A district-wide early release is not planned for Forney ISD during the inclement weather conditions on May 21, 2013, according to Forney ISD spokesperson Larry Coker. The district will however allow parents that are home, or available, to pick up their children early from school.

38-year-old Lester Zavala suffered a debilitating stroke on April 24, 2013, that left the left side of his body in a state of paralysis and he has been unable to return to work. Zavala's family – wife Brandi and five children – will be holding a fundraiser on Monday night, May 20, 2013, at Chic-fil-A from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.

As a recount for the Forney City Council Place 4 looms, the other candidates running in the May 11 Election were sworn into office. Forney City Secretary Dorothy Brooks swore in the winning candidates after the results of the mayoral race, City Council Place 2, and City Council Place 6 were canvassed and certified.

On May 16 at approximately 8:50 p.m., DPS and Kaufman County Sheriff’s deputies searched an area just west of the Heartland subdivision for two suspects who fled from DPS Troopers earlier, according to a DPS spokesperson.

The Kaufman County Children's Advocacy Center will be hosting a “Designer Purse” bingo game at the Best Western hotel in Forney on Friday, May 17, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. The games will run from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

45-year-old Johnny Charles Butler of Quinlan pleaded guilty on May 15, 2013, to two counts of armed bank robbery, one count of assaulting a federal officer, and one count of using and carrying a firearm, during and in relation to, a crime of violence.

Mayor Pro-Tem James Hatley filed a petition to recount the votes in the May 11 Election for Place 4 on the Forney City Council. Hatley was challenged for his seat by candidate Scott Regan who won the election 560 votes to 558 votes – a difference of only two votes.

Laurren's Closet in downtown Forney is a new boutique, which opened on April 6, 2013, inspired by Brian and Patty Smith's love for their daughter. Their daughter, Laurren, was a well known and loved teenage girl in Forney. She passed away in December 2009 from osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. The new downtown business will serve as a way to honor her memory and raise funds for the non-profit organization the Smiths want to start.

Three men rescued a trapped man in a burning 2003 Mercedes on Thursday morning, May 9, 2013. At approximately 2:07 a.m., 25-year-old C.J. Howland of Heath and his two friends, Steve, 25, and Dan, 23, happened upon the scene of the accident on FM 740 in Forney, near FM 460.

A Kaufman County Precinct 4 Deputy Constable was hospitalized after an accident in which his cruiser rolled over four times on westbound Highway 175, according to authorities. DPS spokesman Kyle Bradford said, the deputy was “in stable condition and conscious” before being care-flighted to Parkland Hospital in Dallas.