“Let’s karaoke for cans,” someone said. And karaoke they did! On November 21 at Tupps Brewery, people gathered to help fill the shelves at the Community Food Pantry of McKinney. Cans of fruit were donated.  Raffle tickets were sold. Tacos and beverages were consumed....

Lakist Clemons-Fowler made sure everyone around her on Tuesday morning knew she was crying tears of joy. She was overwhelmed by it. Thanks to the efforts of Lovejoy High School senior Carsen McFadden of Fairview, Clemons-Fowler is now driving a new Honda Accord with...

ROUND ROCK — Prosper sophomore Aubrey O’Connell won the Class 6A girls state cross-country title to cap a stellar season and the Lady Eagles finished in third in the 6A state meet at Old Settlers Park on Nov. 9. O’Connell beat runner-up Eva Jess from El Paso Franklin...

Melissa junior Judson Greer won his second-straight Class 4A state cross country championship on Saturday at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. With a time of 14 minutes, 34.66 seconds, Greer bested second-place finisher Edwin Gomez of San Elizario by 32 seconds on the...

Approximately $15 million for McKinney National Airport was approved by the Texas Transportation Commission during its October meeting. The funds will be used to extend the existing runway from its current length of 7,002 feet to 8,502 feet. The first step of the...

PROSPER — Tribute Senior Living, a new assisted living and memory care community that was welcomed by the Prosper public in early June was recently gifted four garden planter boxes by Beau Cormican as part of his Eagle Scout Service Project. The new planter boxes...

By now, most folks have heard about the life and death situation that unfolded near the end of the Melissa-Celina football game on Oct. 18 at Cardinal Stadium. For those who haven’t heard — a veteran game official, umpire Dennis Bennett, 69, collapsed on the field...

Each fall, at testing locations across the country, some 1.6 million high school juniors take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT©) which functions as an initial screen of entrants in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Their...

Grace Bridge’s humble beginnings, rooted in Celina, started with a church fellowship group of men who would donate Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets to families in need. That kickstart in 2011 blossomed into what has now become a multipart nonprofit service...

A smooth first day of school for Princeton ISD included an additional 568 students. There were 5,235 students who reported to campuses across the district, which is an increase over the first day of 2018. The high school campus grew from 1,288 on the first day of 2018...