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PISD adopts cell phone ban for all students

PISD adopts cell phone ban for all students

Use it — and lose it. That’s the new cell phone and communication device policy the Princeton ISD Board of Trustees has adopted in compliance with House Bill 1481, signed in June by the governor.  The school board also decided at its Monday, July 21, meeting not...

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Water restrictions for Culleoka customers

Water restrictions for Culleoka customers

Culleoka Water Supply Corporation (CWSC) has implemented water conservation restrictions for all residential customers. Effective Monday, July 21, all non-essential watering is prohibited, including washing down outdoor hard surfaces, buildings and structures, dust...

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Groundbreaking for McKinney National Airport expansion

Groundbreaking for McKinney National Airport expansion

The City of McKinney has broken ground on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport that would allow commercial passenger service to begin next year.Federal, state and local officials gathered Friday, July 18, for the ceremony on the east side of the...

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Governor broadens call for special session

Governor broadens call for special session

Texas lawmakers returning Monday, July 21, to Austin may reconsider a failed bill from the last legislative session that would have helped local governments acquire emergency communications equipment. “It’s going to be something that will be looked at,” Gov. Greg...

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City to get new outdoor warning sirens

City to get new outdoor warning sirens

Princeton residents will soon hear louder warning sirens just about everywhere in the city. Fire Chief Shannon Stephens said only three of the city’s existing eight outdoor warning sirens were “reliably operational,” would cost $200,000 to repair, and even then would...

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City reviewing utility accounts

City reviewing utility accounts

Princeton city officials still have no explanation for why the utility billing department never implemented winter quarterly averaging (WQA) for wastewater consumption. But they place the blame on former city management and finance staff.  Meanwhile, 7,500 of the...

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School board president hurt in lake accident

School board president hurt in lake accident

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...

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