Kali and Nzuri, white lioness sisters now living at In-Sync Exotics, are undergoing treatment and evaluation after arriving in Wylie earlier this month. Courtesy photo Two white lionesses requiring urgent medical attention have found a new home in Wylie after being...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New PISD Principal Courtney Croy and her staff at Perkins Early Childhood Center, which opens its doors in August. Courtesy Photo While waiting for more information about how this year’s Texas House Bill 2 will impact local education funding, the Princeton Independent...
