By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town, for The Van Alstyne News Between September 27 and October 8, Van Alstyne Police made nine arrests. Police Lt. Steven Hayslip provided the following information, gathered from the reports of the officers involved in the various arrests. Sept. 27 — The first of two arrests made that Friday […]
Press Release from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Oct. 1, 2024, Austin, Texas — See NOTES below. Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation declaring October 2024 as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month to raise awareness and educate Texans about the dangers of fentanyl to save more lives.“Fentanyl is a clandestine killer that rips away loved ones forever,” said Governor […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town for the Van Alstyne News. More photos at the bottom of this article. Anyone can download any photo(s) he/she wishes h to have. No charge-no problem. There was absolutely no shortage of participants in this year’s National Night Out Tuesday night (Oct. 1, 2024). The annual […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town for the Van Alstyne News Just a reminder here — National Night Out is from 6-8 pm this coming Tuesday, Oct. 1, to be held at the Central Social District Park in downtown. Van Alstyne Police have participated in NNO since, at least, 1996, and invite all Van Alstyne […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News TxDOT updated this information, as shown in red. The Texas Department of Transportation officials announced that Encino Landscape of Cleveland, Texas, will be creating a new 10-foot-wide shared-use path in Van Alstyne along State Highway 5 (Waco St) from Williams Way to Blassingame Avenue, then along […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News August 28 — About 3:00 pm, officers initiated a traffic stop on US 75 and Jim Jones, after seeing that the license plate was obstructed. Lt. Steven Hayslip, the Van Alstyne Police Department’s Public Information Officer, reported. When the officers approached the driver, they smelled the […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, SceneInTown.com During the first half of the month of August (2024), Van Alstyne Police safely took several intoxicated or drugged drivers off the street. Police Lt. Steven Hayslip provided the following information on those stops and arrests. August 4 — About 10 p.m., officers made a […]
This wreck account is from Van Alstyne PD, Lt. Steven Hayslip Van Alstyne – At 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 14 (2024), the Van Alstyne Police Department received a transferred 911 call from Collin County. The caller reported a gray Dodge truck driving recklessly northbound on U.S. Highway 75, striking barriers and other vehicles along the […]
Traffic Stops Lead Police to Make Several Arrests
By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town, for The Van Alstyne News Between September 27 and October 8, Van Alstyne Police made nine arrests. Police Lt. Steven Hayslip provided the following information, gathered from the reports of the officers involved in the various arrests. Sept. 27 — The first of two arrests made that Friday […]
Governor Abbott Raising Awareness For Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month
Press Release from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Oct. 1, 2024, Austin, Texas — See NOTES below. Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation declaring October 2024 as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month to raise awareness and educate Texans about the dangers of fentanyl to save more lives.“Fentanyl is a clandestine killer that rips away loved ones forever,” said Governor […]
National Night Out in Van Alstyne, Oct. 1, 2024
By Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town for the Van Alstyne News. More photos at the bottom of this article. Anyone can download any photo(s) he/she wishes h to have. No charge-no problem. There was absolutely no shortage of participants in this year’s National Night Out Tuesday night (Oct. 1, 2024). The annual […]
“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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