This Saturday, June 13, is Election Day for the runoff for Place 4 on the Princeton City Council.None of the four candidates in the May 2 special election received more than 50% of the vote, so a runoff is being held between Jan Goria and Jaisen Rutledge.With early...
The Lowe bilingual program wanted students to celebrate their heritage, so they hosted an exhibition featuring poetry, riddles, artwork and songs to showcase other cultures. “Lowe Elementary is a diverse campus with students from all over the world,” said bilingual...
When Southwest Airlines data analyst Nick Chacon began working from home in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he discovered that without an 85-mile daily commute, he had plenty of extra time on his hands. He decided to donate the extra time back to the community...
The city’s newest councilmember is ready to serve the city he has grown to love. “I love Princeton,” Keven Underwood said. “That’s why we came here. We specifically sought Princeton out.” Underwood received nearly 42% of the vote in the Nov. 3 election, but needed a...
For the first time this year, the Princeton ISD school board held their regular meeting in a virtual capacity taking place over Zoom Wednesday, Dec. 16. Among the topics of this month’s school board meeting include a discussion of resolutions meant to ease the strain...
Less than a week after the job was opened, Princeton High School hired their next head football coach. During the Princeton ISD school board’s regular meeting Wednesday, Dec. 16, the district approved the hiring of a new head football coach in Ervin Chandler. This...
Princeton Independent School District and the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) are working together to provide more than education. Thanks to a program started in 2019, students in need, and their families, can receive boxes of canned goods and fresh produce through the...
In the last meeting of 2020, held Monday, Dec. 14, Princeton City Council took action on several items, most of which were routine in wrapping up the year. Mayor pro tem Steve Deffibaugh, who also serves as the president of the Community Development Corporation, gave...
Nine months into a pandemic that has claimed over 300,000 lives in the U.S., some Texans will be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The first shipments of the vaccine developed by Pfizer were delivered to the state this week. In Texas, according to the...
