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Heavy rain and wind, thunder and lightning swept through McKinney and Collin County on Tuesday afternoon. Despite a tornado watch in the area, thankfully most of the damage was limited to trees and limbs....
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By Stuart J. Pearlman, TSB Staff
Jason Adams was a student of psychology and child development. In an interesting twist he became one of the country’s foremost steer wrestlers. His true passion though was not in the capture and domi...
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By Ben Lane, TSB Staff
The McKinney City Council unanimously approved the addition of a third deputy city manager at its meeting on Tuesday evening. Council Member Geralyn Kever said that the council initiated the request for th...
By TSB Staff
  Updated: Shortly after 7 p.m. the Texas Department of Public Safety discontinued an Amber Alert for a McKinney infant and said the child had been found. The McKinney Police Department said Isabella Reyes...
By Mary L. Harp, TSB Contributor
During its second annual workday, Burks Elementary School was bustling with more than 60 volunteers from St. Peter's and St. Andrew's Episcopal of McKinney. Kids were pounding rocks while mowers and hedge...
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Submitted by Mary McClure
The Texas House of Representatives approved a groundbreaking measure Monday night by Representative Jeff Leach that will limit the expansion of Medicaid in Texas under the Patient Protection and Affordable...
Submitted by NTTA
The North Texas Tollway Authority has launched Tollmate, a new TollTag mobile app that’s only a click away. By downloading the free Tollmate mobile App, on-the-go TollTag customers will have the abil...
Submitted by Kristin Mycke
Shiloh Place celebrates its open house and ribbon cutting celebration on Thursday, May 30 Shiloh Place is a non-profit, Christ-centered housing ministry providing hope and stability to single mothers throu...
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Submitted by Shane Mauldin, McKinney ISD
Ten McKinney ISD high school seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship Finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), and one McKinney ISD Finalist has earned a National Merit $2,...
By TSB Staff
  Updated: Shortly after 7 p.m. the Texas Department of Public Safety discontinued an Amber Alert for a McKinney infant and said the child had been found. The McKinney Police Department said Isabella Reyes...
By Ben Lane, TSB Staff
By the time Mayor Brian Loughmiller leaves the office in 2017, he will have given 15 years of his life in the service of the City of McKinney. In the afterglow of his final re-election, he spoke to TownSqu...
By TSB Staff
Peter Anthony Traylor, 25, of Arlington, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for invading the home of his McKinney mother-in-law and assaulting her with a hatchet, announced Collin County Distri...
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Updated: The new Playtri Store in McKinney will be located at 7951 Collin McKinney Pkwy, Ste 1500, McKinney, TX 75070. Playtri has announced the Grand Opening of the World’s Largest Triathlon store on May...
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Judge John Roach Jr., a Republican who presides over the 296th District Court, enforced the “morality clause” in Carolyn Compton’s divorce papers on Tuesday, May 7, according to a story in DallasVoice.com....
By Curtis Rippee, MISD Board of Trustees President
Welcome to the McKinney ISD Board of Trustees Monthly Board Report.  The purpose of this report is to provide the community with insight into the monthly meetings and topics the McKinney ISD Board of Trust...
Submitted by Chris Hill, Collin County Commissioner
  State Highway 5 in Fairview between FM 1378 (Country Club Road) and FM 2786 (Stacy Road) will be closed to through traffic for approximately six months to reconstruct and re-align SH 5, beginning Tu...
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