By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News/Scene In Town Van Alstyne police have been busy since late April, having made seven felony and misdemeanor arrests and handled other 464 calls for services. These resulted in 20 police reports and 12 offense reports, reported Sgt. Steven Hayslip. Arrest — On April 25, at 7:15 pm, […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News/ Scene In Town Two items on this year’s election ballots met with voter approval, and the third item, for the only contested chair on either the Van Alstyne ISD or the Van Alstyne City Council, came out with voters selecting the (appointed) incumbent on its board. […]
Photos and story by Mary Jane Farmer for Van Alstyne News/Scene In Town It’s not a new sheriff coming to town — it’s a new bank. Texas Bank has purchased, is renovating, and will move into what was originally Landmark Bank, then Simmons Bank. Simmons Bank closed it several months ago because it was, apparently, in […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News/Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police, between April 10-23, answered 464 calls for service. Of those, 26 resulted in police reports, 13 in offense reports, and five were vehicle crashes, one with minor injuries, reported Police Sgt. Steve Hayslip. During this period, they made five arrests, as […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Facing a shorter-than-usual meeting agenda and with two council members not in attendance, the Van Alstyne City Council got quite a lot accomplished at Tuesday night’s regular council meeting. The meeting began at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, with council members Katrina Arsenault, Lee Thomas, […]
During the period between March 27 and mid-April, Van Alstyne police officers made five arrests, all of which were for either illegal drugs or alcohol abuse; answered 517 calls for service, took 18 police reports and 10 offense reports. During this same time frame, the Grayson County District Attorney’s Office investigated a theft and arrested […]
Van Alstyne Police answered 449 calls for service during the weeks between March 13 and March 26. Of these, 15 resulted in police reports, nine in offense reports, four in arrests. Two of those arrests were for assault charges, one for public intoxication, the fourth was for drug possession, reported Police Sgt. Steve Hayslip. They […]
Reports compiled by Mary Jane Farmer for Van Alstyne News/Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police answered 366 calls for service in the two-week period ending March 13, according to Police Sgt. Steven Hayslip. These resulted in 11 police reports, seven offense reports, and four arrests, as of Saturday, March 13. There was also one additional […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News/Scene In Town Van Alstyne police have been busy since late April, having made seven felony and misdemeanor arrests and handled other 464 calls for services. These resulted in 20 police reports and 12 offense reports, reported Sgt. Steven Hayslip. Arrest — On April 25, at 7:15 pm, […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News/ Scene In Town Two items on this year’s election ballots met with voter approval, and the third item, for the only contested chair on either the Van Alstyne ISD or the Van Alstyne City Council, came out with voters selecting the (appointed) incumbent on its board. […]
Texas Bank coming to Van Alstyne and Anna
Photos and story by Mary Jane Farmer for Van Alstyne News/Scene In Town It’s not a new sheriff coming to town — it’s a new bank. Texas Bank has purchased, is renovating, and will move into what was originally Landmark Bank, then Simmons Bank. Simmons Bank closed it several months ago because it was, apparently, in […]
Photography is… No. 2 stimulates imagination
C\ Click here, on this link, to see a few more of my “challenge” photos. No. 2 — Photography requires imagination Each year, lately, I have gone on my own photographic journey, calling it my “Challenge.” I’ll pick a topic and do what I can to photograph items, people, […]
Photography is… No. 1-Immortality
First in a series about photography and why I (Mary Jane Farmer) love it so much. Some of this is ‘borrowed’ from another source, most is uniquely my own. Photography creates immortality — Every Thanksgiving, my family is at my house. It’s tradition. The grandkids take out the old photo albums and go through them, again […]
Kinky Freidman — Still The Kinkster
Lately, I’ve been listening to Kinky Freidman’s newest CD in about, oh, say, 40-ish years. It’s called Circus of Life and is due out in about three weeks, or July 3 to be more specific. And, believe or trust me, it’s well worth the money. The Texas Jewboy has not lost his touch, not at […]
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