Princeton’s third ban on new residential housing expires this month. The nation’s fastest-growing city by percentage is approaching a pivotal deadline. The sweeping moratorium on new residential development is set to expire Nov. 30 with no mechanism available for...
Governor Abbott signs a sweeping package of border security legislation. Photo gov.texas.gov Starting in March, Texas law officers will be able to arrest people suspected of crossing the Rio Grande without proper paperwork. “We’re going to send them right back to...
Peyton and Cullen Jenkins show off their sheep and goat at the Collin County Junior Livestock Show in McKinney last year. File Photo After months of hard work, Collin County FFA and 4-H students will step into the show ring at the 2024 Collin County Junior Livestock...
Pay online, don’t stand in line. That’s the message from Collin County Tax Assessor-Collector Kenneth Maun, who reminds property owners that 2023 taxes are due Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. More than 450,000 tax notices mailed last October already included rate reductions...
Derek Borg. File Photo Former City Manager Derek Borg was to receive a severance payment of $63,761.43 in three equal payments, according to terms of his separation agreement. The amount included payment for any accrued and unused vacation time or benefits. The city...
Three plumbing contractors have been rescued from a collapsed trench in a hallway at Clark Middle School, the Princeton Fire Department said.“Firefighters arrived to find three patients, all construction workers, who were in a confined trench when the soil gave way,”...
Princeton and other Collin County voters overwhelmingly want more and better roads. Proposition E on the November ballot, provides $380 million to upgrade county roads and develop new regional thoroughfares and freeways. It was the most-favored proposal in the $683...
How cold was it in January? The city opened the Steven and Judy Deffibaugh Community Center as a warming station and Lee Taggart drove his airboat down icy streets. Severe weather returned in the spring as National Weather Service radar indicated a possible tornado...
There was a shuffle on the Princeton Independent School District Board of Trustees in 2023. Board President Cyndi Darland was re-elected and again selected by her colleagues to head the board but Vice President Chad Jones placed third in a four-candidate race and was...
