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Teachers receive grants for classrooms
Princeton ISD awarded funding to 14 innovative projects that teachers will implement in their classrooms next fall. The check presentations during the end-of-year luncheon culminated a multi-step process, which included teachers submitting proposals for their ideas...
Whitewing Trails gets back on track
The Whitewing Trails subdivision got back on track with approval on a series of agenda items by city council. During the Tuesday, June 10 council meeting action regarding repealing and instituting a Public Improvement District (PID) was unanimously approved. The...
Water safety paramount as summer heats up
As summer continues to heat up Collin County, residents make their ways to lakes and pools to do their best to cool off. Though water can provide a relief from Texas heat and high temperatures, it also can pose danger. Already this year, the area has experienced the...
Princeton enjoyed banner season
It was a banner year for the Princeton boys and girls wrestling programs. The Lady Panthers repeated as the district champions, this time in 9-5A. The Panthers claimed sixth on their home mats. Both teams were also represented in the region and state tournaments....
Tips to keep kids safe from hot car deaths
Fifty-two children died in hot cars nationwide in 2018 of pediatric vehicular heatstroke -- more than any other year on record in the past 20 years. Experts say that these tragic deaths are entirely preventable. “Even one child dying in a hot car is too many,” says...
Opinion: A life-saving solution to America’s doctor shortage
Doctors are hard to come by in rural America. Nearly 20 percent of Americans live in rural communities. But only 10 percent of doctors practice there. Patients often must drive for hours to see a physician. Such barriers to care can prove deadly. A former director of...
Students earn welding certification at PHS
Thirty-four Princeton High School students were certified this week as welders through the American Welding Society. Juniors and seniors in the two-year program took the test, which evaluated their skills using a stick welder. Students had to demonstrate proficiency...
Legislature passes property tax bills
The 86th Texas Legislature wrapped up its business for the biennial on Memorial Day, passing bills on school reform and property taxes in the last few days of the session. Legislators convened in January for the 140-day lawmaking session held every two years. Top...














