Work has begun on the widening of U.S. Highway 380 from four lanes to six lanes between Airport Road in McKinney to Boorman Lane (County Road 458) in Princeton. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) expects the $141 million project will be completed in late...
My mom and her mother saved 7-1/2 books to get us that swing set. Just three years before in 1966, my parents had saved to buy their first house. Money was tight, so, if my sister and I were going to have that new addition to the backyard, Green Stamps would be the...
Updated as of Jan. 19 The Collin County Sheriff's Office located the remains of an individual believed to be missing since Jan. 11.Kayla Kelley, 33, was reported missing by friends after several days, according to a Jan. 15 news release from the sheriff’s...
As part of the Texas Legislature’s power of the purse, it sets a biennial budget for the state in the fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The 88th Legislature is scheduled to convene Tuesday, Jan. 10, and conclude May 29. Ahead of the first session, State Comptroller Glenn...
As the calendar turns over into a new year, property owners face an important deadline at the end of the month. Farmersville property owners whose taxes were not included in their monthly mortgage payment are reminded that the deadline to pay property taxes to the...
City to lose designation after 22 successful years After over 22 years as a Main Street program, Farmersville will no longer be part of what it proclaims, “one of the most successful downtown revitalization programs in the nation.” “Over the last four decades, the...
An early morning New Year’s Day house fire and a traffic accident involving a Farmersville ISD bus kicked off 2023 for the fire and police departments. The house fire on the 500 block of Candy Street was reported at 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1 by a routine police...
Ask Rusty – Retired federal employee has small Social Security benefit Dear Rusty: When I started getting Social Security at 62, I was told by the SS office I would get a smaller monthly amount because I worked for the Federal Government and received a Civil...
As part of planned improvements to county facilities, construction is underway for six projects scheduled to be completed between 2024 and 2026. Construction crews have begun the first of six building projects scheduled for Collin County in the next four years,...
