He was the youngest son of nine children – three sons and six daughters – born to farmers James and Tennie Morgan. He attended a small country school in that community then went on to attend and graduate in 1959 from the segregated F. W. Wheeler High School in Wortham. He was a well-rounded student and gifted athlete who played a variety high school sports but it was basketball where he excelled. 02/05/2025 11:00 PM
Hoover Treated Wood Products staff accept an award as Employer of Excellence during the Workforce Solutions for the Heart of Texas on Thursday, Jan. 16. Contributed photo
Hoover Treated Wood Products named Employer of Excellence
Workforce Solutions for the Heart of Texas honored Hoover Treated Wood Products of Fairfield, as the Employer of Excellence for Freestone County. The company received the award during the annual Awards of Excellence banquet on Jan. 16, at the Baylor Club in Waco. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Tony Brackens Sr. receives the Legacy Award from Mary Small. Photo by Mitchell Pate/Fairfield Recorder
Over the rainbOw
Citizens honored at annual chamber banquet Citizens and businesses were honored at the annual Fairfield Chamber of Commerce Banquet held on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, at the Twisted Vines Event Center. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
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