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Freestone wins $6.4 million courthouse grant
Freestone wins $6.4 million courthouse grant
Freestone County received the good news last week that its Texas Courthouse Preservation Program grant had been approved for $6.38 million. That announcement took place during the court’s Feb. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
Coach Sally Whitaker and Randy Barger were honored with a plaque on Monday night, Feb. 3, after picking up their 200th win together as coaches. The two have more wins than that in their coaching career, though. The plaques they received read: “In recognition of your 200th basketball win.An...
200th win together
. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
Julie and Chris George have been married for 23 years and say that faith is the foundation of their marriage. Photo by Mitchell Pate/Fairfield Recorder
Georges: Faith is at foundation of marriage
Chris and Julie George just celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary Dec. 29, 2024, and say that their faith is the foundation of their marriage. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
Ethel Mae, Bertha Gene, and Ernestine Jo, known as the Gossip Grannies, wave and chit chat as parents drop off their children for the 100th Day of School at Fairfield Intermediate School on Tuesday morning, Feb. 4. Pictured are Jessica Recarte, Jaymi Craig, and Shaquera Means. Courtesy Pho...
100th Day of School
. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
Jim and Anne Brooke: ‘Family is everything
Jim and Anne Brooke: ‘Family is everything
Jim and Anne Brooke have been happily married for more than 56 years now, and they both say that their “family is everything.” The couple will celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary July 27. 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
100th Day of School
100th Day of School
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Jonathan Hardin Chapter recognizes DAR Good
Jonathan Hardin Chapter recognizes DAR Good Citizens
Jonathan Hardin Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Gibbs Library in Mexia for our regular meeting. We were honored to recognize Good Citizens from the senior class of six of the high schools in Limestone and Freestone counties that chose to participate. 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House
Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House
A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American-Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said he believes there are enough votes in that chamber to pass the legislation, which was defeated a half-dozen times in 2023 by a coalition of Democratic and rural Republican members. 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Rally for public schools 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
The old has gone,; the new is here…
The old has gone,; the new is here…
There has been so much sickness the past several weeks. I got sick last Monday and had to miss a couple days of school due to fever and Strep. I hope everyone is doing better and that the majority of the sickness is behind us. 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
How to avoid overdoing it in youth sports
How to avoid overdoing it in youth sports participation
Youth sports are wildly popular. According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, approximately 61 percent of children between the ages of six and 17 participated in a total team sport at least once per week in 2023. 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
Lions fall to Fairfield
Lions fall to Fairfield
The Teague Lions traveled to Fairfield on Friday night, Feb. 7, to take on Fairfield and fell to the Eagles 64-42. 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
Why not confess your sins today?
Why not confess your sins today?
I begin this devotion with the cry of two men, who though they never knew one another and came from different times and different circumstances, yet they both have similar circumstances that caused them to cry unto God from the depth of their souls. One came from the prophet Jonah, “When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple” (Jonah 2:7). The other came from King David, “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me” (Psalm 51:1-3). As I said, neither man knew the other, but they are both “tied together” through the one sin that caused them great guilt and anguish. And notice that David said, “for I know my transgressions”, as in many. All of us can recall or call up sins that we have yet to ask forgiveness for or have yet brought before the “throne of grace”, yet it was for the one particular sin that they cried out for forgiveness, the one sin that stood out before all others, that they needed forgiveness. And so, from the bottom of their heart, they cried out, and from the depth of God’s love, they received forgiveness. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
Friday, Feb. 7 4 p.m. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Patrick releases 25 legislative priorities
Patrick releases 25 legislative priorities
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported. They include banning all forms of consumable THC, the psychoactive ingredient in CBD products; increasing the school homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000; a Texas version of a government oversight department to improve governmental efficiency; and measures to shore up the state’s electric grid and water supply. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Love because he first loved us
Love because he first loved us
There is a lot of sickness that is going around. I hope everyone is feeling better. There was so much sickness going around that Fairfield and Teague shut down on Friday, Jan. 31. There was other schools that shutdown due to sickness as well. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
Blue Ribbon at Fort Worth
Blue Ribbon at Fort Worth
Blake Phillips, a junior at Fairfield High School, placed first in his class and in the drive for the calf champion with his project, Missy, on Sunday, Jan. 26. After the show, the Limousin Association, awarded Phillips as third overall showman of the Junior Limousin Show. Proud parents are Daniel and Jamie Phillips. 02/06/2025 10:04 AM
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