Texas is home to the Top 5 fastest-growing cities by percentage of population, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. Celina, which had been No. 1 in 2023, stole the spotlight from Princeton for the period July 2024 to July 2026. The Census Bureau estimated Celina grew...
A new state law has significantly increased punishment for human traffickers. Senate Bill 4 was approved by the state Legislature during the third special session in October 2023 and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in December. The new law, which went into effect Feb. 6,...
The All Neighbors Coalition, a collective of over 140 organizations working to solve homelessness in Dallas and Collin counties, will receive $27 million in annual funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This is a 23% increase from...
Collin County voters may have new locations to cast ballots in November’s elections. But that’s not necessarily a good thing. A requirement for large counties to add polling places was an unintended consequence of a new law passed last year by the Texas Legislature,...
Although voters rejected a $200 million bond proposal that would have allowed commercial airlines to serve McKinney National Airport, the facility continues to grow. More than 58% of McKinney voters rejected the plan in last May’s bond election. The proposal would...
A chain reaction accident on the East Lucas Road bridge claimed the life of a young Farmersville girl riding in a car driven by her mother, the Department of Public Safety said. Nine high school students on a Princeton ISD bus involved in the crash were unharmed,...
Border security, voting fraud and the national debt were among issues explored by candidates in a forum sponsored by Collin County Conservative Republicans. Candidates for nomination in eight races pitched their qualifications at the Jan. 25 event at Collin College in...
People who are passionate about eclipses are called umbraphiles, like the vain guy who Carly Simon said “flew his Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun” on July 10, 1972. But 12 million Texans won’t have to leave on a jet plane to see the next...
Monday, Feb. 5, is the last day to register to vote in the Tuesday, March 5, election. Registration forms are available on the Secretary of State’s website, https://www.votetexas.gov. The Republican and Democratic parties are holding primary elections ranging from...
