McKinney News

The Texas economy threw off mixed signals in October, with expanding payrolls but a rising unemployment rate.

The Dallas County health department received 22,900 doses of swine flu vaccine Friday and plans to distribute them all before Thanksgiving.

Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.

Our Jaunt of the Week is spending the day in downtown McKinney, where you can stroll and shop in charming surroundings.

Caldwell Elementary School Principal, Chris Clark, is focusing on raising the reading level of his students.

Graveside services for Jay Dennis, 58, of Bullard, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

The Lanier Law Firm is announcing a settlement and federal judgment issued in favor of inventor Mitchell Prust in a patent infringement lawsuit over cloud storage and cloud computing technology that allows individuals to access computer applications through Internet browsers.

Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill with the disease, officials announced Friday. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe disease," such as pneumonia.

Kroger is holding the first in a series of job fairs Friday to hire workers for its new Marketplace concept store in Frisco.

Last week, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality called the Barnett Shale's biggest players to Austin.

Texas employers expanded payrolls by 41,700 jobs in October, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday - a significant piece of good economic news after a year of nearly uninterrupted monthly job losses.

What makes Rehoboth Ranch turkeys so much better? "Well, our turkeys only have one bad day," says Robert Hutchins.

Every year, the Harvest House in Burleson gives away free Thanksgiving dinners to those in need.

Dallas police are asking for your help to catch two men who violently robbed an elderly woman last week.

The lines to see Santa can be longer than the lines to get the swine flu vaccine.

Jay Hilliard walked into a surreal scene as he returned to his father's East Dallas home on noon Wednesday.

The McKinney Public Library will offer a free talk to the public by bestselling mystery writer Deborah Crombie on Thursday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. Ms.

Our Jaunt of the Week is spending the day in downtown McKinney, where you can stroll and shop in charming surroundings.

Tommy & Carolyn Abbott, of Levelland, TX, are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Mart Abbott, to Kerri McKinney, daughter of Holley & Delores Clay, of Mt.