3 Tips to Prepare for Turkey Hunting Season

Want to hunt turkeys on your home turf this fall? You’ll need to create and manage a habitat that will attract them to your property first.

New Beginnings—Rather Redundant, I Suppose!

School in Forney, Texas, began again, or rather I should say “opened” for the first day of classes for the school year, 2020—2021, and I feel sure it really was a “NEW” experience. I miss teaching, but what I miss is “shutting my door and teaching life.

Great Texas Birding Classic Moves to Fall for First Time Ever

Drop that remote and grab those binoculars, the 24th Annual Great Texas Birding Classic (GTBC) is kicking off fall with its annual bird watching competition. For the first time ever, this spring event has moved to the fall due to the public health crisis.

FOOTBALL is on the way!

Well, folks, if things remain the same as I have ascertained them to be at this time, the NORTH FORNEY FALCONS Varsity Football Team will open its season on Thursday, September 24, at 7:00 p. m. with an “away” non-conference game vs. the Frisco Lone Star Rangers in Frisco, Texas.

19 Short Days

Teachers are a really determined group of people, always working to improve their students’ education. Not only do they have a passion for the knowledge they have learned, they also want to share this information with the students that come into their classrooms.

Keeping busy, making outdoor plans

There’s lots to do in the outdoors, even during what many of us refer to as the ‘Dog Days’ of summer. The striped bass bite is going strong up on Lake Texoma says my buddy Bill Carey with Striper Express and catfish guides on Tawakoni have been butting their clients on limits of tasty catfish.

TPWD Recognizes National Shooting Sports Month Through Educational Programming

September 2020 marks the 4th Annual National Shooting Sports Month, as designated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Forney ISD Announces Expanded Partnership with Dallas College

Forney ISD is proud to announce an expanded partnership with Dallas College and Texas Tech for the 2020-2021 school year. Now, Forney ISD community and staff will receive in-district tuition rates for Dallas College courses offered at Forney ISD.

Bryant Named Falcons New Men’s Basketball Coach

Forney ISD Athletics welcomes Kadrian Bryant as the new North Forney High School Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Bryant comes to us from Crockett High School where he served the last 5 years as Head Men’s Basketball Coach.

TWO for the price of ONE

I am sitting here today, moving back and forth between the computer and the television—working on stories for The Forney Messenger and watching the Texas Rangers playing the Los Angeles Angels in front of “fake fans” and listening to “fake crowd noise.