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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
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
Remembrance, Recognition
Remembrance, Recognition
12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Aldermen update one-way street hours near school
Aldermen update one-way street hours near school
The City of Teague Board of Aldermen updated an ordinance concerning the one-way street at Teague Elementary School during their monthly meeting Monday, Dec. 16. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Aurora Vasquez
Aurora Vasquez
Funeral services for Aurora Vasquez, 92, will be held on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 11 a.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Gov. Greg Abbott said last Thursday the state is initiating a billboard campaign across Central America and border cities in northern Mexico to discourage migrants from attempting to enter Texas, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
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. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Lady Eagles win consolation trophy
Lady Eagles win consolation trophy
The Fairfield Lady Eagles went 2-2 in the Fairfield Tournament Dec. 1214 to win consolation in the tournament. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
A story of three gifts - Part 2
A story of three gifts - Part 2
It was Christmas Eve, Year of Our Lord 1996, in Friendswood Texas. We had just finished services at the Methodist church in town and were cruising back towards home. We were all packed into my Grandad’s Suburban, Grandad driving, Nona Judi riding shotgun, Mom and Dad in the passenger seats, Matt in the middle car seat, and I sitting in the very back in the cargo area! No seat belt of course, which was a highlight of riding in the very back! It was a perfect December that year, with temperatures in the mid-40s. But my mind was not on the weather, it was on the huge package with my name on it that Grandad had brought into the house the day before! 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Jacelynn Schmidt goes up for a basket against Burnet on Thursday evening of the Fairfield Tournament. Photo by Mitchell Pate/Fairfield Recorder
Lady Eagles dominate Lady Bisons 55-12
The Fairfield Lady Eagles traveled to Buffalo last Tuesday, Dec. 10, and dominated the Lady Bison 55-12 to move to 2-0 in district play. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
FPD Report
FPD Report
FAIRFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF’S REPORT DAVID UTSEY CHIEF WEEK OF MONDAY December 9, 2024 Monday 11:45 AM-Officer Mills to meet a complainant on civil issue over property. 12:12 PM-Cpl. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Phillip ‘Ray’ Skinner
Phillip ‘Ray’ Skinner
Graveside services for Phillip “Ray” Skinner, 67, were held on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 11:30 a.m. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
The River of Life Christmas drama performance will be held at the Freestone County Courthouse this Saturday, Dec. 21, at 6:00 p.m. Photo by Mitchell Pate/Fairfield Recorder
Jingle All The Way is this Saturday
The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its Home for the Holidays parade and Jingle All The Way at the Freestone County Courthouse from 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Kenneth Milligan
Kenneth Milligan
Kenneth Milligan was born on March 14, 1935, outside Kirvin, Texas to the parents of Henry Loyd and Miller Robinson Milligan. He was the youngest with older brother Edwin and older sister June. He attended schools in Kirvin and Wortham. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Scalded dog or best of life?
Scalded dog or best of life?
To paraphrase an old movie, the United States is no country for old men. However, the entire population is ageing, and we want to make sure no immigrants come into the country, yet we expect someone to make life for us as smooth as banana pudding. We forget what a privilege it is to grow old. The aches, pains, and bruises, physical and otherwise: those checks eventually come due for us all. The question is are we going to approach it like a scalded dog or like Robert Browning told his future wife, “come and grow old with me as the best of life is yet to be” We also have now generations of young people raised on Iphones and social feeds that tell you how gloomy it is outside so don’t bother to go check for yourself. They think old people can’t possibly know anything as the computer knows all. I remember when I was a kid and men at the Cotton Gin store talked about debt and the depression. Later I recalled bankers in the years after 2001 saying they didn’t need to be regulated because the balanced derivative market was self regulating. After 2007, they blew up the world and the federal reserve had to print dollars by the trillions to avoid a collapse that would have taken us back to the stone age. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid
Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported. The public health insurance program provides coverage for people or families with limited income, as well as pregnant women and people with disabilities. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Let’s go fishin’
Let’s go fishin’
The weatherman has kept us off the lake several days the past couple of weeks, but when we’ve been able to fish, we’ve caught some really nice BIG catfish! We have also been a bit selective as to where we fish when the wind or showers have been a little bit of an issue. Instead of making the long trip up the Richland Creek and fishing where we normally do this time of year, we’ve stayed near the marina and fished the coves and timber on the south shoreline. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
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