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Weather permitting, the contractor on the U.S. Highway 75 expansion project at Eldorado Parkway will move traffic into temporary lanes beginning at 12 a.m. Tuesday on the U.S. 75 southbound frontage road, to make room for construction.

Ordinarily, winning fourth place in a prime-time nationally-televised program would be a good thing. And it is.

Push, pull, pop...and a big neigh of relief.

In the eyes and healthy bodies of hundreds of area families, Medical Center of McKinney (MCM) is the gift that keeps on giving.

More than 300 people are expected to attend the Fifth Annual Collin County Flag Retirement Ceremony and Armed Forces Day program 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gabe-Nesbitt Sports Complex, located at 7001 Eldorado Parkway in McKinney.

Brandishing brushes and Bordeaux, they quirkily paint for their community. On teams of family, friends and office fellows, their art matters.

Unlike for the hundreds of incoming freshmen he'll be leading, high school won't be anything new for Logan Faris come this fall.

Both Deion Sanders and his soon-to-be ex-wife Pilar Sanders left the Collin County Courthouse smiling late Monday after District Judge Ray Wheless granted Sanders a protective order against Pilar, and both he and Pilar were vindicated of any assault or family violence accusations.

Winners in the McKinney Performing Arts Center's and the Arts and Music Guild's first annual Juried Arts Show will be announced at a reception Friday night at MPAC.

Citizens may now sign up for the Collin County Alert Network to receive alerts from the Collin County Sheriff's Office (CCSO).

Deion Sanders, former Dallas Cowboy, and his wife, Pilar Sanders, were both in court in McKinney last week seeking protective orders against the other.

Collin County residents will get a chance to see and hear one of their own up and coming stars in a "Blush" concert set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at Wales Manor Vineyard & Winery in McKinney.

Mayor Brian Loughmiller on Thursday twice proclaimed May 3 as National Day of Prayer in McKinney.

Tennis is sometimes seen as an exclusive sport, reserved for a life of country clubs and luxury.

Dawgs N Hawgs, a private club in the 300 block of Louisiana Street in downtown McKinney, will remain open, at least for another six months.

As Texas public education struggles through a massive budget shortfall, it could be easy to proclaim money the problem that needs fixing.

Two members of the McKinney Fire Department were recognized and honored at a recent city council meeting for lengthy service in the U.S. Army, including recent deployments to Afghanistan.

About 100 people gathered Saturday morning at 313 Carver Street in McKinney for a wall-raising ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction for eight new Habitat for Humanity homes to be built in coming months in McKinney and Frisco.

National Day of Prayer is scheduled for the first Thursday in May each year, and two programs are scheduled in McKinney.

Karen Morman, the J.W. Webb Elementary School teacher who was named Texas Teacher of the Year last fall, was among 54 teachers greeted by President Barack Obama on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Roses, perennials and crape myrtles cover the hillsides in full bloom. Their colorful spectacle shouts constant upkeep with water, fertilizer and pesticide.

Diann Bayes, executive director of the McKinney Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB), has announced that in May she will leave her position to become Senior Vice President of Member Services for the Texas Travel Industry Association (TTIA).

McKinney: unique by health.

Pilar Sanders, wife of former Dallas Cowboy Deion Sanders, spent Monday night and most of Tuesday morning in the Collin County Detention Center in McKinney following a Monday afternoon incident at their plush Prosper home.

The Collin County Commissioners Court on Monday approved plans to seek a state grant that would help provide better defense for mentally ill defendants and defray or reduce the costs of housing mentally ill inmates at the Collin County Detention Center.

Modern driver's education is tossed out the window. It doesn't teach levers or 15-minute-start routines.

Several years ago, Johnny Cash recorded a song entitled, "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town."

Collin County juries have been busy during April hearing numerous sexual assault cases, including cases involving crimes against children.

"If you cannot feed a hundred people, then feed just one."

ProTect Painters, a professional painting contractor franchise, opened its first Dallas-Fort Worth area location Monday in McKinney.

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