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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
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
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
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
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
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
Voters rule and have spoken
Voters rule and have spoken
As Dick Cheney used to say elections have consequences, so it is now important for individual citizens to peer into the future and determine how those consequences will impact our lives. As the first sentence starts out in “A Tale of Two Cities”, it will be the best of times for some and the worst of times for others. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
Thursday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
How to keep kids’ minds active during the holiday breaks
How to keep kids’ minds active during the holiday breaks
Even a short vacation from school can cause learning loss and leave kids feeling behind when they return to the classroom. Fortunately, there are many ways to keep minds active during the holiday break, some of which will reinforce the concepts they are learning in school. Here are a few of them: Vacation Reading: Whether you’re traveling for the holidays or sticking close to home, curling up with a book is a great way to spend some of the inevitable down time. At the start of the break, hit up the library so everyone in the family will have plenty to read on subjects of interest to them. You might also consider giving at least one title to each gift recipient on your list this year to emphasize the idea that books can be treasured objects. 11/28/2024 06:50 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. 11/28/2024 06:50 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. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Veterans pose for a picture during an appreciation luncheon sponsored by the Jonathan Hardin Chapter, National Society Daughter of the American Revolution.
Veterans appreciated by local DAR chapter
The Jonathan Hardin Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Inc. hosted a Veteran’s Appreciation Luncheon in conjunction with the monthly chapter meeting on Nov. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
FPD Report
FPD Report
Fairfield Police Department report, prepared by Chief David Utsey. Monday, Nov. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Wreath-laying to occur at seven local sites
Wreath-laying to occur at seven local sites
Wreath-laying ceremonies will be held at multiple sites in Freestone and Limestone Counties, joining 4,700 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day. Coordinated and led by local volunteers, the Jonathan Hardin Chapter, NSDAR, a sponsorship group has raised funds throughout the year to sponsor the placement of more than 630 veterans’ wreaths on the headstones of our fallen service members laid to rest at the following cemeteries: LaSalle (Groesbeck), New Hope (Jewett), Salem (Teague), Driver (Teague), and Wortham (Wortham). 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Why do we need the church these days?
Why do we need the church these days?
DEVOTIONS What do you think of when you hear the word, “Church”? A “club house for sinners”? “A place where hypocrites meet”? (I always tell people when they refer to the Church as such a place, “Well, why don’t you come along, too? There is always room for one more!”), “a hospital for the saints”? Or the place where Christians meet a couple of times a week? To be honest, it’s all of these rolled up into one. It’s a “clubhouse for sinners” because every Christian is simply a sinner saved by grace. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Eagles fall to Yoakum 56-26 in Area Championship
Eagles fall to Yoakum 56-26 in Area Championship
The Fairfield Eagles fell to the Yoakum Bulldogs 5626 in the Area Championship on Friday night, Nov. 22, at Temple High School. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
Enjoying good fishing days
Enjoying good fishing days
We had some really nice days to fish this past week as it felt so good to take a brisk boat ride and then enjoy a mild Fall morning on the Lake! The Catfish and White Bass also thought it was a good idea to aggressively bite as we filled the ice chest with fish! We did a little scouting on my Saturday trip after catching some nice Cats and headed to the Main Lake in search of White Bass. We found some small Schools of BIG Whites on Main lake Points in 20’-25’ feet of water and caught them two at a time on Silver Slabs with a Jig Teaser. 11/28/2024 06:50 PM
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