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Scientists and environmentalists have been warning the public for years that honeybees are disappearing at alarming rates. Scientists were initially uncertain in regard to what was decimating bee populations. Even though no single cause is to blame, data has pointed to pesticide use and the mysterious colony collapse disorder, which is a name given to the dwindling colonies seen around the world. National Geographic

Morgan Clark, a cadet in the Forney ISD Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AF- JROTC) recently received the first-ever Air Force Association (AFA) Seidel Chapter $6,000 scholarship.

FACE MASKS REQUIRED PER KAUFMAN CO. COMMISSIONERS COURT

Early voting in the 2020 Primary Runoff Election begins Monday, June 29. After a proclamation by Governor Abbott in March of this year to postpone the election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Primary Runoff Election was moved from May 26 to July 14, 2020.

CISD Trustees announced Kyle Hardin as the district’s next athletic director and head coach. Hardin has served as associate head coach and offensive coordinator for McKinney North since 2013 and is set to take over a Pirate athletic program primed for a big jump to 5A Division II in the upcoming 2020-21 school year.

JAC Management Group has announced Forney’s first-ever national concert to be held at the Spellman Amphitheater. Country music star Trace Adkins will perform on September 26, 2020 as a part of his ongoing national tour entitled “The Way I Wanna Go”. This marks the first scheduling for the 2020 season, which is also the inaugural season for the JAC-Spellman working relationship.

After nearly 23 years of service with the Abilene Fire Department, Derek Briggs is excited to return to North Texas to serve as the new fire chief for the City of Forney. A Lewisville High School graduate, Briggs also received a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Medical Services Administration from Columbia Southern University and went on to become a volunteer firefighter for the first three years of his career. After climbing the proverbial career ladder, which began for Briggs ironically on a ladder truck, the new Fire Chief is thrilled to join the City of Forney in this position.

The University of Texas at Austin will require all students, faculty and staff to wear face masks in campus buildings next fall to prevent the spread of COVID-19, interim Dean Jay Hartzell announced Monday.

Crandall High School and Wilson Elementary School are in the hands of two new leaders as Trustees unanimously approved the hires during Monday night’s board meeting in the CISD Administration Building.

Would you be willing to spend nearly two months separated from your family and instead in close quarters with a virus responsible for nearly 100,000 deaths? Not many would readily sign up for that, but that’s just what local resident Marlene Rosana did. A nurse practitioner, Dr. Rosana had no second thoughts about volunteering to assist the medical community in New York. In fact, she says that to her “it wasn’t really a question.”

According to a June 1st article by the Dallas Business Journal, Forney could be seeing a new addition to its already growing light industrial district very soon.

Texas collected about $2.6 billion in state sales tax revenue in May, leading to the steepest year-over-year decline in over a decade, Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Monday.

Kimberly Austin and her husband James are enduring a season that parents should never even have to imagine. Their son, Eric, has liver cancer and a devastating prognosis.