By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town. Between July 17 and July 23, Van Alstyne Police made the following arrests. Police Lt. Steve Hayslip reported on these. There were no crimes reported which have not yet resulted in an arrest. July 12 Arrest — At about 8 a.m., police made a […]
First appeared in the July 2024 issue of Texoma Farm and Home magazine. By Mary Jane Farmer “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou The sounds of vigorous hand clapping and yahoos brought the Split Window (Recording) Studio to full life, from the moment Dustin Perkins […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News Van Alstyne Police made the following arrests within the past two weeks, and Police Lt. Steven Hayslip provided these reports. On June 29, at 9:40 a.m., officers initiated a traffic stop on US Highway 75 and FM 121 after seeing a vehicle being driven on a […]
This from Jeremy Westby, 2911 Media. HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – Joseph S. Bonsall (76) of Hendersonville, TN, passed on to Glory on July 9, 2024, from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. He leaves behind his precious wife Mary Ann, daughters Jennifer and Sabrina, granddaughter Breanne, grandson Luke, two great grandsons, Chance and Grey, and a sister, […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Fentanyl has rapidly become the leading cause of death for those under the age of 45, statistics have shown. The Grayson County Grand Jury meets every other week to hear reasons/proof to indict people for crimes allegedly committed. The most recent Grand Jury […]
Press Release From the Texas Department of Transportation AUSTIN – To help keep a thriving Texas economy moving, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is drafting a record-breaking 10-year transportation plan, and the public is invited to weigh in on potential projects in communities across the state. The draft 2025 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) proposes […]
Just a word here from me, Mary Jane, on Kinky Friedman… Here it mentions his bid for Justice of the Peace. That was in the early 1980s and Kinky lived just outside Kerrville, Texas. Once, while he was being interviewed by a TV crew in front of the Kerrville Post Office, I stepped out of […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police Lt. Steven Hayslip, who is the police department’s designated Public Information Officer (among his many other duties), provided information on the following arrests. June 13 Arrest — About 11:30 p.m. Thursday, police were called to a home in the 600 […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town. Between July 17 and July 23, Van Alstyne Police made the following arrests. Police Lt. Steve Hayslip reported on these. There were no crimes reported which have not yet resulted in an arrest. July 12 Arrest — At about 8 a.m., police made a […]
Dustin Perkins is Double-Artistic
First appeared in the July 2024 issue of Texoma Farm and Home magazine. By Mary Jane Farmer “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou The sounds of vigorous hand clapping and yahoos brought the Split Window (Recording) Studio to full life, from the moment Dustin Perkins […]
Police Make Multiple Arrests since June 29
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News Van Alstyne Police made the following arrests within the past two weeks, and Police Lt. Steven Hayslip provided these reports. On June 29, at 9:40 a.m., officers initiated a traffic stop on US Highway 75 and FM 121 after seeing a vehicle being driven on a […]
“Pack Up” Makes the Possibilities Probable.
Texas Nexus / Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer It’s a 3-column list I have worked up — “PACK UP” it’s called. It’s what I have to reference and cling to when getting ready to go to all the music festivals in my life. And there’s a bunch! Me and Hippie Van head out. […]
This is a feature I wrote in 2007 and, crazily, found it on my My Space somehow. It also was printed on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame’s Website of the same name. Roy Head was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame that year. I am excited to be able to include it now here […]
Van Alstyne is Autumn Town, too!
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, Blog style, not reporting style. More photos on link at bottom, and more will be added on future Sunday drives, so please feel free to check back throughout October and November. Sundays are made for driving around, slowly, and looking at things one misses when moving so fast. […]
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