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Fairfield council fills 5 positions
Fairfield council fills 5 positions
Fairfield City Council approved the hiring of five employees during a special- called meeting Thursday, Aug. 8. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Meet the teacher
Meet the teacher
Teacher . 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Freestone commissioners to interview for interim treasurer
Freestone commissioners to interview for interim treasurer
Freestone County Commissioners held a short meeting on Monday morning, Aug. 12, making two decisions before going into executive session. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Law enforcement dealing with several cases
Law enforcement dealing with several cases
Freestone County Sheriff Office and Emergency Medical Services responded Sunday night, Aug. 11, to an unresponsive inmate in the Freestone County jail. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
TPWD’s Area Lakes Fishing Report
TPWD’s Area Lakes Fishing Report
Athens – SLOW. Water normal stain; 87 degrees; 0.34 feet above pool. Bass have been slow and scattered. Best options are outside grass lines on windy banks. Jigs and shaky-head worms are working, but you will need to cover a lot of water. Some bass are schooling. Crappie are slow as well. The night bite on deep brush with minnows is the most consistent pattern. Report by Jim Brack, Athens Guide Service. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Brush hogging an overgrown pasture during the height of fawning season from May through early July can be risky business. If possible, it’s better to wait until later in summer. Fawns will be more mobile and wary by then. Walking a field beforehand is never a bad idea. Photo by Matt Willia...
Happy ending encounter begins with separation, maternal instincts lead doe to fawn
Anyone who has ever stumbled across a perfectly healthy whitetail fawn bedded down in the wild — and had sense enough to walk away and leave the animal undisturbed — is sure to appreciate this story. Those who haven’t might learn a little something about whitetail ways. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Missing teen safe, home again
Missing teen safe, home again
Law enforcement officers found missing Mexia teenager Desmond “Dez” Connally Jr. in Fort Worth and returned him to his mother’s custody over the weekend. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
National Weather Service predicts temperatures from 102 to106 this week
National Weather Service predicts temperatures from 102 to106 this week
ChaptGPT – As the dog days of summer persist, Freestone County is bracing for a series of scorching temperatures over the next few days. The National Weather Service predicts highs ranging from 102°F to 106°F through the weekend, continuing the trend of extreme heat that has characterized this summer. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Texas Central Railroad owes back taxes
Texas Central Railroad owes back taxes
The high-speed rail company, Texas Central Railroad, owes Limestone and Freestone Counties a total of $42,245.61 in delinquent taxes and fees, according to Texans Against High-Speed Rail. The Bistone counties are two of 10 Texas counties in the path of the proposed high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston owed a total of $956, 682.61 in taxes from 2023, along with penalties and attorney fees, according to a TAHSR press release. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Sofa Stains Top the List of Furniture Fails in New Survey
Sofa Stains Top the List of Furniture Fails in New Survey
(StatePoint) Perhaps you’re better off not taking that new sofa out of its plastic wrap. Sofas, couches and loveseats top the list of furniture most likely to be damaged, according to the latest survey on furniture damage from Allstate Protection Plans. What’s worse, more than half of furniture purchases were damaged in the first two years! 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Chief’s Report
Chief’s Report
Compiled by Fairfield Police Department Chief David Utsey. Monday, Aug. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
Read a Good Book lately?
Read a Good Book lately?
Have you read a good book here lately? Just recently some ladies in our church were cleaning out the old church library in the old building, and knowing that I appreciate history, they brought me several historical books to add to my own library. One of them is called, “The Man Who Dared The Lightning”. It’s an autobiography about Dr. Ben Franklin. Do you remember him? The guy who hung a key to a kite string to see if lightning would hit it? He is also one of our Founding Fathers and one of the writers of the Declaration of Independence. Another book is called, “The Man From Monticello”. Surely you will recognize his name. This man’s name is Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the creator of the American political system, and, the third President of the young United States of America! By the way, did you know that he and John Adams, the second President of the United States, although bitter rivalries in our young government, were the closest of friends, and that both of them died on July 4, 1826, fifty years after the Declaration of Independence was declared by the thirteen colonies to the British crown? Yet, there is one more book that I’m sure that most of you won’t recognize, I didn’t myself until I read the fly-leaf in the book I’m about to tell you about. His name was Jose Antonio Navarro. Now, if you are an inhibitor of this part of Texas, you will recognize the name, “Navarro”, as in the names “Navarro County” and “Navarro College” in Corsicana. He happened to be very much involved in the independence of the Republic of Texas as well as the State of Texas, helping to secure its freedom and helping to write both Texas Constitutions as well as being an official member of both governments. It’s a fascinating story that I am just beginning to read. 08/14/2024 08:57 PM
The Trinity Star Arts Council held a ribbon-cutting, joining the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce in their new building, as well as a hearing a special presentation from Congressman Jake Ellzey’s office on Tuesday, July 9. Pictured are Shelly Bukhart, Janie Richards, Dianne Murden, Jane Phill...
Trinity Star Arts Council pulls back curtain on new building
After almost 15 years of creating unique cultural offerings in Freestone County and by the generosity of the Graham Williford Foundation for American Art, Trinity Star Arts Council Inc. has a new home. 08/08/2024 08:07 AM
Connor Petty, a senior at Fairfield High School, takes his senior cap and gown pictures at Fairfield High School on Thursday, Aug. 1. Connor has attended FISD since first grade. He is the son of Tommy and Rachel Petty.
‘Building Thinking Classrooms’
Fairfield ISD students will be heading back to school on Wednesday, Aug.14. “The new school year always brings me a high level of enthusiasm. 08/08/2024 08:07 AM
Pointing to Playoffs
Pointing to playoffs
. 08/08/2024 08:07 AM
At long list: Many lakes have produced whopper-sized cats
At long list: Many lakes have produced whopper-sized cats
ways to fool a fat cat. Some anglers like to go after them the conventional way using a stout rod, big line and heavy duty hook tipped with a slab of diced shad or a live perch. 08/08/2024 08:07 AM
Commissioners aim at keeping same tax rate
Commissioners aim at keeping same tax rate
Freestone County Commissioners are aiming to keep the county tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, the same as the current year. 08/08/2024 08:07 AM
Compassion park view
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