Scrapbook of Traditions, Annals, and History: Collin County from 1846 to 1880. The George Pearis Brown Papers
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Plano school trustee John Muns, a real estate developer, wants to unseat Self in the Republican primary in the spring. Muns' father, James Muns, served as Plano mayor from 1992 to 1996. His mother, Betty Muns, sits on the Arts of Collin County Commission.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
After three years of raising money to buy the building, renovate it and furnish it, the "One Stop Shop" benefiting human services in Allen, Fairview and Lucas opened to the public Saturday with free food, drawings and entertainment for children.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Smith, 42, was found guilty on three counts of aggravated sexual assault. Each count carries 70 years in prison and will run consecutively. She will have to serve 90 years of the 210-year sentence before she will be eligible for parole.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Allen, Frisco, McKinney and Plano each use large, publicly funded amenities to lure and retain residents. As a result, they sometimes wind up with similar facilities. Two examples are arenas and aquatic centers.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Moon trees started as seedlings that orbited above the moon in 1971 in the personal kit of Stuart Roosa, a one-time U.S. Forest Smoke jumper who flew the Apollo 14 command ship around the moon. After Roosa's return to Earth, the original seeds were germinated by the U.S. Forest Service.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
In other area elections, the Wylie Independent School District has two bond propositions before voters. One proposition is for $7.78 million for infrastructure and upgrades at all campuses and improvements to stadiums. The other is $24.9 million for additions and renovations to five schools and construction of Achieve Academy.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
To some extent, it was once how he lived. The 41-year-old Oklahoma City native has knocked elbows with Hollywood on Oscar night and gets hotel-room access to celebrities such as Bob Barker and Nicole Kidman. But he's enamored with strip malls, insists on drive-through stops at Taco Bueno, and speeds up the Dallas North Tollway just to see where it goes.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Plano resident Christine Brauss and her mother and brother will be honored with the Gift of Life Award at a gala benefiting the National Kidney Foundation Serving North Texas on Saturday at the Northwood Club in Dallas. Diagnosed with renal disease at the age of 6, Brauss underwent three years of dialysis in her early 20s before receiving a kidney in 1985 from her mother, Patti Martin.Anti-rejection...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Just as buffalo in unimaginable numbers once covered the plains, the Allen High School marching band covers football fields on Friday nights. Video The 638 performers with the Allen High School marching band take to the field at SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium for a halftime show. (Video: Ron Baselice and Sam Hodges, editing: Ron Baselice) 10/29/2009 Local/State Videos This season, the Collin County school...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Boston is a college town, and Chapel Hill, and Austin. But McKinney'Well, come January, it will be home to the Collin Higher Education Center, where five universities will offer courses toward four-year and graduate degrees.The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board gave the green light Thursday for two-year Collin College to establish a "multi-institutional teaching center" in a new $30...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Just as buffalo in unimaginable numbers once covered the plains, the Allen High School marching band covers football fields on Friday nights. Photos by JEFFREY PORTER/DMNFrom left: Anthony Sanuen, Craig Locke and Hayden Houpt - three of the Allen High marching band's 25 tuba players - cram with their instruments into a bus for the short ride from the practice field to the football stadium. This season,...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
A cold front pushing through the Dallas-Fort Worth area this afternoon will force temperatures to drop about 20 degrees by the evening commute. Also Online | Get Weather alerts: | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport reported a temperature high of 79 degrees before 10 a.m. today, said Dan Huckaby, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Shortly after noon, the temperature had already dropped to...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary is growling over plans for a sewer line across its property. The North Texas Municipal Water District wants to bury 3,400 feet of sewer line in the northwest portion of the 289-acre McKinney attraction. "Certainly, this is going to have a huge environmental impact on our natural wetlands and wildlife," said Paul Sheldon, president...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The bulk of the North Texas area is expected to receive anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rainfall this morning and an additional 1 to 3 inches later in the day. Some locations may see totals close to 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Today was expected to remain clear with a high around 80 degrees. But by Wednesday morning, there will be an 80 percent chance of rain and high temperatures will only reach the mid-70s, according to the National Weather Service.
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