TxDOT has proposed a 10-mile north-south freeway through northeast Collin County. The department said the proposed corridor, presented in a Thursday, Aug. 6, public hearing in Princeton, “best satisfies the study goals while minimizing impacts to surrounding...
In an unusual display of disapproval to a developer, councilmembers unanimously refused to issue a final plat for Phase 3 of the Morning Ridge subdivision. Forestar Group of Plano had requested permission to sell 75 single-family lots on 15 acres east of County Road...
Work is scheduled to begin next month on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport that will allow commercial passenger service to begin next year. “We are cleared for takeoff,” Mayor George Fuller said after the McKinney City Council approved $61 million...
Three of the nine seats on the Collin College Board of Trustees were open in the Saturday, May 3, general election. Collin County Elections said Staci L. Weaver had 37,166 votes, or 58.20%, for Place 4, previously occupied by Trustee Greg Gomel. Tamara Thomas...
Class of 2025 Salutatorian Isabella Vance and Valedictorian Tyler Phillips pose under a PHS Panther mural. Bob Wieland/Princeton Herald The top two students in Princeton High School’s Class of 2025 include one who came to Princeton at the start of his junior year and...
Gov. Greg Abbott displays Senate Bill 2, signed May 3, creating educational savings accounts – a school voucher system – in Texas. Photo Courtesy Governor’s Office Effective with the 2026-27 school year, Texas families will be able to apply for a trust fund account...
With 59 of 59 vote centers reporting at midnight from the Saturday, May 3, 2025, general election, Collin County Elections said Staci L. Weaver had 37,166 votes, or 58.20%, for Place 4 on the Collin College Board of Trustees. Tamara Thomas had 26,694 votes, or...
In early balloting compiled by Collin County Elections for the Saturday, May 3, 2025, general election for Place 4 on the Collin College Board of Trustees, Staci L. Weaver led Tamara Thomas with 25,973 votes, or 60.37%, to 17,049 votes, or 39.63%.Place 5 Trustee Raj...
The Princeton City Council has named 24 residents to review the Home Rule Charter approved in November 2022. Texas law allows such charters to be amended, altered or repealed no more often than every two years, and no changes have ever been made to Princeton’s...
