Councilmembers will consider whether the Princeton Police Department should have a dedicated traffic enforcement unit. "Their only job would be to enforce traffic laws and write citations and tickets," said resident Michael Knipp, who proposed the idea at the Monday,...
After months of preparation and hard work, 70 students recently competed at the District level for SkillsUSA. More than half will be advancing to the State competition. “It’s great to see so many students advance,” Career and Technology Education (CATE) Director Greg...
With 21 outdoor range shooting lanes, firearms and accessories, instruction and firearms safety classes, Armadillo Gun Store and Range is a full-service destination for shooting enthusiasts in the Princeton area. The business, which opened in 2008, was selected as...
After an opening round win, Lady Panthers basketball was faced with the task of playing two-time defending state champion Argyle. They came up just short in a 70-23 loss in the Class 4A Region II area round last Friday at Frisco High School. Shelbi Cook scored a...
Collin College trustees voted last week to hold an election May 6 seeking approval of a proposed $600 million bond issue for construction to meet growth in the coming years. The bonds would fund a full campus in Wylie, education centers in Farmersville and Celina, and...
There are a couple new faces at the Collin County Fire Marshal’s Office and one of those is a species that happens to have fur, four paws and a nose worth noting. Recently joining the team is Deputy Fire Marshal Matt Jones and his K9 partner Sadie, an accelerant...
The choir program at Princeton High School made history this year when a student qualified for the All-State choir. Marquis McBride, a 9th-grader, just returned from San Antonio, where he performed as part of the Texas Music Educators Association convention with the...
To be a championship winning basketball team you have to be able to close out games. Princeton did just that Monday night in a 47-22 victory over Caddo Mills in the Class 4A Region II bi-district round at Royse City High School. The Lady Panthers outscored the Lady...
With a plethora of ongoing sirens in the past week, Princeton residents may be pondering what is the reason for an uptake in emergency calls. The answer is a fairly simple one: fires, both grass and structure hit the area hard. Princeton FD responded to a house fire...
