When Christina Ward and her husband, Bryan, began to search for a new place to live, they had never heard of Italy. After looking in the northern part of Ellis County, their realtor told them she wanted to show them a house in Italy. (Continued…)

Announcing the first annual Little Miss & Mister Italy Pageant! (Continued…)

Local athletes make the most of their 2013 FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) Super Centex Victory Bowl V experience with Italy’s Ryheem Walker, Avalon’s Reece Marshall and Milford’s Jairus Russell and cheerleader Brittany Goss making lasting memories. (Continued…)

The 2013 Italy Gladiator Banquet featured honors its strongest, fastest and brightest stars with a meal fit for champions, award presentations and a couple of surprises. (Continued…)

The Avalon Water and Sewer Service Corporation (AWSSC) held their annual and monthly meeting on Thursday night. Directors Jimmy Brown, Denice Wimbish, Manuel Rodriguez and Rickey Johnston were present; David Waishes, Robin Donaldson, and Jeremy Langley were absent. Denice Wimbish and Manuel Rodriquez were re-elected to the board with 62 total votes cast. (Continued…)

Margaret Ann Feaster (Class of 1960) and Roy Lee Epperson were married on June 7, 1963 at Central Baptist Church, Italy, Texas. Earlier this year they celebrated their 50th anniversary with a cruise to Hawaii with friends. (Continued…)

The Youth Group from FBC Italy will host a bake sale Saturday morning, June 15th, at the Uptown Cafe beginning at 8:30am. Stop by and grab a dessert to enjoy on Father’s Day! All proceeds from the sale will support the youth’s activities this year, including summer camp and a ski trip! (Continued…)

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, June 17, 2013 in the Italy High School cafeteria. Meeting time is slated for 7:00pm. (Continued…)

IYAA President Charles Hyles would like to invite the IYAA players and their families to the end of the year bash to celebrate an outstanding year of IYAA Sports. (Continued…)

The 2nd annual Guns vs. Hoses softball game will be Saturday, July 6th, at the Italy ISD softball field benefiting the Italy Shop With A Cop Program. (Continued…)

Italy High School is going to miss Mrs. Margie Davis. After teaching our junior high and high school students for 18 years, she is going to be sorely missed. “My end of the hallway won’t be half as exciting without me,” Margie laughingly said. (Continued…)

Come cheer with the Italy Varsity and Junior High Cheerleaders as they are hosting a Mini Cheer Camp for girls entering 1st – 6th grade, June 24th – 28th from 8am to 10am at the IHS Dome Gymnasium. (Please see the attached form for registration instructions.) (Continued…)

Italy High School 2013 graduate, Ryheem Walker, signed his letter of intent to play football for Tyler Junior College as he prepares to finalize his high school career by participating in the 5th Annual FCA Victory Bowl on June 15 in Waco. (Continued…)

Within two minutes of opening the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation, the Italy ISD School Board convened into executive session. After 30 minutes of deliberation, the board came to a unanimous conclusion to hire Davee Garcia as a 4th grade teacher for Stafford Elementary. Barry Basset made a motion to hire Mrs. Garcia and Cheryl Owen seconded. (Continued…)

Every Italy High School/Junior High School athlete grades 7-12 are required to have a new physical every year and must be on file with the Athletic Department. The physicals will be due at the beginning of the school year in August. (Continued…)

Lady Gladiators, Alyssa Richards (Sr.) and Jaclynn Lewis (So.) have both been named to the 2013 Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State Softball team for Class 1A with Richards to appear in the TGCA All-Star game on July 12 in Austin. (Continued…)

The Italy High School and Junior High have released their “A” and “A/B” Honor Roll lists for the sixth six-weeks of the 2012-2013 school year. (Continued…)

The Italy City Council chambers were overflowing with residents Monday evening as James Hobbs led his first meeting as mayor. (Continued…)

Italy Independent School District (IISD) will accept sealed bids on the following surplus items: (Continued…)

The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting tonight, June 10, 2013. The meeting will be called to order at 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. The meeting is open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend. (Continued…)

Hill College’s Lady Rebel Softball coaching staff is having two, 2-day softball camps in July. The first camp, to be held on July 18th and 19th, will be for 10 thru 14 year-olds and the second camp, to be held on July 25th and 26th, will be for 15 thru 18 year olds. Both of these camps will be held at the Hill College softball field in Hillsboro, just a short drive from Italy. (Continued…)

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting today, Monday, June 10, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy High School Cafeteria at 300 S. College Street, Italy. (Continued…)

The last day of school rolls around and what do you do? You throw pies at your principal, of course. Naturally, the event was planned and Erica Miller, Lee Joffre and Casey Holden lived up to their part of deal. The class that brought in the most donations for West ISD was allowed to throw pies at the trembling trio. Mr. Joffre took a few in the ol’ mug for a good cause. (Continued…)

Several activities kept local residents, Italy High School student organizations and Stafford Elementary students busy on Saturday with several fundraisers taking advantage of a gorgeous Texas day. (Continued…)

You can help send Kortnei Johnson to Florida to compete in the Nationals this summer. An account has been setup locally at Citizens National Bank to receive deposits on Kortnei’s behalf. (Continued…)

