2 teams qualify for state . . .
Two teams from Fairfield FFA qualified to advance to state career development competition. Teams competed this month at Area 8 contests at Stephenville. Fairfield livestock team members placed seventh at area, earning a trip to state.
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A string of cattle thefts in Freestone and Navarro counties were cleared last week when the suspect turned himself into authorities. Charged in the thefts is Audie Lopes, 26, of Fairfield. More...
On Saturday, April 17, 2010, Buffalo Livestock Commission sold 1,737 head. More...
A sailor from Fairfield, Petty Officer Second Class Jonas M. Farias, recently returned to port in Northfolk, Va., after 10 weeks supporting Operation Unified Response in Haiti. Farias was among 1,000 sailors and marines attached to USS Bataan. More...
Texas Agrilife Extension Service of Freestone and Limestone Counties hosts a pecan grafting workshop at Teague City Park. Registration is from 5:30- 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, with the program to follow. More...
Will marry June 26 . . .
Bud and Kelly Black of Fairfield and Jay and Julie Boykin of Caldwell have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Katy Lynn Boykin of Fairfield to Jared Ty Conner of Teague. More...
Barger and Cathey . . .
Brenda Barger of Dayton and Glenn Ray Barger of Teague have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Brittnee Barger of Teague to Bobby Cathey of Kerrville. The groom is the son of Tim and Cathy Cathey of Kerrville. More...
Annual memorial meeting and dinner for Mt. Zion Cemetery Association will be Saturday, May 1 at the cemetery, located on Sugar Hill, seven miles east of Fairfield on highway 84. More...
Heart of Texas Council of Governments, the Shelter Alliance and the Waco Family Abuse Center will hold a cell phone collection event April 22 through May 31. Phones will be collected at the HOTCOG office at 1514 S. New Road in Waco. More...
Crockett Resource Center for Independent Living will host the monthly Women’s Support Group meeting Wednesday, April 28th, at 1:00 p.m. More...
Members and friends of Fairfield-Harmony Presbyterian Church will gather this Sunday at the historic Harmony Church at Stewards Mill. More...
A healthcare awareness seminar was held earlier this month by the Oakwood Dunbar Alumni. Guest speaker was retired U.S. Army Colonel James W. Wallace, who is executive directdor of the Leon Health Resource Center. More...
12 from around Freestone county attend . . .
Members and friends of FSB Travelers returned last Friday from a 7-day tour of the coastlines of northern Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. More...
Keep Waco Beautiful is offering a variety of top quality bagged gardening and yard organics for sale this Saturday morning at Cameron Park Zoo parking lot. Products for sale include compost, cedar mulch, humus, topsoil and potting soil. More...