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The $500 egg: backyard hens slow to pay off

The $500 egg: backyard hens slow to pay off

Although backyard chickens have no problem eating off the ground, feed bowls make it easier to measure out portions. Millie a black-and-white Barred Plymouth Rock, noshes with Shadow, a Black Australorp, and Buffy, a Buff Orpington. Bob Wieland/The Farmersville Times...

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McKinney Airport expansion continues

McKinney Airport expansion continues

Work is expected to begin this spring on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport allowing commercial passenger service by late next year. “We continue to work toward a May 2025 groundbreaking,” Ken Carley, the airport director, said Friday, March 7. The...

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Hearing set for emergency district

Hearing set for emergency district

The Collin County Commissioners Court has scheduled a public hearing on a petition to create an emergency services district to provide fire and emergency medical service to the 60,000 county residents who don’t live in cities. Since October 2013, the county has paid...

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Congressman faced Trump, DOGE critics

Congressman faced Trump, DOGE critics

Demonstrators wave Ukrainian and American flags during a protest outside Rep. Keith Self’s town hall meeting. About two dozen demonstrators greeted 3rd District Congressman Keith Self at a town hall in the Collin College Conference Center in Wylie. Waving U.S. and...

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Local reps applaud governor

Local reps applaud governor

District 67 Rep. Jeff Leach said Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State address “reinforced our shared commitment” to providing property tax relief, investing in water infrastructure, increasing teacher pay, educational savings accounts, bail reform and creating the...

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District may be created to fight rural fires

District may be created to fight rural fires

Battling fires such as this one in 2023 involving a mobile home in unincorporated Collin County puts a strain on local fire departments like Farmersville and Princeton. Some Collin County cities say they are running out of money to provide fire service to the 60,000...

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