Columnist John Moore (right) and his sister, Renee', are pictured on a 1966 trip to Carlsbad Caverns. Photo: Mary Moore By John Moore | TheCountryWriter.com Leaving Ashdown, Arkansas, was an event unto itself. When your family has one car, going anywhere was a treat....
A monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol in Austin provides the text of the Ten Commandments that will be posted in all public school classrooms. Courtesy Library of Congress Starting this fall, all Texas public schools will be required to post the Ten...
The Princeton City Council has taken the first legal step in the issuance of certificates of obligation (COs) to finance a public safety operations and training facility. Councilmembers agreed at a special meeting Tuesday, May 27, to publish notices of the city’s...
The former Branch Volunteer Fire Department station at 7777 FM 546 is now Princeton Fire Department Station No. 4. In the future, the station could be returned to local control. Bob Wieland/The Princeton Herald Options to continue firefighting service for county...
Plano’s VA clinic is now officially the U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic. Bob Wieland/The Princeton Herald The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Plano has been officially dedicated as the ‘‘U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson...
A new nonprofit has filed a federal court petition seeking to block construction of a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport that would allow commercial passenger service to begin next year. The North Texas Conservation Association, based in McKinney,...
Columnist John Moore misses the old chain stores, one of which, Gibson’s, still exists in Kerrville, Texas. Photo John Moore Online shopping has turned us into couch potatoes who buy more than we ever used to. Adding items to an imaginary cart and clicking, “Buy Now,”...
The city of Princeton and Collin County will hold a town hall at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Cowboy Church, 2800 FM 3364, to discuss Princeton’s decision to terminate firefighting service to rural residents. Princeton was the latest Collin County city to discontinue...
Collin County Commissioner Darrell Hale has scheduled a public town hall with county and city officials to discuss Princeton’s decision to terminate firefighting service to rural residents.Hale said Cyndi Darland, president of the Princeton ISD Board of Trustees,...
