New traffic signal is live
FORNEY, Texas – The newly installed traffic signal at Farm-to-Market (FM) 548 and Ridgecrest Road became fully operational at 11 a.m. this morning, June 2, 2014. {loadposition adinsert} The much-needed...
View ArticleForney ISD high school graduate information
FORNEY, Texas – The Forney Independent School District has once again booked the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, for back-to-back graduation ceremonies for Forney High School and North Forney...
View ArticleArbor Day Foundation and Oncor to give away 8,000 trees – first come,...
FORNEY, Texas – The Energy-Saving Trees program, a partnership with Oncor and the Arbor Day Foundation, will be giving away 8,000 trees to Oncor service territory customers on a first-come,...
View ArticleHome sits vacant and deplorable two years after the tornado
FORNEY, Texas – The memories are still vivid to all those who witnessed an EF-3 tornado which touched down in Forney more than two years ago on April 3, 2012. {loadposition adinsert} Today, most...
View ArticleForney ISD Board of Trustees name McWilliams lone finalist for superintendent...
FORNEY, Texas – The Forney Independent School District Board of Trustees named Forney ISD Deputy Superintendent Mrs. Suzanne McWilliams as the lone finalist for superintendent of schools during a...
View ArticleElderly woman strikes several mailboxes and vehicle before driving into house
FORNEY, Texas – It was a bizarre scene on Wolf Drive earlier today after an elderly woman struck several mailboxes, a parked SUV, and then drove – in reverse – into a homeowner's garage. {loadposition...
View ArticleHome destroyed by fire in east Kaufman County
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – A mobile home in east Kaufman County was completely destroyed in a fire earlier today, June 3, 2014, according to College Mound Fire Department Public Information Officer Terry...
View ArticleForney Economic Development Corporation Executive Director resigns
FORNEY, Texas – Forney Economic Development Corporation's (EDC) Executive Director Kim Buttram resigned last week, according to city officials. {loadposition adinsert} Buttram's resignation was...
View ArticleForney woman arrested for hit-and-run accident involving bicyclist
FORNEY, Texas – A Forney woman has been arrested for the hit-and-run accident involving a bicyclist which left a Mesquite man in intensive care. {loadposition adinsert} According to the Forney Police...
View ArticleTxDOT to hold public hearing on Spur 557 improvements from Las Lomas Parkway...
TERRELL, Texas – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, to discuss upcoming improvements to Spur 557 which will make way for thousands of...
View ArticleCareFlite responds to head-on collision in Forney
FORNEY, Texas – CareFlite was requested to the scene of a head-on collision on the south service road today after two vehicles collided at the eastbound U.S. Highway 80 onramp at Farm-to-Market (FM)...
View ArticleWeek 2: Simmerin' Summer Sounds free concert series
FORNEY, Texas – Week 2 of the Simmerin' Summer Sounds free concert series at the Mick Spellman Amphitheater will feature three local up-and-coming country music artists tomorrow night, June 5, 2014,...
View ArticleTerrell Share Center received $50,000 grant from Walmart Foundation
TERRELL, Texas – The Terrell Share Center received a $50,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation last week which the center says will be used to expand their building, purchase a new walk-in cooler and...
View ArticleForney City Council re-elects Parker as Mayor Pro Tem
FORNEY, Texas – The Forney City Council voted unanimously to re-elect Council member Andy Parker as the Mayor Pro Tem at their June 3, 2014, council meeting. {loadposition adinsert} Parker was first...
View ArticleFuture FM 741/I-20 development receives approval on revised concept plan
FORNEY, Texas – A proposed future development at Farm-to-Market (FM) 741 and Interstate 20 received approval of a new concept plan from the Forney City Council which removed plans for high density...
View ArticleWater – a very real problem
FORNEY, Texas – With the threat of Stage 4 water restrictions looming each month, the tone has definitely changed in the way local and regional officials talk about water conservation. {loadposition...
View ArticleBREAKING: Brownlow indicted on additional capital murder charges
TERRELL, Texas – A Kaufman County Grand Jury indicted Charles E. Brownlow Jr. on three additional capital murder charges and one count of burglary of a habitation intending another felony for the...
View ArticleDPS investigating double fatality head-on collision in northern Kaufman County
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a double fatality head-on collision in northern Kaufman County on State Highway (SH) 34 approximately one mile north of...
View ArticleMama's Daughters' Diner in Forney opening this week
FORNEY, Texas – One of Dallas/Fort Worth's most well-known family diners will be opening in downtown Forney this week. {loadposition adinsert} At 6 a.m., on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, Mama's Daughters'...
View ArticleAmtrak makes unexpected stop in Terrell, one arrested
TERRELL, Texas – An Amtrak passenger train made an unexpected stop in Terrell on Friday night, June 6, 2014 – continuing only after a Chicago man was arrested and removed from the train. {loadposition...
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