Princeton High School seniors, from left, Gabriella Trejo (Angelo State), Javian Smith (Midwestern State), Marcus Flowers (Beloit College) and Marion Thomas (Ottawa University) each signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Photo by Jerry Winfrey /...
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...
For local honey producers Kathleen and Blake Shook, participating in NBC’s Billion Dollar Buyer offered an opportunity to buzz about. The Shook’s, who own Desert Creek Honey located on CR 5010 in Blue Ridge, are well known in the beekeeping community. They are active...
Bringing a career of number crunching to the job, Carron Prigmore started work last week as the new Director of Finance for the city of Princeton. Prigmore comes to Princeton after working 14 years at an accounting firm in Greenville, and has worked in the accounting...
After months of preparation the District 11-4A soccer season is here. The Panthers (10-2-1 overall, as of Feb. 6) plays 7:15 p.m. Friday on the road against Paris North Lamar at R.L. Maddox Stadium. That is followed by with Community (Feb. 14), at Bonham (Feb. 17) and...
Several fires have occurred in the past week, one coming close to destroying entire neighborhoods near Lake Lavon. Around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, Princeton Fire Department received a page for a large grass fire on CR 901. Starting out with a message of only one...
