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LEADING CHEERS AT FAIRFIELD junior high school next year are: front l-r, Kelsie Adams, Jocelynn Johnson, Brooke Johnson, Colbie Cherry, Lori Neill,Ivy Robinson and Abbie Judd; back l-r, Kayla Mitchell, Lauren Cole, Mattey Mannen, Jessica Sloat,Brooke More...

Buffalo Livestock

On Saturday, May 1, 2010, Buffalo Livestock Commission sold 1,361 head. More...

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WORTHAM PROJECT GRADUATION wrapped up its “Big Money” fundraiser recently with prize giveaways during a dinner held at Fairfield VFW Post 5872. More...

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FAIRFIELD NURSING AND Rehabilitation makes a $500 donation to Freestone County Relay for Life. More...

Vietnam vets meet Tuesday

Vietnam Veterans of America and the Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 991, meets Tuesday in Palestine. The associates meeting starts at 6 p.m. and the veterans meeting is at 7 p.m. More...

Pilgrimage gives glimpse of 1800s

Fairfield History Club hosts 40th presentation . . .

QUEEN OF THE TRINITY STAR PILGRIMAGE celebrates the first meeting of Elizabeth Bradley and Col. W.L. Moody. More...

BTW/JAB alumni sets meeting

Booker T. Washington/J. A. Brooks Alumni Association will have a business meeting this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the EOAC Community Service Building in Teague. All students who attended BTW or JAB are asked to attend. More...

Wire art featured in Palestine

Texas artist Bart Soutendijk will be featured in an exhibit in Palestine next month titled “A Life in Wire”. The show will be held at the Museum for East Texas Culture Art Gallery. More...

Library asks for help

Palestine needs books . . .

Roof of the Palestine Public Library collapsed last year, closing the facility until the new library opens this fall. More...

Jamboree leader named

Former Fairfield man . . .

Former Fairfield Boy Scouter Randall Beasley has been named as a leader for the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree in Virginia. More...

Coalition works for county

Next meeting May 19 . . .

Freestone County Health Coalition met April 21 for their regular monthly meeting, with nine members and guests attending. More...

Support for depression at meetings

Navarro County Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in the fellowship hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Corsicana. More...

Nurse is hospital best

Mary Kay Sartor . . .

Teague resident Mary Kay Sartor has been awarded Palestine Regional Medical Center’s 2010 Mercy Award for her caring spirit and passion for serving others. Mrs. Sartor is a nurse at the hospital. More...

FSA accepts applications

Emergency loans offered . . .

Applications for emergency farm loans for losses caused by drought, aboveaverage temperatures and associated wildfires Jan. 1, 2009 through Dec. More...

Gospel music on tap in Athens

Gospel Music Hall in Athens hosts Gold City in concert May 27. Other performers will be Chord Smith Quartet, Gospel Tones Quartet and special guest soloist Timothy McGill. The concert begins at 6 p.m., doors open at 5. More...

Planes featured in show

Saturday in Corsicana . . .

The 12th annual Corsicana Airsho sponsored by the Commemorative Air Force Coyote Squadron features two historically significant aircraft, the B-25 bomber and SB2C Helldiver. Both airplanes were used extensively throughout World War II. More...

TLB distributes patronage funds

Texas Land Bank, a rural financing cooperative serving 16 central Texas counties, recently distributed $3 million to its borrowers/stockholders through its patronage program. More...

Officers make drug bust

From traffic stop . . .

A Fairfield woman is in Freestone county jail under bonds totaling $105,000 after a traffic violation by an acquaintenance led to her arrest last week. More...

Car-bicycle wreck injures Teague man

A Teague man was taken by helicopter to a Temple hospital in critical condition last week when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Teague. Injured was Charlie Wyche, 66. More...

Youth fishing day set at state park

A fishing derby and lunch for children is set this Saturday at Fairfield Lake State Park. The fishing derby is for ages pre-kindergarten through eighth grades and runs from 8 a.m.-noon. The event is free. More...

Baseball camp set during June

Youth baseball players can start the summer sharpening their skills at a camp conducted by Fairfield high school coaches. The baseball camp is for students going into the fourth grade through those who will be freshmen in the fall. More...

County couple to wed

Date set Oct. 16 . . .

Danielle Thumser Grecu and Steve Grecu have announced their engagement and approaching marriage. More...

Kids aid Relay for Life

Raise more than $8,000 . . .

Students at Fairfield elementary school have pitched in to help Relay for Life raise money for the American Cancer Society. More...

Tarleton honors fallen students

Tarleton State University remembered its students, alumni, staff, faculty and friends who passed away between March 2009 and March 15, 2010, in its official Silver Taps Ceremony on April 15. More...

Genealogists set Monday night meet

Freestone County Genealogical Society will have their regular meeting Monday night at 6:30 at the Fairfield Conference Center. More...

Care discussed as parents age

Mother’s Day is Sunday . . .

A new national survey out just in time for Mother’s Day shows we feel as close as ever to our moms, yet we’re unprepared to take care of them as they age. More...

Singles will meet in Waco Sunday

Texas Association of Single Adults Waco chapter, Heart of Texas Road Gang, will meet May 9 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the VFW hall on Sun Valley Boulevard. Married couples are also welcome. For information, call 254-709-2916. More...

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GUEST SPEAKER at last week’s meeting of the Fairfield Rotary Club was Craig Hernandez, center, game warden with Texas Parks and Wildlife. Hernandez was the guest of Rotarian Ken Pruitt, right. More...

Training available for older workers

Temporary part-time work and training are available for seniors age 55 and older through the Experience Works program. More...

Prayer service set Thursday

National Day of Prayer will be celebrated Thursday with prayer at the courthouse square from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The service is n ot associated with any church or group. More...