Setting Your Poinsettias Up for Success

Poinsettias and their classic red and white holiday color will soon be abundant in homes, grocery stores and nurseries. If you want your poinsettia plants to last throughout the holiday season, here are some pointers to help keep your plants happy.

TVCC Theatre Department Announces KCATCF Recognition

Trinity Valley Community College Theatre Department is excited to announce the student and faculty recognitions from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Region 6 Festival (KCACTF).

Two Decades in the Making, Jackrabbits are Regional Champions Once Again

Every Forney citizen who had made the one-hour trip to the Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium watched the field with bated breath.

Brookshire Grocery Co. Gives 17,500 Employee-Partners $3.6 Million in Christmas Gift Checks

Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) announced that the company is giving all employee- partners, with at least one year of uninterrupted service, the equivalent of one-half week’s pay. Those with less than one year of service will receive prorated amounts.

The Road Goes On

Driving on a highway, you might notice the twisted wires that the highway department uses to create a safety barrier.

PRISCILLA

Do not go to see this movie if you want to think Elvis Presley was wonderful and perfect! Do not go if you are expecting to see a movie mostly about Elvis’s wife, Priscilla! Do not go if you are expecting to see what happened to Priscilla “after” being married to Elvis!

10 Short Years Ago–GONE, Like an Eye’s Blink!

By DON THEMER, FHPL Board Member and Messenger Staff Writer A DECADE in the life of FORNEY, TEXAS, has come and gone so quickly. As Grandma often told me during her later years, “When my age was 5, it seemed to take years until my next birthday came again.

Tasty Tidbits about Eggnog

Eggnog is a rich and delicious beverage that has become synonymous with the most festive time of year.

Christmas on Main and Tree Lighting 2023

Photos Courtesy of Larry Golden

The Joys of Journalism

Being part of UIL journalism – or as my dad calls it, the Brain Olympics – isn’t easy. 6-a.m. bus rides on frostladen Saturday mornings, all-day competitions at distant schools, and the pressure of the clock as it counts down the minutes until a story is due are definitely challenges, but these...