The city of Sachse has launched a comprehensive traffic and pedestrian safety study in The Station development as increased growth and activity continue to reshape how people move through the area. The study, conducted in partnership with Lee Engineering, will examine...
Stephen Gardner, owner and operator of The Best Little Toy Museum in Texas, stands next to the Iron Man suit that is at the entrance to one of the three rooms holding his 20,000-piece collection of toys and memorabilia. The museum, located in St. Paul, is open from...
The Collin County Commissioners Court convened for its first meeting of 2025 on Monday, Jan. 13, addressing a range of topics across several county departments and agencies. In addition to the regular business of the commissioners’ court, the meeting included consent...
Most of the more than 1,000 bills the 88th Texas Legislature passed in 2023 took immediate effect or were implemented in 2024, but a handful of new laws took effect as 2025 began. Most non-commercial Texas vehicles no longer require a vehicle safety inspection. The...
Wylie resident Gynovel Henry, a multi-organ transplant recipient, has founded Gynovel’s Gifts, a nonprofit established to aid transplant, stroke and heart attack patients. Wylie resident Gynovel Henry has overcome extraordinary challenges, including multiple organ...
As Texas lawmakers prepare for the 89th Legislature to convene on Tuesday, Jan. 14, hundreds of bills have been filed, signaling the start of the 140-day regular session. Every two years, the Texas Legislature meets in Austin for a session that allows lawmakers to...
Equine therapy program to aid incarcerated, non-violent veterans Judge John Roach, left, Pat Puckett and Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner, at the first session of the VALOR/Collin County Sheriff’s Office Equine Therapy Program in October 2024. In December, the CCSO...
For drivers headed north on State Hwy 78, the intersection at Hwy 205 is often backed up for a mile or more during non-holiday work weeks. Future TxDOT plans call for addition of 73 miles of arterial roads, the modification of 295 miles of arterial roads and much...
Drought is the most common cause of economic loss in the agriculture industry, but Collin County farmers suffer more from riverine flooding, when streams and rivers exceed the capacity of their natural or constructed channels to accommodate water flow and water...
