Congratulations to the Forney ISD Secondary Student of the Month for October. Kennedy Sanders, an 8th grade student at Warren Middle School, was recognized by the Forney ISD Board of Trustees at the board meeting on Monday, October 3, 2022.
More than 100 Baylor University students have been named to the Summer 2022 Dean’s Academic Honor List, which recognizes Baylor undergraduates for their outstanding academic work during each semester.
Two Downtown Mesquite nominees have been named finalists in the Texas Downtown President’s Awards program. Mesquite BBQ is a finalist for Best Downtown Business and Front Street Station is in the running for the Best Economic Game Changer award.
Monday October 3rd the City of Forney announced two grant programs using State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to provide vital aid to the economic recovery of small businesses, nonprofits, and impacted households. The American Rescue Plan of 2021 distributed a $6.7 million SLFRF award to the City of Forney to support its response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency. A portion of this award will fund both the Forney Small Business and Nonprofit Grant Program and the Forney Household Grant Program.
The Mesquite Fire Department responded to a multiple alarm structure fire at 2:34 a.m. the morning of September 30 at the Tradewind Apartments, 2120 Tradewind Drive, with a total of 13 fire units, 35 firefighters, and two chief officers. Mesquite was assisted by Dallas Fire Rescue with four fire units and one chief officer responding.
Cassidy Hill of Forney, a senior defender on the Angelo State University Rambelles soccer team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week for Week 4 of the season ending Sept. 18.
It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Summer 2022 Dean’s List. The summer terms run from May to August.
SNHU Announces Summer 2022 President’s List
Subtle moves give rise to big outcomes when education is involved. Sometimes it’s realizing which students’ personalities work together the best, and the teacher then puts them on the same project. Sometimes it’s asking a few quick questions to begin the class that get the mind working. Sometimes it’s a few yoga stretches and mindfulness exercises that make for better concentration on difficult concepts.
Waffle House. Midnight. I was on the road. I pulled in for supper because everything else was closed and the coonhound in my passenger seat was hungry.
On Tuesday September 27th Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar visited the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) on the North Texas stop of his Good for Texas Tour: Water Edition. The NTMWD is overseeing the construction of Bois d’Arc Lake in northeast Texas, the first major Texas reservoir to be built in 30 years. This surface water project is being built to meet a population expected to nearly double in the NTMWD region by 2050.
Ted Mettetal, left, and Doug Curran outside the East Texas Community Clinic’s Athens location. The friends first met in medical school and decided to open a clinic available to anyone, regardless of ability to pay. Credit: Blaine Young/Public Health Watch
Retirement didn’t suit the doctors, anyway. They relished the joys and pace of small-town medicine: delivering a baby in the morning, stitching up a wound in the afternoon, making a house call after work.
Aristotle once said the essence of life is “to serve others and do good.”
Noah gets the patience award because he rode with the animals, says Jeremy, 8: “They probably stunk.”
Guide Brandon Sargent with one of many crappie he and Luke landed on a recent trip at Lake Ray Hubbard.
WHAT? Crappie for Christmas presents? Well, maybe. But if you are a crappie angler, you can find them ‘lighting up’ your sonar around isolated submerged trees.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 936, Forney, TX 75126
Physical Address: 201 W. Broad St., Forney, TX 75126
Phone: 972-564-3121
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