North Texas Municipal Water District Earns 2022 WateReuse Awards for Excellence Community Water Champion

The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has been a leader in water reuse for more than a decade to help meet the growing population in the region, and the utility provider was honored at the 37th Annual WateReuse Symposium with the prestigious 2022 WateReuse Award for Excellence as a...

You Aren’t Left Out!

The great news is that the 4th annual Casino Gala Night is officially sold out! But–that doesn’t mean you are left out of the fun of participating and helping the students and teachers in Forney ISD by bidding in the Silent Auction.

Crandall ISD Elementary Students Compete in 2022 Battle of the Books Championship

Each year, Crandall ISD hosts its Battle of the Books—a literacy competition for students in grades 3-6. Students from each elementary campus gather in teams of six. In the fall, teams receive copies of books to read for the competition.

Mesquite Recognizes Four Employees as Real. Texas. Service. Champions

Mesquite honored four City employees with Real. Texas. Service. Champion awards during the March 7 City Council meeting. The Real. Texas. Service. Champions program celebrates employees who provide exemplary customer service and achieve accomplishments that merit special recognition.

Painting, Publishing, and Possibilities

From owning a business to being a published author, the freshman with the highest grade point average in Forney High School has her hands quite full.

Elks Auxiliary Donates $10,000 to Historic Mesquite, Inc.

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Mesquite Elks Lodge No. 2404 recently presented Historic Mesquite, Inc. (HMI) with a $10,000 donation for the New Hope Church project. New Hope Church was constructed circa 1906.

“We’ve Only Just Begun” Carpenters Tribute to Perform In Terrell on March 24, 2022

The E! Terrell Entertainment Series continues its 2021-22 concert season with “We’ve Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered” starring Michelle Berting Brett at 7:30 pm on March 24th at the Terrell ISD Jamie Foxx Performing Arts Center. This is the seventh E! Terrell performance for this season.

Kaufman Woman Arrested for Theft by Texas A&M Forest Service

Texas A&M Forest Service Law Enforcement Investigators and the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office arrested Frances Charline Lee Cole, 51, of Kaufman, Texas for theft of more than $2,500 and less than $30,000 in Hopkins County on March 2, 2022.

Scraping the Paint

I’ve taken up a new hobby: painting. I don’t paint walls or houses. I keep it smaller - to canvases, coasters and such. It’s not painting like you might think. My new leisure pursuit involves no brushes or rollers. What it lacks in brushes, this technique makes up for in paint.

Forney ISD Announces the 2021- 2022 Campus Teachers of the Year

Forney ISD recently announced the 2021-2022 Forney ISD Campus Teachers of the Year for each school in the District. Forney ISD has eight elementary schools, three intermediate schools, three middle schools, two high schools and one alternative education school.