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Are you hooked up to the spout where the water comes out?

Are you hooked up to the spout where the water comes out?

I have had three somewhat successful vegetable gardens in my lifetime. The first one was while I was a seminary student in Ft. Worth, Texas. I had two large plots of plowed up ground in the backyard of the house we were renting. The second was when I was the pastor of my first church, about ten miles outside of the community of Crawford, Texas. It, too, was while I was a student in seminary. And the third was while I was pastoring a small country church in Neches, Texas. I had graduated from seminary, but this “farming stuff” was still new to me. 08/29/2024 11:49 AM

Chief’s Report

Chief’s Report

Compiled by Fairfield Police Department Chief David Utsey. Monday, Aug. 08/29/2024 11:49 AM

Commissioners learn details of FEMA requirements for damage reimbursement

Commissioners learn details of FEMA requirements for damage reimbursement

FEMA program delivery manager James Ross conducted a meeting with Freestone County Commissioners during the Tuesday, Aug. 20, specially called Commissioners Court meeting, going over many details of requirements for getting the county reimbursement for damages that happened during the extended weather event from April 26 to June 5. 08/28/2024 11:00 PM

Commissioners hold line on tax rate

Commissioners hold line on tax rate

Freestone County Commissioners aimed to keep next year’s tax rate the same as this year’s, and they succeeded. 08/28/2024 11:00 PM

Let there be light

Let there be light

Museum receives new lighting 08/28/2024 11:00 PM

TISD ag teacher attends ‘innovative’ FFA seminar

TISD ag teacher attends ‘innovative’ FFA seminar

Teague High School Ag teacher Leana Gore recently attended the Texas FFA Foundation’s Lead Series. 08/28/2024 11:00 PM

Back the Blue!

Blue! 08/28/2024 11:00 PM

Court ready to vote on budget, tax rate

Court ready to vote on budget, tax rate

Freestone County Commissioners Court continued working on the upcoming budget during the Aug. 14 meeting, examining details of every departm ent, and so far plan to keep the tax rate the same as the current rate. A final vote was to be taken at the Wednesday, Aug. 21, meeting. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

Freestone Medical board selects new CEO

Freestone Medical board selects new CEO

Freestone Medical Center’s Board of Directors has selected Melissa Wilson as the organization’s next chief executive officer. Wilson began her new role Aug. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

Meet the Eagles

Meet the Eagles

E agles. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

FISD building ‘Thinking Classrooms’

FISD building ‘Thinking Classrooms’

Fairfield ISD is beginning the process of implementing Building Thinking Classrooms in its math classrooms. This approach to teaching math comes from the years of research from the author Peter Liljedahal in his book, “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics.” This approach is a bit different from what most FISD students have been used to previously, according to FISD administrators. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

Oil smooths out many things

Oil smooths out many things

There is an old saying thWhat do Russia, Iran and Venezuela have in common besides not having the best interests of their citizens in mind? The answer is a lot of oil revenue. Back when large royalty gas checks were flowing through Freestone County, my father-in-law referred to it as mailbox money, and that money, a lot of times, got treated differently than money you earned by dragging yourself out of the bed early in the morning and going somewhere to grind out a living. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

Proper attire is important

Proper attire is important

A well-dressed person can go a long way in life. A naked person can’t go nearly as far…especially in snow. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

This earth is not our home

This earth is not our home

My 36th birthday on Friday, Aug. 16, wa good. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

Texas’ heat-related deaths are likely undercounted

Texas’ heat-related deaths are likely undercounted

As Texans endure the dog days of summer, experts say deaths related to heat in Texas and nationwide are likely undercounted, the Texas Standard reported. With climate change causing warmer days and nights, last year was the hottest on record in Texas. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

TPWD says anglers can benefit future of fishing with scale samples for genetics testing

TPWD says anglers can benefit future of fishing with scale samples for genetics testing

Compelling news from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s A.E. Wood State Fish Hatchery in San Marcos … Recent genetics testing performed on a scale sample from an 8.15-pound largemouth bass caught and released earlier this year from Bois d’ Arc Lake confirms the fish was a test tube baby with a developing weight problem. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

Chief’s Report

Chief’s Report

Compiled by Fairfield Police Department Chief David Utsey. Monday, Aug. 08/22/2024 07:59 AM

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