Councilmembers will consider whether the Princeton Police Department should have a dedicated traffic enforcement unit. "Their only job would be to enforce traffic laws and write citations and tickets," said resident Michael Knipp, who proposed the idea at the Monday,...
Nearly 60 Texas House Democrats left the state last Monday for Washington, D.C. in an effort to stop passage of a Republican-led elections bill. This in effect blocks all legislation since the House doesn’t have a quorum present. As the Austin American Statesman and...
Collin County Sheriff’s Office released footage of jailers restraining Marvin Scott III before his death in March. Scott, 26, was arrested in Allen on a possession of marijuana charge March 14. After being transported to the Collin County Jail, Scott “exhibited...
The passage of Texas House Bill 3348 during the 87th Texas Legislative Session has opened window of opportunity for students at community colleges. Collin College may now offer up to five baccalaureate degrees after the passage of HB 3348, amending a law relating...
Last weekend, the Princeton High School football team held its biggest community event of the year, hosting the Future Panthers football camp July 13-14 at the auxiliary stadium. After not being able to hold last year’s camp due to the pandemic, Panthers head coach...
After no STAAR tests were administered in 2020, the Texas Education Agency indicated that schools’ performance this year would reveal declines compared to the 2019 results. Scores have been seemingly affected statewide by the complications produced by the pandemic,...
While restaurants, stores and entertainment venues were closed during the pandemic, many Princeton residents took the opportunity to visit the city’s parks and trails and explore mother nature. Like many other cities with trail systems, Director of Parks and...
Initial payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit land Thursday in North Texans’ bank accounts, a provision that Congressman Colin Allred (District 32) supported in the American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan expanded and improved the credit so that it is...
No matter how hard we try, we really can’t avoid one another. We live in a world where what takes place somewhere else on the globe has a very good chance of affecting us, along with many others. The pandemic, of course, is a useful – if sobering – example. A virus...
