In a divided ruling, the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld Texas Senate Bill 10 requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. In reversing a lower court ruling the appeals court concluded the law, passed last year by the Legislature,...
Easter egg hunts can be loud, frantic scrambles by kids eager to fill their baskets with colorful prizes. But for some children the excitement and noise could be terrifying. That’s why Princeton held two types of egg hunts on Saturday, April 1, a traditional outside...
The district champion PHS journalism team, from left, Rachel Sadler, Upkar Kaur, Tessa Barsi, Kate Read and Upneet Kaur. The Princeton High School journalism team placed first in the UIL District 13-AAAAA academic competition and two of the students advanced to...
By John Moore | Johnmoore.net I’m not sure how a tomato became the symbol of sewing in the South, but it did. My mom, and every other mom I knew in Ashdown, Arkansas, had a pincushion in the shape of a tomato. Many of those pincushions are still around. Judging from...
Mary Abercrombie, environmental education coordinator, prepared proclamations for the mayor. She is flanked, from left, by Councilmembers Steven Deffibaugh and Bryan Washington, Mayor Brianna Chacon and Councilmembers David Kleiber, Marlo Obera and Kevin Underwood....
More than 100 residents of McKinney and surrounding communities have raised questions about noise and traffic congestion that could result from expanding McKinney National Airport. McKinney City Council members voted Tuesday, Feb. 7, to put a $200 million bond...
Mayor Brianna Chacon points out traffic across Veterans Memorial Park to Councilman Bryan Washington, City Manager Derek Borg and DeShawyna Walker, EDC/CDC coordinator. Princeton officials have started getting serious about revitalizing the city’s downtown area. In...
By John Moore It saw a T-shirt that said, “I like a couple of my buddies, my dog, and that’s about it.” It substantiated what I had long felt, seldom said, and had heard from others. Many of us like our dogs better than most people. And I don’t think there’s anything...
Fifty teachers in the Princeton ISD will be getting thousands of dollars in bonus checks for the next five years under the Texas Incentive Allotment (TIA) approved by the Legislature in 2019, the PISD said. House Bill 3 created the TIA to recruit, support and...
