An Allen man was sentenced to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced May 24. Alejandro Amoles, Jr. was found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child. By law, the sentence is not eligible for...

The Texas Department of State Health Services updated COVID-19 information for May 20 through 23. All counts, except for hospitalized cases, are compiled from the TDSHS website. State officials listed no deaths and 120 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Collin County, for...

Collin College has an­nounced Fall 2021 semester plans that address classroom social distancing, vaccinations, enhanced campus cleaning, campus services, COVID-19 reporting, and more. The col­lege worked with the Academ­ic Year (AY) 2021-22 Restart Task Force, which...

Murphy City Councilmem­bers received a general over­view of the budget and then heard reports from various department heads for budgets for the next fiscal year - from human resources to municipal court to police and fire depart­ment - at May 6 retreat. At the...

An event in her parents’ homeland triggered Diana Zo­ga’s path to her career as a tele­vision journalist. Zoga, a consumer affairs re­porter at NBC5 (KXAS), graduat­ed from Plano East High School in 1999 and then graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in...

Collin College and First Christian Church in Rowlett partnered with Ariel Pointe Se­nior Assisted Living Facility to brighten the day of some of its residents. The three organizations teamed up to offer a stuffed animal adoption Friday, May 14 to Ariel Pointe’s memory...

Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on May 18 prohibiting governmental entities in Texas ­– including counties, cities, school districts, public health authorities or government offices – from mandating mask wearing. Beginning May 21, local governments or...