October 15, 2009 RSS feed / News

Buffalo Livestock

On Saturday, October 10, 2009, Buffalo Livestock Commission sold 1,466 head. There were 171 sellers and 62 buyers. More...

Traffic stop leads to drug charges

A Teague man ran out of his shoes before being caught by Fairfield police and charged with drug possession in an incident that started as a routine traffic stop last week. The arrest came shortly after Sgt. More...

OIL & GAS NEWS

Freestone County Operator:XTO Energy Inc. Lease & Well #:Selma Hagen Gas Unit, #5H Field:Dowdy Ranch(Cotton Valley)(Unknown) Permit Depth/Type: 16000 ft, Drill, Horizontal Location & Acres:8.0 miles SE from FAIRFIELD Survey: SMITH, WA, 656. More...

Fashion raises funds for cancer

Relay for Life hosts show, luncheon . . .

Fall fashions for women and children took center stage Friday at a style show hosted by Freestone County Relay for Life as a fundraiser for American Cancer Society. More...

Donate now for hungry

Annual food drive set . . .

Donations are needed to help feed the hungry at this year's annual Central Texas Food Drive, set Nov. 20. More...

Church News

Mt. Pleasant Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church will host revival services and celebrate the church anniversary this weekend. Friday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m., pastor Errol Jones of Shiloh Baptist Church will be guest speaker. More...

Correction

In a story in the Oct. 1 edition of The Fairfield Recorder, we incorrectly stated that Jeri Ivison Paholek graduated from Texas A&M University in 2001. Actually, she graduated in 1991. We apologize for the error. More...

Shiloh Center hosts last social this year

Shiloh Community Center will host the last social/musical for 2009 this Saturday. "Old Country" of Donie will provide entertainment, and food will be hamburgers, chips, dips, dessert and drink at a cost of $6 per person. More...

Stewards Mill homecoming set Sunday

Annual Stewards Mill Homecoming is set this Sunday at the community north of Fairfield. Church service starts at 10 a.m., business meeting is at 11 a.m. and lunch is at noon. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish for the lunch. More...

Photo

BAND STUDENT OF the week from the Grand Band from Eagle Land is sophomore percussionist Blake Miller. Announcement of the honor was made at the Fairfield-Palestine varsity football game. More...

WWII pilots honored

At statue dedication . . .

United State Army Air Forces cadets who trained at Corsicana during World War II and staff were honored Saturday in a ceremony and memorial dedication at Dave Campbell Field in Corsicana. More...

Texas AgriLife Extension Report

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The month of October has become to be known as the pink ribbon month. More...

Suits, Lame set wedding

December in Fairfield . . .

Don and Connie Suits of Fairfield have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Victoria Faith to Travis James Lame of Jacksonville, North Carolina. The groom is the son of Charles and Denise Lame of Combine, Texas. More...

Art League goes to Salado

Freestone County Art League travels to Salado this Saturday to visit galleries there in lieu of their regular meeting. The church van will leave the Church of Christ parking lot in Teague at 8:00 a.m. More...

Highway 84 is subject of book

One of country's longest highways . . .

An Alabama woman's regular travels on highway 84 from her home in Jackson, Mississippi to her family farm in Andalusia, Alabama inspired her to write a book called "Coming Home on Highway 84: Weaving in and Out Through the Tapestry of Our Lives". More...

History Club hears speaker

Life in Australia . . .

"Life in the Outback" was the program for the Oct. 1 meeting of the GFWC Fairfield History Club. More...