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Fairfield PD Report

Fairfield PD Report

Following is the Fairfield Police Department call report for the week of March 24-30, as compiled by Chief David Utsey Monday, March 24 5:30 PM-Cpl. Scarrow to meet a complainant over being harassed. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Wheat production and prices are down, but options are available

Wheat production and prices are down, but options are available

Wheat producers are in a tough position due to drought right now, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist. However, there are options available that could improve their bottom line. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Many places to find help

Many places to find help

My friend Lisa says that there are more books on selfhelp than anything else. Lisa should know. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Watch out for hubris

Watch out for hubris

There is a word, hubris, of which the short definition is arrogance accompanied by folly. When you sit still with a cup of coffee one can see the result all around you and even some of it in your own life. When Karen and I travelled through Central Europe that had been behind the iron curtain a few years ago you could almost visualize the ghosts of empires that had lived and died within a short a short century and all of which thought they would last forever. Each of them had been held together by what I call Liberty Valence governance. “But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood and when it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good” was a phrase out of the song, but like the empires, Liberty ended up face down dead in the street. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Spend time with the Lord because without him, we are nothing

Spend time with the Lord because without him, we are nothing

It was a very busy week last week for me. I spent the week in Groesbeck covering the Limestone County Fair. It was a great week. I love taking pictures and capturing memories that will last a lifetime. Although I only got a couple of hours of sleep a night, I am ready to do it again next year. Thank you Limestone County for having me over for the third straight year to cover your county fair. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Thanks to businesses College and Career Showcase What is a vocation? Oxford Languages - “A person’s employment or main occupation, especially regarded as particularly worthy and requiring great dedication.” Comes from the Latin word “vocare” which means “to call”. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone could find their true vocation and not just a job? Events such as our College and Career Showcase may just be the catalyst for our students’ journey to identifying their calling. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Community Club Care members Sandi DeLoach and Joy Olk check out a dryer and two of many lamps for the household part of the SuperSale. Drop-off day is April 25, and sale day is April 26. Courtesy Photo

CCC seeks donations for SuperSale

Each spring, the Community Care Club, a group of women who live in the FM 416 area on the south side of Richland Chambers Lake, holds a huge garage sale as its annual fundraiser. The 2024 SuperSale will be held Saturday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Southern Oaks Volunteer Fire Station, just north of FM 416 at 120 Southern Oaks Drive, east of Streetman. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Senate bill would curb home insurance rates without approval

Senate bill would curb home insurance rates without approval

Lawmakers in the Texas Senate are considering a measure that would require home insurers to get approval from regulators before increasing rates more than 10%, the Houston Chronicle reported. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Community Calendar

Community Calendar

Saturday, April 4 Jake Hooker and The Outsiders at The Venue at G Bar Ranch Friday, April 11 Deadline for Digital Poster Contest for Freestone County Fair and Rodeo Theme Thursday, April 24 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Senior Center News

Senior Center News

Spring officially arrived last week, and with it came windy, cooler mornings. Still, warm lunches satisfied the Center crowd. Hats off to Darlene, Virginia, and Daniel, our dedicated cooks in Fairfield, for their hard work! 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Good Character and Bad

Good Character and Bad

There is a chapter in Ezekiel that deals with “character”. It contrasts four sets of people. The good person who always does what is good for the other person, the prophet says he shall live. But the evil person who only does what is evil, he will die. However, what if a good son is born of an evil father, but he doesn’t walk in the ways of his evil father, he does only what is good, that person also shall live. Yet if an evil son is born of a good father but all he does is evil, then he will die. We can all understand that, can’t we? But what about the evil person that turns to doing what is good and right and true and genuinely cares for the affairs of others, what about his life? Ezekeil says that he will live. However, what about the good person who turns to evil, what about his life? He, the prophet says, will die. Well, let me ask you this question, what, of the last two, would you remember? Only the evil things of the one who turned to good, or would the good things he does now, outweigh the evil things he did early in his life? And then what about the good person who turns to evil, wouldn’t you wonder what happened to that person? What made him turn to evil? In this case, if all he does now is evil, won’t those evil deeds stand out and nullify almost everything he did that was good? 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Toy Soldier Arguments

Toy Soldier Arguments

When I was a child, one of my favorite go-to toys on a Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon was toy soldiers. I had a vast collection of small plastic army men that I could array all over the kitchen floor of my home or parade through the dining room, much to the chagrin of my poor mother. The armies I had acquired over the years ranged from simple green army men to Civil War soldiers of blue and grey. I even had a “Rough Riders” set that included Teddy Roosevelt and numerous charging infantry of the Spanish-American War. 04/03/2025 09:31 PM

Livestock Reports

Livestock Reports

The Groesbeck Auction & Livestock Company held its weekly livestock auction sale on March 20. The sale is held each Thursday beginning at noon. Sellers 04/02/2025 11:00 PM

Shields resigns as the THS principle

Shields resigns as the THS Principal

Teague High School Principal Monte Shields resigned effective the end of June during the Tuesday, March 25, Teague ISD school board meeting. 04/02/2025 11:00 PM

Staggs

Teague police hunt for killer goes on

It’s been more than three years since someone shot a much-loved Teague grandmother to death in her car, but the town’s police offi cers remain more determined than ever to solve the mystery, according to Chief of Police DeWayne Philpott. 04/02/2025 11:00 PM

Solid showing at the LC fair

Solid showing at the LC fair

Solid showing at the LC fair 04/02/2025 11:00 PM

Washington

FPD arrests Washington for shooting

Clyde Washsington Jr., 23, of Fairfield, was arrested on Wednesday, March 19, in connection with a shooting on South Bateman and Ike Street in Fairfield on Tuesday afternoon, March 18. The Fairfield Police Department made the arrest the following day with assistance of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department. 03/27/2025 08:43 PM