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Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood swears in re-elected Forney Mayor Rozell
On May 28, 2013, Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood attended the beginning of the regularly scheduled Forney City Council meeting to ceremoniously swear in recently re-elected Forney Mayor Darren Rozell....
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Public Works proclamation and budget award presented at Forney City Council...
During the May 28 Forney City Council meeting, Mayor Darren Rozell presented the Public Works department with a proclamation and City Manager Brian Brooks presented an award to the Finance Department....
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Stage 3 water restrictions take effect June 1 in Forney
Stage 3 water conservation measures will go into effect on June 1, 2013, in the City of Forney, Texas. City officials announced the move to Stage 3 water restrictions after the North Texas Municipal...
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Historic Downtown Scene: FAC Patio Party with Crumbzz and 2nd Saturdays...
The Forney Arts Council (FAC) and Crumbzz will be hosting their annual summer “Patio Party” on June 1, 2013, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The following weekend, the FAC will have their “2nd Saturdays”...
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Indictment and plea entered for two Terrell men who made terroristic threats...
The cases against two Terrell men charged with making terroristic threats during the investigation into the deaths of Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse and District Attorney Mike McLelland and his...
View ArticleLocated: Amber Alert for 3-year-old Kaufman County child
Updated May 31, 6:59 p.m. According to the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office, the child has been located, inForney.com is awaiting more details. The Texas Amber Alert Network issued an Amber Alert for...
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Dallas police officer arrested in Forney for DWI
An off-duty Dallas Police officer was arrested at approximately 1:00 a.m. in Forney, Texas, on June 1, 2013. According to the Dallas Police Department, the 22-year veteran Terrance Thomas was arrested...
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Emily's Monkeys fundraiser at The Hole Thing donuts a sweet success
7-year-old Emily Hough wanted to give back to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children after her treatment there. In July 2011, Emily was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis – a rare disease that...
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Forney City Council: New council members sworn in and Mayor Pro-Tem...
Newly elected Forney City Council member Scott Regan was sworn in at the City Council meeting on Tuesday night, June 4, 2013. Council members also decided to table discussions for appointing a new...
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Giant 165-foot minion blimp flies over Forney
A 165-foot minion blimp was seen flying over Forney on Tuesday evening, June 4, 2013. The blimp is a promotional blimp for the movie “Despicable Me 2” and is one of only 15 airships flying in the world...
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Kaufman police arrest nursing home employee for injury to an elderly woman
The Kaufman Police Department arrested 49-year-old James Earl Seaton and charged him with aggravated assault of an elderly person for injuring an 88-year-old woman at the Kaufman Healthcare Center...
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Electronic cigarettes could be removed from Forney’s smoking ban
The ordinance regulating smoking in public places ("smoking ban") passed earlier this year in Forney may have an exemption on the horizon. During the June 4th City council meeting, Council member Andy...
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Power outages expected to last a few more hours in Forney
On June 6, nearly 1,000 Oncor customers in the Forney area lost power this morning because of storms, many of the outages were immediately restored while some lasted more than an hour. The storms also...
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Forney and North Forney High Schools celebrate graduating class of 2013
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Forney High School and North Forney High School graduates crossed the stage in back-to-back ceremonies held at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. The class of 2013...
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Concert announced for this year's 4th of July celebration in Forney
This year's City of Forney Independence Day Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at the Forney Community Park at 6:00 p.m. with the fireworks show starting at 9:15 p.m. The 4th of July...
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Volunteers fill the old Forney firehouse for Emily's Monkeys sock monkey...
Volunteers filled the old firehouse in historic downtown Forney on June 8, 2013, to help 7-year-old Emily Hough and Emily's Monkeys make therapeutic sock monkeys. The sock monkeys are then taken to...
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Snakes and coyotes cause concern at Forney Community Park
A mild winter and a late breeding season is to blame for an influx of snakes that have been spotted at the Forney Community Park. “It's just one of those years for snakes,” says Forney Parks and...
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Kaufman County officials hosting online public meeting for Hazard Mitigation...
On June 12, the Kaufman County Emergency Management Department will be hosting a public meeting via live webinar to discuss and gather input on a working Hazard Mitigation Action Plan. Without the...
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Forney’s Independence Day Celebration blasts off with fireworks display and...
Nearly twelve thousand people attended the Forney’s 5th Annual Independence Day Celebration at the Forney Community Park on Saturday, June 29, 2013. This is the first year that a concert has been held...
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Visiting judge appointed to capital murder trials of Kaufman County prosecutors
On June 28, 2013, Administrative Judge John Orvard of the First Judicial Region of Texas appointed Dallas County District Judge Mike Snipes as the visiting judge in the capital murder cases against...
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