Being Left-Handed: Challenge or Advantage???

Growing up in small-town Forney in the 1950s, my sister and I were quite often “playmates,” since the neighborhood was not large. Needless to say, since we were fairly close in “years on earth,” we quite often “needled” each other about who had more various abilities.

CATFISH SHALLOW, TURKEYS GOBBLING

I’ve limited my outdoor outings to one per week lately. With turkeys gobbling all across the state and blue catfish action red hot in the shallows, I simply cannot resist getting ‘out there’ in the woods and on the water.

Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies, April 25-27

As the nation continues to shelter in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is urging Texans to shop online or practice strict social distancing measures for in-store purchases during the sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies.

Make the Most of Your Family Dinners

A side-benefit of the Shelter in Place orders we’re currently living through is that families are seeing more time gathered around the dinner table than we have in the past three or four decades. It would benefit us to take advantage of this unusual blessing.

FISD Welcomes New Director of Bands to Forney High School

Forney ISD and the Fine Arts Department is excited to welcome Cody Newman as the new director of bands at Forney High School.

Forney Isd Announces The 2019-2020 Teachers Of The Year

Classes may be a little different these days with Forney ISD teachers working virtually with their students, but the District’s outstanding teachers are still working hard to make sure their students continue to get the education and attention they deserve.

Forney ISD Earns Sixth Straight National Merit Award

For the sixth straight year, Forney ISD has been honored with the SupportMusic Merit Award from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM).

What is Your Need?

In the midst of our current charge to socially distance ourselves and stay at home, many people feel lonely or are simply unable or too scared to go out, even for necessities. Jeremy Prather, Campus Pastor of Lake Pointe Forney, wants you to know that you don’t have to weather this storm alone.

Sanders Joins Forney Family as FISD Director of Safety & Security: Preparing for Forney ISD Police Department

This week Forney ISD took another step toward creating an in-house police department by hiring Joseph Sanders as the Director of Safety & Security. Sanders will transition to Chief of Police once the department creation process is completed with TCOLE.

Chief Townsend Retires After 44 Years

Forney’s first-ever paid Fire Chief, Chief Rick Townsend, is retiring this month. His leadership has allowed the Forney Fire Department to evolve with the changing times in ways best suited to serve the continually growing population of our town.