Collin County News

A former Collin County businessman was sentenced Tuesday to 110 months in federal prison for bank fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas.

"It's hard for me, because I am still mourning my son... that is never going to go away," said the mother, Pallavi Dhawan.

A glitch in the U.S. State Department website is delaying the processing of visas, causing headaches for families here and abroad.

Collin County Commissioner Mark Reid has revised his resolution that opposes using county funds to house the unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America.

Emergency crews responded to a two-alarm fire at a church near Wylie on Tuesday morning.

A firefighter was injured early Tuesday while battling a two-alarm fire that gutted a Baptist church in Collin County.

Ji Xinxin, 45, and Jinxhong Diao, 46, were found at 2425 CR 564 outside of Princeton around 3 p.m. July 27. According to information from the Collin County Sheriff's Office, in preliminary investigation both were Frisco residents, but may have owned the property where they were found.

With the threat of a so-called "immigrant tsunami," Collin County Commissioner Mark Reid invited the public to attend commissioner's court on Monday -- and they did.

A large crowd gathered at a Collin County Commissioners meeting on Monday; most were heavily in favor of a resolution to block unaccompanied Central American minors to ever be housed in the county.

McKinney police have arrested a 66-year-old man for allegedly luring children into his garage with candy and then fondling them.

A Collin County court hearing began this morning to determine if a second Wylie teenager accused in the killing schoolmate of Ivan Mejia will stand trial as an adult.

The pre-sale for bulbs for the 11th Annual Bulb and Perennial Mart takes place from August 1-31, 2014.

McKINNEY -- Collin County Commissioner Mark Reid said he was speaking for his constituents when he added a resolution to the agenda of the commissioners court.

Local governments in Dallas County should enjoy a substantial bump in revenue, with finalized tax rolls reflecting growth of more than 6 percent in property values.

A Wylie teenager is waiting to hear whether he will be tried as an adult in the murder of a classmate.

A growing number of cases of cyclosporiasis are being reported as a cyclospora outbreak continues to spread across North Texas.

Collin County Commissioner Mark Reid is warning of an "illegal immigrant tsunami" if "illegal immigrant children" are housed there.

Collin County Commissioner Mark Reid - the self-proclaimed " constitutional conservative " who reps West Plano, Frisco, Prosper, Celina and Northwest McKinney - wants his colleagues to stop "the illegal immigrant tsunami" at next week's commissioner's court meeting.

Health officials in North Texas are trying to figure out what's causing reports of the uncomfortable intestinal illness, cyclospora.

A Texas judge's bizarre habit of locking spectators out of his in-session courtroom is an unconstitutional denial of access, an attorney claims in court.