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Princeton cross-country returned to action for their fifth meet of the year last Thursday in Haltom. Senior Aubrey Leverton had another top-five finish in the girls varsity 5K, finishing fourth (20:17.82). J. J. Pearce won the girls team competition, while junior...
After two district games, Princeton football is searching for a way to win. In their most recent game, the Panthers couldn’t close the gap against the Rock Hill Blue Hawks, losing 42-34. This week, Princeton returns home to host Frisco Memorial (1-1, 3-1). Here...
The Texas Legislature started its third special session Monday, Sept. 20. Gov. Greg Abbott announced the third special session Sept. 7 and identified five agenda items including redistricting. “The Texas Legislature now has the opportunity to redraw legislative and...
Princeton Economic Development Corporation may soon have an employee to call its own. The board discussed possibly hiring a director during the Sept. 13 special meeting. No decision was made, but the board asked EDC President Sherry Campbell to contact other EDCs in...
Glenda Puckett has big shoes to fill, but she is excited to take on the challenge. Puckett replaced Cathy Dunkel, who retired in August, as the new library director. Although she started in utility billing, Puckett has experience working in a library. Before taking...
Sports
Princeton – A 21-point 1st quarter explosion by Memorial (4-1, 2-1 district 7-5A) was the difference in the game as they beat the Panthers 38-22 (2-3, 0-3) to spoil Princeton’s Homecoming. Memorial’s Ethan Lollar threw for a touchdown and...
Princeton cross-country returned to action for their fifth meet of the year last Thursday in Haltom. Senior Aubrey Leverton had another top-five finish in the girls varsity 5K, finishing fourth (20:17.82). J. J. Pearce won the girls team competition, while junior...
After two district games, Princeton football is searching for a way to win. In their most recent game, the Panthers couldn’t close the gap against the Rock Hill Blue Hawks, losing 42-34. This week, Princeton returns home to host Frisco Memorial (1-1, 3-1). Here...
The Princeton volleyball team lost its Tuesday night matchup at The Colony, losing in three sets: 25-12, 25-19, 25-17. Junior Rachel Sadler led the Lady Panthers with seven kills, 14 digs and a block. Senior Brooklyn Purcella had six kills. With the loss, the Lady...
Prosper – Rock Hill (2-2, 1-1 district) defeated Princeton(2-2, 0-2) by the final score of 42-34. Donovan Shannon was the player of the game for Rock Hill as he rushed for 244 yards and 5 touchdowns. All in all, it was a fairly...
Education
With the summer winding down, multiple Princeton track and field athletes have utilized the offseason to improve and compete among their peers. This past weekend, locally-based Fanntastic Sports competed in the TAAF state track and field meet in Corpus Christi July...
Every Princeton ISD student will have access to free, nutritious meals every school day throughout the 2021-22 school year. A student’s household income would typically need to meet eligibility requirements to qualify for free or reduced-price meals. This year,...
Princeton nursing students will now have the opportunity to earn college credit for their Certified Nursing Assistant class, thanks to a partnership with Collin College. Princeton High School Career and Technology Center (CATE) Director Brett Hackman said that when...
Although Princeton students don’t return to the classroom until August 12, they will have the chance to get the supplies they need at the annual Back to School Bash. The event, hosted by the Princeton Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday,...
After no STAAR tests were administered in 2020, the Texas Education Agency indicated that schools’ performance this year would reveal declines compared to the 2019 results. Scores have been seemingly affected statewide by the complications produced by the pandemic,...
Life & Style
After a few years of growing the typical Texas flowers; pansies in the winter, impatiens in the summer in the normal front flowerbeds, homeowner Kori Hendrix realized she wanted more variety and more gardens at her Wylie home. There was ample opportunity to make...
Sue Darte blames her daughter and a jewelry making class she took nine years ago for igniting a passion for the art of fusing glass. “A retail glass company had a Groupon coupon and I brought my daughter-in-law with me to make two pieces of jewelry,” Sue said. In...
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re fortunate enough to still have your mom or grandmother in your life why not plan a special trip to honor them this year? We all know flowers and lunch are nice but how about escaping town to visit a place where...
Pictures of trash on beaches, a whale found with a belly full of garbage and turtles with plastic straws up their nose are no laughing matter. They are all just a tiny snapshot of reality today. The impact of the world’s overuse of plastic is causing havoc on the...
Just a short drive away, every day is Earth Day at the Heard Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary in eastern McKinney where 289 acres of flora and fauna are dedicated to conservation, education and preservation efforts. In the 54 years since the Heard opened, this natural...
Opinion
They say that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. While those two certainties are undeniable, we need to make sure that family-owned businesses, including farms and ranches, aren’t taxed to death. Texas boasts more than 248,000 farming and ranching...
Nearly 60 Texas House Democrats left the state last Monday for Washington, D.C. in an effort to stop passage of a Republican-led elections bill. This in effect blocks all legislation since the House doesn’t have a quorum present. As the Austin American Statesman and...
No matter how hard we try, we really can’t avoid one another. We live in a world where what takes place somewhere else on the globe has a very good chance of affecting us, along with many others. The pandemic, of course, is a useful – if sobering – example. A virus...
The aftermath of sexual assault is painful and complicated to navigate. For the 6.3 million Texans who have experienced some form of sexual assault—33.2% of women and men—the experience comes with complex emotional, psychological and sociological repercussions....
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...
