Volunteer tutor Siri Ammu Vemuru works with young chess players at a Wednesday night session at Lois Nelson Public Library. The students, from left, are Dheesithan, Priyanshu, Viaan Pal, Shivanya and Chevvi. Courtesy photo What began as a small group of chess players...
A vision for downtown was the topic of conversation by city council at a recent meeting. An update about the project was presented at the Monday, Dec. 10 city council meeting from Kimley-Horn, the firm the city uses for planning and engineering. The downtown vision...
Veterans and their support organizations are rallying behind a bill that will go before Texas legislators in January 2019. The bill will provide severely disabled Texas veterans a tax break on their home’s property taxes in an effort to prevent veteran homelessness....
Some organizations get clever when it comes to finding ways to fund their charity. The pre-AP Huddleston math classes opened a store to raise money to adopt angels. Mark Cuban might be missing from this scenario, but everything else is in place for a full-blown Shark...
As Christmas approaches, the Marine Corps League of Collin County has been hard at work to make the holidays brighter for less fortunate children through its Toys for Tots program. This is the second year for Toys for Tots as a Collin County effort separate from...
Princeton girls basketball put together a perfect record in non-district action. Things began with a 59-26 home win over the Lady Bulldogs from Howe. A 3-0 first place finish in the Princeton Invitational followed that. “I’m very proud of the grit and heart the girls...
Dear Rusty: Sometimes words used have different meaning to others, like your recent article on the Social Security “Trust Fund.” In a true trust fund, monies are only used for a specific purpose. Our so-called Social Security Trust Fund doesn’t work like that....
As December rolls in with full force so do myriad Holiday events around Farmersville, Princeton and the DFW metroplex. Princeton Princeton’s downtown area will come to life Tuesday, Dec. 11 as the town’s first-ever Christmas parade takes place. Events were originally...
After a video of bullying was released on social media involving junior high students at Clark Junior High School, school authorities and the police department are investigating the incident. “We have seen the video and have taken the matter seriously. However, we...
