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Do not conform to the pattern of this world
Do not conform to the pattern of this world
Katy attended a workshop for four days this past week and I am at a workshop for four days this week for school. It never slows down. We will have a couple of weeks to relax before school starts, but we have to get our classrooms in order as well. 07/18/2024 04:00 AM
Youngsters perform during a pep rally at the end of cheer camp last week.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world
MITCH’S CORNER Katy attended a workshop for four days this past week and I am at a workshop for four days this week for school. It never slows down. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Love of and for America
Love of and for America
Folks, I don’t quite know how to say this, but I am super saddened and in quite a quandary as to what has happened to our Country, the United States of America. We are anything but “united”. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Parnell, Nunn headline Cindy Walker fest
Parnell, Nunn headline Cindy Walker fest
The second annual Cindy Walker Days Festival kicks off Saturday, July 20, at The Cowboy Western Club, opening at 11 a.m. for the 12-hour event. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Rose Frances Collie
Rose Frances Collie
Rose Frances Collier, age 82, of Fairfield, passed away on June 26, 2024, at Fairfield Nursing and Rehab. Rose was born on Sept. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Leonard Long
Leonard Long
Leonard Thomas Long passed away Monday, July 8, 2024, in Fairfield. Mr. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Chief’s Report
Chief’s Report
Monday, July 8 12:30 PM-Officer Tinsley on open door. 4:20 PM-Officer Tinsley assist stranded motorist. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
Fairfield Library The Fairfield Library is excited to present our Summer Program schedule! In addition to the Texas Snakes and More and the Creature Teacher events, special guests are lined up for each Storytime event. Keep up with posts on Facebook to see who and when. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
This expression was originally a Chinese proverb, but as it happens now, it certainly applies to Americans in 2024. In fact, interesting is too mild a word; better said would be critical since that indicates a significant change to the status quo. Such is hopefully the case in November. It is almost inconceivable that the two major political parties in this country have devolved to the point of running Trump or Biden/Harris. But we are there. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
The Fairfield Cheerleaders held a cheer camp for 3rd grader - junior high cheerleaders, June 17-20. Photo by Mitchell Pate/Fairfield Recorder
The Fairfield Cheerleaders
The Fairfield Cheerleaders 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Crazy Week
Crazy Week
Praise the Lord last week is finished. Don’t get me wrong - I enjoyed celebrating my infant daughter’s first birthday. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Abbott demands probe into power outages
Abbott demands probe into power outages
More than 2 million Texans lost power when Hurricane Beryl hit the Texas coast, and Gov. Greg Abbott wants to know why. The Austin American- Statesman reported Abbott has ordered the Public Utility Commission to conduct an immediate study into why the Houston area has again been hit by widespread power outages. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Overcoming the odds
Overcoming the odds
Let’s return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when the Lone Ranger Rides again. The time was 1948 and the presidential election was underway. I remember as a young boy at the Cotton Gin Store listening to the men talk about this election for 10 years afterward. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Recent tournament weights and verified trophy bass submissions are among the components Bassmaster evaluates when putting together its annual list of America’s Top 100 bass lakes. Tommy Martin (left) and his son, Blake, reeled in these whoppers while competing in the “The Grand Slam” event...
Bassmaster annual rankings list several Lone Star lakes among best in America
Bassmaster Magazine recently unveiled its annual list of America’s 100 Best Bass Lakes. It’s no surprise that a number of Texas lakes made the cut. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Biologists say low oxygen levels spur fish kill at Northeast Texas power plant
Biologists say low oxygen levels spur fish kill at Northeast Texas power plant
Several videos recently surfaced on social media depicting a significant number of dead fish, including dozens of largemouth bass, floating dead or struggling near the surface around hydrilla beds and lily pad stands at Lake Welsh, a 1,269- acre power plant lake in Titus County. Several of the bass look to be in the 6-8 pound range. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Freestone County Emergency Management Coordinator Leonard Smith, at left, tells Freestone County Commissioners Court at its June 27 meeting what he learned at a special meeting about qualifying for the FederalDisaster Declaration for the severe weather that began April 26. At right can be...
Commissioners learn rules to qualify for FEMA reimbursement
Freestone County Emergency Management Coordinator Leonard Smith briefed the county court members at their June 27 meeting on the status of the county’s emergency declaration for the extended extreme rain period that ran from April 26 to June 5. 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
Fairfield Cheer Camp
Fairfield Cheer Camp
Fairfield Cheer Camp 07/17/2024 07:14 AM
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