Collin County News

It's hard to miss the new parking lot being built amid towering knolls on Interstate 30 in Grand Prairie.

This post has been updated with a correction from the Wylie Police Department. The boys were charged with first-degree murder, not capital murder.

John Ratcliffe has a challenge ahead of him as he takes on one of Texas' longest-serving congressmen in a Republican primary runoff.

Two juveniles in the Collin County community of Wylie are under arrest and accused of killing a 17-year-old male over the weekend.

Princeton teenager Joshua Bartlett, 19, has been indicted by the Collin County Grand Jury for manslaughter and aggravated assault after a double fatality accident that occurred Nov. 10. According to information released by Collin County, Bartlett is being charged with two counts of manslaughter for the deaths of

"We meet at this middle ground we call brotherhood," says ALM founder Ali Mahmoud.

Police in Plano and the Collin County Medical Examiner's Office need help identifying a dead body that was found in a wooded area in the 3800 block of Rainier Road.

Authorities say a Houston police officer shot dead one of three men who had broken into his townhome overnight.

A father took the witness stand in court Thursday to honor the strength and courage of four Frisco teens who helped bring a sexual predator to justice.

The medical examiner investigating the death of a 10-year-old Frisco boy found dead in his home has ruled the cause and manner of death as "undetermined."

The mother of a 10-year-old boy found dead in a bathtub inside the family's Frisco home was released on bond, police revealed Friday morning.

The Collin County Medical Examiner's Office said Thursday morning that it has not determined what killed Arnav Dhawan , the 10-year-old Frisco boy found dead Jan. 29 in an empty bathtub in the family's home, wrapped in a cloth and surrounded by plastic bags.

Dallas City Council members on Wednesday were presented with the foundation of a broad housing strategy to be developed over the next year.

Not a bad night for anti-toll candidates in Texas. Incumbents Sen. John Carona , Rep. Linda Harper-Brow n, Rep. Bennett Ratliff , and Rep. Ralph Sheffield were all beat by their anti-toll challengers Don Huffines , Rodney Anderson , Matt Rinaldi , and Molly White .

A McKinney middle school teacher is being held in the Collin County jail on suspicion of having an improper relationship between a teacher and a student.

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Learn about North Texas gardening and Earth-Kind gardening principles at The Garden Show, presented by The Collin County Master Gardener Association.

Rabbi Yaakov Rich leads a study at a home on Mumford Court near Frankford in Highlands of McKamy in Far North Dallas.

When one driver finally did get through, it was onto the next vehicle for those helping out, including our own CBS-11 photo-journalist Manuel Villela.

If there was ever any doubt Texas weather can turn on a dime, it was crushed under the weight of thundersleet today.