Bluegrass
Latest
Samaritan Inn expands food and emergency services

Samaritan Inn expands food and emergency services

The Samaritan Inn of McKinney has assumed the food pantry and emergency assistance programs of Community Lifeline Center (CLC).Under the consolidation, CLC’s former homelessness prevention programs, emergency rent and utility assistance and grocery-style food pantry...

read more
Collin College Summer/Fall 2026 Registration 2
Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge

Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could decide whether medical exceptions to the state’s abortion ban are written clearly enough to protect pregnant women who face serious health risks, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The 22...

read more
Search begins for new leader

Search begins for new leader

Help Wanted: City Manager to serve as the chief administrative officer of the city of Princeton and serve as a key advisor to the mayor and city council. Must have and maintain a professional, inviting and friendly demeanor. Salary depends on qualifications. So...

read more
Sheriff Skinner seeks re-election

Sheriff Skinner seeks re-election

Collin County’s chief law enforcement officer is seeking a third term behind the star. Sheriff Jim Skinner, first elected in November 2016, said he had filed as a Republican candidate in the March 5 primary.  “Over these past seven years, with your unyielding...

read more
Bourbon with a Texas flavor

Bourbon with a Texas flavor

Bob Pettit stands among 500 oak barrels of aging bourbon. Bob Wieland/CSMedia Texas. A Collin County distillery proudly commemorates the year its location was granted to early settlers in the Republic of Texas. The 1845 Distilling Company is a family-owned and...

read more
Subscribe Love
City gets eye in the sky

City gets eye in the sky

Princeton Fire Inspector Joe Cedeno flies the city’s new drone under the watchful eye of instructor Dean Attridge. Bob Wieland/Tbe Princeton Herald Public safety in Princeton is looking up – because a state-of-the-art drone is looking down. “It can literally be a...

read more
Collin County homeless count preparations underway

Collin County homeless count preparations underway

On a cold night in January, a small army of volunteers will deploy across Collin County to determine how many neighbors do not have a place to live. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsors annual Point-in-Time (PIT) and Housing Inventory...

read more
Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it...

read more
Photos online