Paper ballots for upcoming Collin County elections contain oval bubbles that voters will fill in by hand. Starting with November’s general election, Collin County voters will be going back to the future. Collin County commissioners have agreed to return to hand-marked...
A Wylie man was sentenced to 41 years in prison without the possibility of parole for continuous sexual abuse of a child, District Attorney Greg Willis announced May 26. “12 years of this horrific abuse perpetrated on a child sickens us all,” Willis said after...
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...
The Texas Department of State Health Services updated COVID-19 information for May 17 through 19. All counts, except for hospitalized cases, are compiled from the TDSHS website. State officials listed one death and 136 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...
