Houston-based Avelo Airlines, which plans to begin passenger service at McKinney National Airport later this year, reportedly has abandoned its chartered deportation flights for ICE. According to CNBC, Avelo CEO Andrew Levy sent a Jan. 6 email to employees saying, “We...
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...
Princeton’s year began with a wintry blast as lawmakers gathered in Austin eager to spend a record budget surplus and ultimately approving massive tax relief for our property owners. Voters went to the polls three times and residents enjoyed a variety of outdoor...
Princeton High School Principal Clint Sadler is taking another job in charge of big cats. Sadler, a PHS Panther alumnus, is the new superintendent of the Class 2A Leon Independent School District in East Texas between Dallas and Houston. “It has been such a pleasure...
Lone Star Search and Rescue volunteers Chris Arnold, Beth Hudson, Kaitlyn Disque, Michele Benjamin, Angie Cox, Terry Benjamin and Penelope Winchester Roberts Herring in June at the Texas Division of Emergency Management Conference in Fort Worth. Courtesy Michelle...
North Texas’s freshman Republican congressman, Keith Self of McKinney, said he was voting enthusiastically in favor of the resolution calling for an inquiry into impeaching President Biden. Self, speaking on a telephone town hall Dec. 12, from his Washington, D.C.,...
A couple prepares to place a wreath on the grave of a veteran at the Wilson Chapel Cemetery Saturday, Dec. 16 as part of the Wreaths Across America ceremony. Courtesy John Janak Special wreath-laying ceremony honors veterans Princeton resident Linda Dillard says she...
