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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
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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
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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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Search warrant leads to drug bust
Freestone County Sheriff’s Office arrested two on drugs, weapons and other charges during the execution of a search warrant south of Dew on Highway 75 on the evening of Jan. 19. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
(Brodey Davis, 17.08 pounder) Brodey Davis’ 17.06 pounder caught from Lake O.H. Ivie in 2022 is one of two 17 pounders caught from the West Texas lake over the last three years. It ranks No. 7 on Texas Top 50 list, one spot ahead of the 17.03 pounder Jason Conn caught there in 2023. Both a...
TPWD biologist: Time ripe for new state record bass
It never fails. Sometime around the turn of the new year, Texas bass crowds always start pondering thoughts about the next state record largemouth. It’s only natural for chatter to surface about where the special fish might be caught. And when. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Dr. Ronnie. E. Erwin stands in the Freestone County Historical Museum after donating a copy of his book, “Stars Over Texas.” Contribute photo
‘Stars Over Texas’ covers state sheriffs
“Stars Over Texas,” a three-volume hardbound boxed book set of the histories of Texas’ 254 county elected sheriffs was recently gifted to The Freestone County Historical Museum by Dr. Ronnie E. Erwin. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Looking for quality family time? Consider a ‘playcation’!
Looking for quality family time? Consider a ‘playcation’!
Kids often have a big say when it comes to family travel. Thankfully, there are a growing number of getaways geared for kids and kids-at-heart, and more opportunities for the youngest members of the family to be part of the vacation planning process! 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Freestone County Retired Teachers Assoc. met on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the Fairfield Harmony Presbyterian Church. State Board of Education District 10 Member Tom Maynard came to educate the group on the importance of the State Board of Education. Members and guest enjoyed wonderful foo...
Maynard speaks to retired teachers
. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Elizabeth Pillans, a senior at Fairfield HIgh School, grabs sixth place in her class with her Brangus heifer at the Fort Worth Stock Show on Saturday morning, Jan. 25. Courtesy Photo
Placing at Fort Worth Stock Show
. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
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Community Calendar
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