Collin County News

Local gardeners took a break from the sweltering summer heat Saturday and instead took a seat in the cool comfort of the Northside Church of Christ Activity Center to learn the dos and don'ts of composting from Collin County Master Gardener Dr.

The recently abandoned Collin County Courthouse gets little respect. Photos by MARK M. HANCOCK/Special Contributor The Collin County Courthouse has remained padlocked since a newer building opened on Central Expressway.

A Collin County judge at a training exercise got a very real shot in the face. The shot came from a gun loaded with blanks, but the damage was nearly blinding.

A longtime Allen teacher stands accused of using a cooking pan to burn the buttocks of a 14-year-old disabled boy in early 2008.

Usually kids can't wait to get out of school for summer break, but some Sherman students are right back in class learning some fun new skills at Technology Camp, going on at Sory Elementary School this week .

Royse City's City Lake Park has lost its gazebo to a fire that at this time, is being considered suspicous, according to officials.

To the driver who threw a Sonic cup at an oncoming car on State Highway 5 last weekend, Marilyn Mackey has some choice words.

Collin County volunteer and mother Melissa Pocza will represent the state of Texas in competing for the title of Mrs.

The final section of the DART Rail Orange Line will connect to Terminal A at DFW International Airport in December 2013.

Collin County community news: Frisco Mayor's Golf Classic, Holy Communion Episcopal concerts, Plano ISD Foundation 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, June 21, 2009 SANDRA FAY Contact Sandra Fay at dsfay@aol.com or 972-422-5834. Photos posted at neighborsgo.com/ blog/faybles. At a reception at Gleneagles Country Club, Plano ISD Foundation board president Ralph ...

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Collin County commissioners voted 3-2 on Monday to set income limits for people who seek health care from nonprofit agencies that receive county funds.

It looks like the city of McKinney is backing off the idea of commercial service at the Collin County Regional Airport.

The Collin County Commissioners are scheduled to discuss new legislation allowing for the creation of "super polling" places.

Collin County has called in air support. The sheriff's department hopes to sometime soon deploy six remote-controlled unmanned aircraft fitted with cameras that could float several hundred feet above the county.

On January 1, 2010 a new map will define Collin County's Justice of the Peace and Constable precincts.

Alicia Marie Martin's Facebook posts unfold like a typical story of young adulthood: hopes and minidramas as well as tidbits about her work at one of Texas' largest animal shelters.

Last month, a Flower Mound man called police because he thought a group of teens were drinking at a neighbor's house.

Ed Housewright at the Dallas Morning News published an article yesterday about an email blast sent by a Vice-Chair of the Collin County GOP.

Be careful what you ask for, Butch Aycock. Just four months ago, in a piece about how a dry spell's turning to out-and-out drought , the Collin County farmer was in The Dallas Morning News fretting about evaporating stock tanks and withering wheat and about how he needed water pronto.