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Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Katy and I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! We pray that you have a wonderful time of fellowship with family and friends. Even though life gets tough at times, we have so much to be thankful for. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
ABOVE: Gerber makes a wide variety of high quality multitools. The Lockdown Drive ($60) comes with eight useful tools and measures slightly more than three inches when fully closed. Photo courtesy of Gerber
No time like the present to cast for Christmas gift ideas
Christmas is still more than a month away, but there is no time like the present to start shopping for the outdoors junkie on your gift list. Just be sure to shop smart. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Mike McVey, pastor of First United Methodist Church, will have his model trains on display Dec. 5 and Dec. 7. Courtesy photo
Enjoy ‘Polar Express Wonderland’ at Trinity Star Art Gallery in December
“Trains bring out the kid in everyone,” said Mike McVey, who will be bringing his Polar Express toy train set to the Trinity Star Art Gallery next month in Fairfield. Toy trains are closely associated with Christmas time. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Hughes retiring as mayor Jan. 14
Hughes retiring as mayor Jan. 14
Fairfield Mayor Kenneth Hughes announced his retirement effective Tuesday, Jan. 14 2025, during the monthly City of Fairfield City Council meeting earlier this month. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Freestone County Commissioners study the election results as they canvass the votes from the Nov. 5 General Election at their Nov. 18 meeting. Photos by Roxanne Thompson/Special to The Mexia News
County commish canvasses votes
Freestone County commissioners studied the election results Monday, Nov. 18, as they canvassed the votes cast in the Nov. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
The Christmas tree at the Freestone County Courthouse was put up on Sunday, Nov. 24. Photo by Mitchell Pate/ Fairfield Recorder
Fairfield Christmas activities to begin soon
The Christmas season is here and there will be plenty of Christmas festivities happening in Fairfield so mark your calendar. ’Tis the Season to Keep the Cheer Here will take place Nov. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
School Spirit ablaze
School spirit ablaze
School Spirit ablaze. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
County commissioners canvass votes
County commissioners canvass votes
Freestone County commissioners studied the election results Monday, Nov. 18, as they canvassed the votes cast in the Nov. 5 General Election. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
Bonus Bucks
Bonus bucks
TISD awards full-time employees a $2,000 supplement to be paid Dec. 6 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
Hendon House a stop on Tour of Homes
Hendon House a stop on Tour of Homes
The Hendon House, located on the corner of South 9th and Elm Street, will be a stop on this year’s Tour of Hojes. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
I love reading books about the old West -- Louis L’Amour, Zane Grey, and those guys -- and lately I’ve been thinking about the illegal immigrant problem. Cowboys, in the mid-1800’s, had all the skills to go into tough areas, into the thick brush and hazardous arroyos and the rough mountainous regions and bring out all the longhorns and other cattle unbranded and unclaimed by any ranch, running wild. They called such a roundup of rogue cattle “running a jerk line.” Once a herd was built, it was moved in a “cattle drive” to the desired destination. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Katy and I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! We pray that you have a wonderful time of fellowship with family and friends. Even though life gets tough at times, we have so much to be thankful for. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
Abbott issues orders targeting China
Abbott issues orders targeting China
Gov. Greg Abbott issued three executive orders last week targeting the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, The Dallas Morning News reported Abbott said the orders were intended to protect Texans of Chinese descent from “harassment and intimidation” by the Chinese Communist Party and government, and to fight threats to state security. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
Hitchcock downs Teague in Area Round
Hitchcock downs Teague in Area Round
Hitchcock downs Teague in Area Round 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
Don’t become complacent and miss God’s invitation
Don’t become complacent and miss God’s invitation
DEVOTIONS A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. And at the time for the banquet, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. 11/21/2024 09:10 PM
Billie Mae Bond
Billie Mae Bond
BillieMaeBond,92,ofFairfield, Texas, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2024. Born in Freestone County, Texas, to Raymond E. Rankin and Zada Elizabeth Browne Rankin on February 15, 1932, Billie grew up in Fairfield and attended Fairfield High School. She was an active student, excelling as a member of the softball and volleyball teams, a cheerleader, and the Fairfield High School Queen of 1949. 11/21/2024 09:10 PM
ViVian Kathleen “Cathy” JaMes GarBer
ViVian Kathleen “Cathy” JaMes GarBer
Vivian Kathleen “Cathy” James Garber passed away peacefully on Friday, November 8, 2024 in Houston, TX and was welcomed by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. During the last few months of her life, as those who knew her well would expect, she put up a great fight against her cancer. 11/21/2024 09:10 PM
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