Princeton property taxes are going up, but not by the 10 cents per $100 valuation that staff had proposed. In a surprise move, Mayor Eugene Escobar Jr. asked the Princeton City Council at a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 17, to withdraw all tax increase items from...
Princeton ISD trustees approved the district’s 2026-27 budget and tax rate Monday, Aug. 17, as administrators reported continued enrollment growth, progress on two elementary school construction projects and improved accountability scores at several campuses....
Collin County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to authorize up to $817.5 million in bonds for county facilities, roads and bridges, parks and open space, and a new elections and records storage facility. The Collin County Commissioners Court called the bond election...
County records show a Dallas data center developer has expressed interest in building a center on 50 acres along this rural stretch of County Road 561 just east of the Princeton City Limits. Photo Bob Wieland/The Princeton Herald A sign says there is no lake access...
TxDOT has proposed a 10-mile north-south freeway through northeast Collin County. The department said the proposed corridor, presented in a Thursday, Aug. 6, public hearing in Princeton, “best satisfies the study goals while minimizing impacts to surrounding...
The Farmersville Campus is one of six identified by Collin College for future expansion. File Art Trustees of Collin College have called for a November bond election to raise $600 million for expansion including three new facilities. The board voted unanimously to...
Young Lois Nelson Public Library patrons turned out for a foam party Wednesday, July 29, in Veterans Memorial Park that ended the summer reading program at the library. Courtesy Photo The Lois Nelson Public Library has congratulated the 279 participants in this year’s...
Police Chief James Waters presents R.I.S.E. Pillar Awards to Officer Brumit and Detective Peeples at the Monday, Aug. 10, meeting of the Princeton City Council. Bob Wieland/Princeton Herald The Princeton City Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Monday,...
Day in, day out for nearly a decade, volunteer drivers with Families to Freedom have shown up at hospitals, police stations and carefully arranged meeting spots to transport people escaping abuse. Sometimes the passenger is a woman carrying little more than a purse...
