Where to travel before Summer crowds hit By Carrie Dunlea May sits in a sweet spot on the travel calendar — that fleeting window when spring is still in full bloom, temperatures are comfortable across much of the country and summer crowds haven’t yet arrived in force....
Collin County Health Care Services began offering the vaccine to any person in Collin County on Dec. 31 meeting the DSHS definition for Phase 1A or 1B. By the end of the day, approximately 525 of the 1,000 doses had been administered. At the time of this writing,...
Beginning Jan. 4, Collin County TxDOT will be conducting repairs on State Highway 78 in the southbound lanes to the north of Woodbridge Parkway. Crews will be repairing cracks and potholes in the road, as well as performing any other maintenance necessary for smoother...
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas leaders are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage the public to follow suit. “I will never ask any Texan to do something that I’m not willing to do myself,” Abbott said before getting vaccinated at a...
Texas children are living through a reality that many parents and school administrators never thought possible-learning the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and more through videoconferencing. Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation launches a new online...
Start the new year in nature with a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park. This New Year’s Day, walk, bike or paddle your way into 2021 on a First Day Hike at 89 Texas State Parks. First Day Hikes is an annual event at Texas’ state parks and natural areas that aims to...
In their final game before Christmas, the Farmersville girls basketball team were unable to capitalize on their three-game winning streak, losing to Caddo Mills 67-58 Tuesday, Dec. 22. Thoughts from Coach Sandra Hoge “That was very frustrating,” Hoge said. “We didn’t...
After missing their last three games, the Farmersville boys basketball team were shorthanded for their district opener, losing to Caddo Mills 68-57 Tuesday, Dec. 22. Thoughts from Coach Jeff Green “I saw a lot of fight from the team,” Green said. “We were shorthanded,...
The Texas Department of Health Services instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ship doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 350 providers in 94 counties in the third week of vaccine distribution. According to a news release from the...
