April 15, 2010 RSS feed / News

Soldier back to Alaska

After year deployment . . .

Army S/Sgt. Cody F. Posey has returned to Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska after being deployed to Afghanistan for one year. More...

Aggie Muster is next week

County observance planned . . .

Freestone county former students of Texas A&M University will gather at Maysel Ranch Wednesday, April 21st for the annual Muster to honor all Aggies who have passed away within the last year, says Muster chairman Burt Richards, class of ‘66. More...

Morgan, Johnson to wed

In Fairfield ceremony . . .

Tanya Johnson and John Morgan, both of Fairfield, have announced their engagement and approaching marriage. Miss Johnson is the daughter of Al Johnson and the late Denise Johnson. More...

Huckaby family reunion slated this weekend

Annual Huckaby family reunion is this weekend and will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the home of Jimmy Hemby and Joe and April Hancock. More...

County pageant applications start

Entry forms are available for the 2010 Miss Freestone County and Miss Teen Freestone County pageants to be held during the county fair in June. The contest will be held Tuesday, June 15, at 7 p.m. at the Fairfield high school auditorium. More...

Veggies are topic at county program

Texas Agrilife Extension Service Freestone county office will host a vegetable gardening workshop at Teague Church of Christ. A meal will be served at 12:00 p.m. with the program to follow. More...

Shiloh Spring Fling features dinner, music

Spring Fling will be celebrated this Saturday at the Shiloh Community Center. Barbecue plates with trimmings and dessert will be served at 7 p.m. for $7 per plate. Plates to go will only be served from 5 to 6 p.m. More...

County health group meets next week

A Freestone County Health in Action meeting is set next Wednesday, April 21. The monthly meetings are held at the county courthouse. More...

Wortham VFD fundraiser and barbecue set

Wortham Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual barbecue and cake auction on Saturday, May 1, at 6pm. Tickets are $ 8 for adults and $ 5 for children. More...

Soldier earns promotion

To warrant officer . . .

A Fairfield high school graduate, Christopher L. Reynolds, graduated from the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, Daleville, Ala., and was appointed to the rank of warrant officer one. More...

Buffalo Livestock

On Saturday, April 10, 2010, Buffalo Livestock Commission sold 1,688 head. More...

OIL GAS NEWS

PERMITS Freestone County Operator:XTO Energy Inc. More...

County courthouse opens to public

Freestone county will celebrate County Government Month on Monday with an open house. The open house is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...

Fed hosts area bankers

At Dallas Federal Reserve . . .

Board of directors of Farmers State Bank has been invited on May 12th to utilize the board room at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for the Fairfield bank’s monthly board meeting. More...

Golf tournament cites THS coach

Greg Huber Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at Big Cedar Country Club Saturday. The tournament is held in honor of Greg Huber, who died December 2008, after a battle with cancer. Huber was athletic director at Teague high school. More...

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CONGRESSMAN JOE BARTON was guest speaker of Ken Maddox at the April 6 Fairfield Rotary club meeting. More...

NAACP training set in Mexia

NAACP mandatory training will be held Saturday at the Gibbs Library in Mexia. Training begins at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m., and his hosted by the Limestone County NAACP unit #6196. The library is located at 305 E. More...

Art League to meet

Freestone County Art League will meet this Saturday at Church of Christ fellowship hall building, 1001 N. 8th Avenue in Teague from 10:00 a.m. until noon. The program will be presented by art teacher Enrique Crosby. More...