June 18, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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County fair enters second half

Livestock sale set Saturday . . .
The 85th edition of the Freestone County Fair officially entered its second half at mid week with a full slate of events remaining on the schedule. Premier event is the junior livestock sale at 9:30 a.m. at the W.L. More...

FISD cleaning contract renewed

Cost is $433,305 annually . . .

Fairfield Independent School District trustees last week approved a new contract with Service Solutions to provide custodial services at schools. The contract is calculated at 97 cents per square foot, or $433,305 annually. More...

Sales tax revenue drops

This month in Fairfield . . .

Sales tax revenue for the City of Fairfield dropped 17.83 percent this month, compared to what the city received from the Texas State Comptroller last June. More...

News

Street to remain same

Name change asked . . .

Citing unnecessary expenses to current business owners, Fairfield city council members denied a request to rename Bailiff Drive changing it to Fairfield Parkway. More...

Student earns medical degree

A Teague high school graduate, Benjamin Baines Mize, graduated last month from University of Texas Medical School in Houston. More...

SCV honors soldiers

Leon county ceremony . . .

Four Confederate military grave markers at Winn Cemetery near Marquez were dedicated and all Confederate military veterans were honored early this month in a ceremony conducted by Sons of Confederate Veterans that included rifle and cannon salutes. More...

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Education

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TAKING TIME AT FAIRFIELD Project Graduation to leave a parting message to a classmate is new graduate Rikki Wooley. More...

WHS grad gets award

Agriland scholarship . . .

A Wortham high school graduate, Cal Johnson, is one of four recipients of a 2009 Marsha Martin Scholarship from AgriLand Farm Credit Services. More...

Fairfield Honor Roll

Sixth Six Weeks Elementary School Honor Roll First Grade A Alysha Allgood, Emily Bonner, Klay Bonner, Braden Bossier, Christopher Cotton, Abbie Cunningham, Tiana Davis, Toby DeVries, Rebecca Dunlap, Nareyda Espinoza, Naydelin Espinoza Molin More...

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Suspect arrested in assault at fair

Freestone County Fair activities were disrupted Monday night by a confrontation between two men that sent one to the hospital with stab wounds. The incident occurred about 10:10 p.m. in the horseshoe pitching area at W.L. More...

Housing inmates exceeds budget

To continue housing inmates in Falls and Limestone counties, commissioners approved the transfer of $175,000 to cover a $35,000 monthly expenditure for the remainder of the budget year. More...

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A BOSSIER CITY, LA., MAN, 34-year-old, Javier Reyna Campos, escaped injury Monday morning when a blowout caused his pickup to overturn more than two times on I-45 south of Fairfield. More...

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Proudly sponsored by: The Fairfield Recorder

MONDAY, JUNE 22 .. More...

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Law

Police Report

by Kenny Bulger

(A summary of recent activity of Fairfield Police Department.) June 8 7:50 a.m.—Officer Irion assisted stranded motorist that lost all power to his vehicle. Vehicle had to be towed. More...

Sheriff's Report

by Ralph Billings

Sheriff's Report Number 441- 16 year old, in County visiting from Ft. Worth, reported as Runaway, FCR- 930. Deputies Elom and Shaw to Family Troubles, FM-833. Man in Wortham vomiting blood, Mexia EMS to same. Lady calls from S. More...

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Columns

On the Edge of Common Sense

OVER-PREPARED
By Baxter Black, D.V.M.

When we talk about someone being 'over-prepared', we think of a person who is very thorough and able to handle all possible contingencies. More...

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NATURAL SOLUTIONS...

for the Farm & Garden
by Dwayne Somerville

Beneficial Insects Used in this country sense 1880's, predatory and parasitic insects are the best known form of biological insect control. They provide long term pest control, helping to tip the scales in your favor when insect pests arrive. More...

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Obituaries

Gladys Carr

Graveside services were held Tuesday for Gladys Carr, 92, who died Friday, June 12, at Fairview Manor Nursing Home in Fairfield. Mrs. Carr was born in Chester, Illinois to Minnie Alice and Troy Cecil Garrison. A former resident of St. More...

Adolphus McIlveen

Funeral services were held last week for Adolphus McIlveen, 84, who died Sunday, June 7, at Haven Nursing Home in Mexia after a brief illness. Mr. McIlveen was born in Teague and raised in Dallas where he attended J.B. Starr Elementary. More...

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