Princeton Fire Station No. 4, built in 1987 for the Branch Volunteer Fire Department, is closed following a safety inspection. File Photo Rather than spend up to $1 million to repair Fire Station No. 4, the Princeton City Council has decided to close the facility,...
A groundbreaking ceremony Friday, July 18, marks the start of work on the expansion of McKinney National Airport, known as TKI. Bob Wieland/The Princeton Herald The City of McKinney has broken ground on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport that will...
Use it — and lose it. That’s the new cell phone and communication device policy the Princeton ISD Board of Trustees has adopted in compliance with House Bill 1481, signed in June by the governor. The school board also decided at its Monday, July 21, meeting not...
State Rep. Jeff Leach announced Thursday that he is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives, seeking to continue representing House District 67 in Collin County. A Republican and lifelong resident of the area, Leach said his campaign will...
Princeton Independent School District Superintendent Donald McIntyre speaks to chamber members at the Wednesday, July 16, Lunch and Learn. John Kanelis/The Princeton Herald Princeton Independent School District Superintendent Donald McIntyre sees the school district’s...
Texas lawmakers returning Monday, July 21, to Austin may reconsider a failed bill from the last legislative session that would have helped local governments acquire emergency communications equipment. “It’s going to be something that will be looked at,” Gov. Greg...
Princeton residents will soon hear louder warning sirens just about everywhere in the city. Fire Chief Shannon Stephens said only three of the city’s existing eight outdoor warning sirens were “reliably operational,” would cost $200,000 to repair, and even then would...
Princeton city officials still have no explanation for why the utility billing department never implemented winter quarterly averaging (WQA) for wastewater consumption. But they place the blame on former city management and finance staff. Meanwhile, 7,500 of the...
The McKinney Air Center services noncommercial traffic at McKinney National Airport, which is adding a passenger terminal on the other side of the airport’s 8,000-foot runway. Bob Wieland/C&S Media As work begins on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National...
