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 for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Note: An indictment is a formal charge, and not proof of guilt. Indictment A local woman Van Alstyne Police arrested February 15 went before the Grayson County Grand Jury Wednesday and that group indicted her on multiple counts of Sexual Assault of a […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town It blew into town like the winds that accompanied it, the Third Annual Van Alstyne Wine Festival. What didn’t blow in were the heavy rains and thunderstorms that preceded Saturday and which were predicted, although with less chance than the days before, to […]
Police Investigating Construction Material Thefts
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police made no arrests made this past week, but are investigating another theft of construction material, reported Police Lt. Steven Hayslip. It was about 2 p.m. Friday (April 5, 2024) when officers were dispatched to 1556 Whispering Meadow in regard to […]
“Pack Up” Makes the Possibilities Possible.
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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