SFOT RH 2026
Year: 2026
Child food insecurity rises in Collin County

Child food insecurity rises in Collin County

Amazing Grace Food Pantry volunteers assemble weekend bags over the summer for kids. The food pantry, located at 1711 Parker Road in North Wylie near St. Paul, is operated entirely by volunteers and distributes more than 60,000 pounds of food each month to eastern...

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Top Panthers plan to be Longhorns

Top Panthers plan to be Longhorns

Tanisha Kumar, salutatorian, and Lakshmi Muppana, valedictorian, will lead the PSHS Class of 2026. Courtesy PISD Princeton Senior High School’s top two graduates will continue their education this fall at the same university, following different academic paths shaped...

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Runoff required for Place 4 council seat

Runoff required for Place 4 council seat

Because no candidate polled more than 50% in the special election for Princeton City Council Place 4, a June 13 runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters from the Saturday, May 2 election.  Complete, unofficial returns from Collin County Elections...

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Spring sweet spots

Spring sweet spots

Where to travel before Summer crowds hit By Carrie Dunlea May sits in a sweet spot on the travel calendar — that fleeting window when spring is still in full bloom, temperatures are comfortable across much of the country and summer crowds haven’t yet arrived in force....

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That whatchamacallit

That whatchamacallit

Columnist John Moore speaks Southern. He learned it in his grandfather's blacksmith shop. Photo John Moore Southern folks don’t need proper nouns. We have whatchamacallits and thingamajigs. My grandfather had the only blacksmith shop in Ashdown, Arkansas. That’s where...

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Celebrating Collin County’s history

Celebrating Collin County’s history

Photographs of historic Farmersville events, celebrities, along with stems of liatris, a perennial wildflower, native to the Texas Blackland Prairie, adorned tables at the Preservation Celebration last weekend. Courtesy Ben Cardon From longtime preservation advocates...

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Appeals court OKs Ten Commandments in classrooms

Appeals court OKs Ten Commandments in classrooms

In a divided ruling, the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld Texas Senate Bill 10 requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. In reversing a lower court ruling the appeals court concluded the law, passed last year by the Legislature,...

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