The IHS cheerleaders are going to hit the ground running to earn funds for new uniforms and a summer cheer camp. They have a carwash planned for Saturday, June 8 from 10:00am to 3:00pm to be held in the Lowe’s parking lot in Waxahachie. Make plans to stop by on Saturday! (Continued…)

Now holding the title of 2013 Ellis County Cinderella Tot, Italy’s own, Azlin Itson, age 5, and her parents, Amanda and Aaron Itson, will be hosting a fundraising Car Wash tomorrow, Saturday, June 8, on the AutoZone parking lot in Waxhahchie from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Proceeds from the Car Wash will be used to send Azlin to two upcoming major pageants. (Continued…)

Forty-seven seniors entered the dome on Friday night. It was the last time as a student of IHS. Dressed in cap in gown, some with medals and honor chords, the group lined up and marched to the Processional of Pomp & Circumstance, performed by the Italy High School Regiment Band, and headed to their seat in front of the podium. It was a night to remember.

^{More images were added on Wednesday, June 12, 2013} (Continued…)

The Italy ISD is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will not be discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows: (Continued…)

The 2013 Italy Junior Awards Ceremony proved to be an assembly line of award presentations as students are recognized one after another, after another for their overall achievements. (Continued…)

It’s time to solve the tornado problem, once and for all (Continued…)

Here’s some of our new titles. If you see anything you want, call (972/483-6481) or email the library. (Continued…)

This morning I called Governor Perry’s office. I spoke to one of his administrative assistants. The purpose was to request that he sign HB5 immediately. (Continued…)

The Italy Junior High was able to include a Science Fair for an activity this year. The Science Fair was held in the dome and was hosted by Lindsey Thompson, Junior High Science teacher, and Catherine Hewett, 8th grade Science teacher, Biology and IPC (integrated physics and chemistry). With these two teachers, plans are to get the students excited about science and have fun learning. (Continued…)

We recently received this “letter to the editor” here at the ItalyNeotribune. The subject matter posed a quandary for the editors. Based on personal experiences, Italy Neotribune editor, Mike South chose to publish the letter along with a letter of his own.

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On May 28, Italy High School welcomed the newest members into the Italy Chapter of the National Honor Society. The 10th grade students were recommended by their teachers and are required to have five qualities which are Scholarship, Service, Leadership, Character and Citizenship. They were required to have a 90 or above average in the five core subject areas for their 9th and 10th grades. The students were also required to record all awards, accomplishments and community service they performed in this same time frame. These new members will perform community service and participate in leadership training throughout the upcoming year. (Continued…)

The Italy Athletic Department to hold several summer camps for Boys’ football, baseball, and basketball and for Girls’ volleyball, softball and basketball. (Continued…)

As you walked into the cafeteria of Stafford Elementary last Friday morning you saw the cutest cowgirls and cowboys you ever saw singing and dancing and having lots of fun performing “Nowhere else but Texas.” This is their annual second grade program and they really out did themselves. (Continued…)

The Italy School Board of Trustees hired three teachers/coaches at a special meeting Monday evening. (Continued…)

AVALON – June 8, 2013 is the date for Avalon’s Biennial Homecoming at the beautifully renovated J. P. Griffith Gymnasium located on Hemphill Street in Avalon. The event is sponsored by the Avalon Ex-Students Association. (Continued…)

IYAA 8U boys Italy Gold coach pitch baseball team, sponsored by Stiles Land & Cattle, defeats Maypearl 11-7 to claim the division championship while Italy White’s 8U boys baseball team, sponsored by Cate Welding, finishes the season impressively as the 3rd Place team. (Continued…)

Thursday evening Italy Boze Community Center was packed with citizens of Italy to thank Frank Jackson for his last 14 years of service as Mayor. City council members, friends and family were there to celebrate Jackson for the work he had done for the city. (Continued…)

Roy Don Potter, 42, of Italy, Texas passed away Friday, May 31, 2013 in Italy. (Continued…)

Last Thursday Stafford Elementary’s gifted and talented and student council students took a field trip to the North Texas Food Bank. What they did there has made a wonderful impression on these students. (Continued…)

Coach Hank Hollywood presents Italy Gladiator Football team members and managers with a surprise during the 2013 Italy Athletic Banquet. (Continued…)

The Italy ISD School Board will have a called meeting on Monday, June 3, 2013. The meeting will be held in the Italy High School cafeteria and will be called to order at 6:00pm. The agenda slates that several hires will be considered by the board. (Continued…)

Italy ISD’s dome gymnasium was filled with fifth, sixth, seventh and eight grade students ready to meet Tim Green. Greene was a former football player with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League and now is a renown author. (Continued…)

There will be a Gladiator Athletic Booster Club meeting on Monday, June 3, 2013 at 5:30pm to be held in the Italy High School’s Library. All parents/guardians of 7th grade thru 12th grade athletes for the 2013-2014 school year are asked to attend. All community supporters of Italy High School and Junior High School athletics are welcome to attend as well. (Continued…)

Teachers, administrators, former teachers, friends and family were on hand Wednesday to bid a fond farewell to Sharan Farmer, librarian at the Italy ISD. (Continued…)

Kortnei Johnson continued receiving accolades for her track and field accomplishments at the meeting of the Ellis County Commissioners Court Tuesday afternoon. (Continued…)