Forney City Manager Tony Carson Responds to Grievance

On Sunday evening, February 21, 2021, Forney Chief of Police Mica Lunt submitted a grievance to Mayor Mary Penn and City Attorney Jon Thatcher against City Manager Tony Carson.

Did You Know?

According to the World Health Organization, males are more likely to be involved in road traffic crashes than females. The WHO notes that 73 percent of all road traffic deaths occur among young males under the age of 25.

Drone Usage for Beginners

Drones continue to attract hobbyists across the world. In mid-2017, 8 percent of Americans said they owned a drone, and nearly 60 percent had seen one in action, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

A Life Well Lived

The Forney Community received some heavy news last week, as First Baptist Church of Forney announced that its long-time pastor has died. Dr. Jimmy D. Pritchard had been the Senior Pastor of FBC Forney for nearly 27 years.

Forney ISD to Provide Drive Thru COVID Vaccine Location

Forney ISD has partnered with Kaufman County and the Terrell Fire Department to provide a drive thru COVID vaccine opportunity for the public. Appointments will be assigned through the Kaufman County registration system beginning with those in DSHS categories 1A and 1B.

Scratchy Red Carpet

Sigmund Freud believed that our psyche, the entirety of our being, was related to, formed by, and permeated beyond escape from our childhood. I think he was on to something.

What Can We Learn From Jesus Raising Lazarus From The Dead?

“We can learn that God can rescue us from yucky darkness,” says Mollie Mae, 6. Darkness is indeed yucky, especially when you’re six years old. From the Bible perspective, it’s yucky at all ages because it represents all that is opposed to God.

Winter Storm Leaves Empty Texas Grocery Shelves – Again!

The shelves of Texas grocery stores were seriously picked over, if not empty, for the second time in less than a year, said a Texas A&M AgriLife expert. But winter storm-related supply chain shortages are different than those consumers experienced during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Did You Hear About the Man Who BROKE INTO PRISON?

This is a real event and happened close to a year ago in neighboring Seagoville, Texas, at the Federal Low Security Prison (fewer than 2,000 male inmates) just off C. F. Hawn Freeway in the southeastern area of Dallas County.

Texas Senate Investigates Winter Storm Blackouts

A week after a brutally cold winter storm left millions in the state without power and water for days, the Senate Business and Commerce Committee began the process of figuring out what happened and how to prevent it from happening again.