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Vehicle inspections no longer required
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles. 01/02/2025 09:19 AM
FPD Report
FPD Report
Fairfield Police Department activity report for the week of Monday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Dec. 01/02/2025 09:19 AM
Your Testimony In The New Year
Your Testimony In The New Year
This is the last Sunday of 2024 and in just two days it will be New Year’s Eve, the day that we promise ourselves that “This year, I’m going to be different! This year I’m going to be a new person with new ideas, new thoughts, and new ways of doing things!” We call these “new ways”, “New Year’s Resolutions”, and maybe about half of what we want to do will happen in the new year, that is, if we really are serious about making some changes in our lives. So let me draw our thoughts to a passage that we don’t read very often and certainly a passage that I have never used for a New Year’s message, but it’s a passage that just might challenge us to make a different kind of new year’s resolution. Turn with me in your Bibles to the third letter of the Apostle John, the one entitled, “Third John”, and let’s look at this letter together. We are going to examine the testimony of three men, two good, and one bad, and hopefully learn something about bringing a good testimony about the love of Jesus Christ to those around us. 01/02/2025 09:19 AM
Lions go 2-1 at Kiwanis Tourney
Lions go 2-1 at Kiwanis Tourney
The Teague Lions basketball team was at Navarro College for the three-day Kiwanis Tournament, which started on Thursday, Dec. 26. They picked up two wins in three games. 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
Lions struggle in district matchups
Lions struggle in district matchups
The Teague Lions basketball team went 0-2 in district play last week. 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles. 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
Barn raising
Barn raising
Barn raising 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
2024 Year in Review
2024 Year in Review
Hughes announces retirement, Nichols appointed mayor 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
Court OKs abatements for solar operations
Court OKs abatements for solar operations
Freestone County commissioners approved two new tax abatement agreements for solar facilities and made changes to two others, including splitting one into two. Those decisions were made during the court’s Dec. 18 meeting. 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
Lady Lions fall at home to Liberty 39-37
Lady Lions fall at home to Liberty 39-37
12/30/2024 01:20 PM
Lions go 2-1 at Kiwanis Tourney
Lions go 2-1 at Kiwanis Tourney
12/30/2024 01:19 PM
Parading and jingling all the way
Parading and jingling all the way
TOP: Fringe Hair Salon and Little Miss Freestone County Laney Lehman were a highlight with their Frozen float in the 2024 Fairfield Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec. 21. ABOVE LEFT: Mrs. Bettye Trask tells the Christmas story to kick off the Christmas festivities at the Freestone County Courthouse on Saturday, Dec. 21. The event was postponed from Dec. 7 due to weather conditions. ABOVE RIGHT: The Fairfield High School Jazz Band plays on the Courthouse steps on Saturday, Dec. 21, during the Jingle All The Way Christmas celebration. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Ramos murder makes headlines in first half of year
Ramos murder makes headlines in first half of year
Editor’s note: Following is a look back at the stories published by the Fairfield Recorder during the first half of 2024. The second half of the year will be published in the first issue of 2025. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Moore named FISD assistant superintendent
Moore named FISD assistant superintendent
Dr. Kelli Moore was named the new Fairfield ISD assistant superintendent during the December school board meeting. Moore will be taking over for Dr. Mickie Jackson, who is retiring at the end February 2025. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
New Year celebrations
New Year celebrations
When did people begin to host New Year parties? Ancient Egyptians celebrated New Year when the Nile River overflowed, usually in June. Then someone suggested, “If we change New Year to January, we won’t drown coming home from the party.” Early Romans named their celebration for Janus, a deity with two faces. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Can’t take the Cotton Gin out of the boy
Can’t take the Cotton Gin out of the boy
Thorston Veblen wrote a book back at the end of the gilded age called “Theory of the Leisure Class,” about those who were wallowing in wealth so great they struggled at finding places to spend it. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Have a blessed new year!
Have a blessed new year!
I pray that you all had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed the time with your family and friends. I pray your year is coming to a good end. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Compassion park view
Freestone County Reporter