Princeton property taxes are going up, but not by the 10 cents per $100 valuation that staff had proposed. In a surprise move, Mayor Eugene Escobar Jr. asked the Princeton City Council at a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 17, to withdraw all tax increase items from...
Six Smith has been hired as the next head coach of the Princeton girls basketball team. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] Princeton High School filled the last three of its five head coaching vacancies for the upcoming school year last week. Six...
Princeton alumna Paris Kelleher finished her high school career as the school’s all-time leader in wins. Photo courtesy Ray Shoaf By David Wolman [email protected] Whether on the football field, cross country course, volleyball or basketball court, wrestling...
Princeton ISD Board of Trustees President Cyndi Darland is recovering from injuries she received when thrown from a jet ski on Table Rock Lake in Missouri.“I was in a jet ski accident … and I broke my left hip and my left shoulder,” she said. “I had surgery on my left...
Princeton alumna Mariah Hart helped to lead the Lady Panthers’ girls basketball team to a fifth consecutive playoff appearance and a second-place finish in District 6-6A. Photo by Jerry Winfrey / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Whether it was on...
Columnist John Moore loves grits. Real grits, that is. Folks who aren’t from the South invariably aren’t familiar with grits. When they come for a visit, they often twist their eyebrows into a John Belushi-type look after they spot them on their breakfast plate. I...
The McKinney Air Center services noncommercial traffic at McKinney National Airport, which is adding a passenger terminal on the other side of the airport’s 8,000-foot runway. Bob Wieland/C&S Media As work begins on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National...
The city is refunding wastewater service charges to residents who may have been overbilled because the city did not implement a new ordinance for calculating billing. “This will be placed on an upcoming agenda so we can discuss it thoroughly and understand exactly...
All Texas public and charter school students, grades K through 12, are now prohibited from using cell phones and other personal communication devices during the school day. And school districts are scrambling to comply with the new law by the start of classes. House...
