Photo courtesy of Unsplash It’s a tale as old as treadmills: You buy a new exercise machine with the best of intentions, only for it to become an expensive laundry rack that makes you feel guilty every time you glance over at it. When it comes to making lifestyle...
State Sen. Angela Paxton of McKinney joins the Sunset Advisory Commission as one of four new appointments announced by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The other appointees are Senators Pat Fallon of Prosper and Eddie Lucio of Brownsville, and public member Ralph Duggins of Fort...
Next week will mark the kickoff of a month-long art exhibit celebrating the environment. Collin College’s Spring Creek campus in Plano will host the “Land: Awe and Raw” exhibit from Thursday, Jan. 16 until Wednesday, Feb. 12. A reception is scheduled for 4 p.m....
Collin County Sheriff's Office deputies are working with the medical examiners office to determine the cause of death of a woman whose body was found floating in Lake Lavon last week. The sheriff's office was contacted by Wylie Police Department about 1:55 p.m....
Collin County commissioners will conduct a public hearing Monday, Nov. 18, to discuss the county's role as anchor to the Texas Health and Human Services Waiver 115 Medicaid program. The public hearing is during the 1:30 p.m. meeting of the commissioners' court at the...
The first of four defendants charged in the September 2017 murder of Princeton resident Kellie Underwood, 46, was found guilty of capital murder by a Collin County jury last week and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Jurors returned the verdict Tuesday,...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week appointed Andrea Bouressa of Murphy as judge for the newly-formed 471st District Court in Collin County. The appointment was made Friday, Aug. 1. The court is one of two authorized this year by the 86th Texas Legislature for Collin...
Summer brings with it an expectation of sweltering temperatures, sometimes to the point of danger. As temperatures climb, remember that if you are hot, your pet is probably feeling even hotter. Dogs and cats generate more heat than people and usually also have a thick...
Dear Rusty: I am 69 and have been holding off on collecting my Social Security payment until I’m 70 on the assumption that my wife would collect my benefit if I died first. My thought was that she would collect the monthly benefit I will earn at age 70 in the event of...
