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Dallas News (blog)
March 30, 2018
"That in turn is pushing home prices above historically normal affordability limits in those middle-America markets." Grayson County ranked just behind Santa Fe, New Mexico as the two U.S. markets with the most unaffordable housing based on average incomes for the areas. Ellis County and Collin CountyÃâà...
Dallas News
March 30, 2018
Less than two weeks after residents complained about high chlorine levels, the water provider for much of Collin County and the surrounding area said it met "regulatory standards." The North Texas Municipal Water District released test results from throughout its system on Thursday afternoon. At all dozenÃâà...
Community Impact Newspaper
March 30, 2018
The Texas Department of Transportation announced three public meetings to discuss and receive public comments on its proposed US 380 project through Collin County from the Denton County line to the Hunt County line. The purpose of the study is to analyze potential roadway options for US 380,Ãâà...
Gwinnettdailypost.com
March 30, 2018
Aside from Forsyth County, just two Southern communities made the first 100 – Williamson County, Tenn., at 23rd, and Collin County, Texas, at 68th. The project evaluated nearly 3,000 counties/communities across 10 categories that drive health outcomes. Forsyth County was also ranked as Georgia'sÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
March 21, 2018
Last fall, a team from Melissa police, the Texas Rangers and the Collin County District Attorney's Office got together to review the case and discovered a viable lead -- Maloney's boyfriend had never been formally interviewed. Investigators tracked down Mitchell Jones with the help of Louisiana State PoliceÃâà...
WFAA
March 15, 2018
PLANO, Texas -- Complaints are pouring in about a strong smell of chlorine in the water in Collin County. The North Texas Municipal Water District acknowledges a chlorine maintenance program approved by the state and the EPA is causing a smell, but the district maintains that the water is safe. FamiliesÃâà...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
March 15, 2018
Investigators Hunt for Woman Who Funneled Money to Jail Inmates. Investigators are on the hunt for a woman accused of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to funnel thousands of dollars, illegally, to inmates in the Collin County jail. (Published Thursday, March 15, 2018). Investigators at the Collin County Sheriff's OfficeÃâà...
The Texas Monitor
March 8, 2018
A Collin County judge best known for his role in the criminal case against Attorney General Ken Paxton lost his job Tuesday night after failing to force a runoff in a four-person primary election. Judge Scott Becker, who was appointed to the 219th Judicial District bench in 2010 by Gov. Rick Perry, and easilyÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
March 7, 2018
Collin County, which traditionally votes for conservative candidates, had 66,000 people vote in the Republican primary and 35,000 in the Democratic. That's a 270 percent increase in Democratic voters, but a 44 percent increase in Republican voters means Collin County won't be turning blue anytime soon.
Dallas News
March 2, 2018
Dallas County's traditionally strong Democratic base appeared to respond to that competition, with turnout increasing 89 percent from 2014. Republican turnout decreased 6 percent. The jump in Collin County, which votes for more conservative candidates, is even greater — the number of DemocraticÃâà...
News & Observer
March 2, 2018
The Dallas Morning News reports to outsiders, it's nothing special — just a mowed-down path where Shannon Blake and her kids run. But it's here — running along this piece of dirt — where Blake finds peace. Before the Blakes moved to unincorporated Collin County less than two years ago, they lived in aÃâà...
Star Local Media
March 2, 2018
MOW and VNA serve seniors and residents with disabilities across Collin County, Denton County, Dallas County and other communities across north Texas. Through this partnership, Colleen Casey, manager of personal mobility and Toyota Social Innovation, said this was Toyota's chance “to cross beyondÃâà...
Community Impact Newspaper
March 1, 2018
My opponent lives in Dallas County, not Collin County. I believe it is critical to elect a conservative from the community in order to ensure that Collin County—Texas' sixth-largest county by population—doesn't become the largest county without a state senator living here to fight for lower property taxes, endÃâà...
Dallas News
March 1, 2018
Richardson police responding to a disturbance on Feb. 7 found themselves caught in an ambush with a man armed with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, according to newly released documents in the fatal shooting of a veteran Richardson officer and another man at an apartment complex. "It looked like heÃâà...
Insurance Journal
March 1, 2018
Texas storms affected more Allstate insured homes in Collin County than any other part of the state over the past ten years. Allstate tallied the top 25 Texas counties affected by severe weather, identifying areas with highest number of wind- and hail-related property damage claims from 2007 through 2017.
KXAN.com
February 28, 2018
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As severe spring weather approaches, Allstate is releasing its list of “stormiest” Texas counties of the last 10 years. It's probably no surprise that the two counties that top the list are in North Texas. Allstate says wind and hail storms affected more Allstate insured homes in Collin CountyÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
February 21, 2018
Before the Blakes moved to unincorporated Collin County less than two years ago , they lived in a typical two-story, suburban Frisco home. ... possibly cutting through their property as the Texas Department of Transportation works to tackle the traffic gridlock that comes with explosive growth in the county.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
February 20, 2018
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
February 16, 2018
A school bus was involved in a crash in Collin County Friday afternoon, police said. (Published Friday, Feb. 16, 2018). A school bus was involved in a crash in Collin County Friday afternoon, police said. The crash happened at about 3:45 p.m. at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 982 and Primrose Path in Princeton.
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
Collin County ranked among the healthiest in the United States, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report on Monday. The county, with McKinney as the county seat, ranked No. 68 on the nationwide list. The rankings, compiled in collaboration with the Aetna Foundation, present a list ofÃâà...
WFAA
December 31, 1999
Deputy Jason Lawson of the Collin County Sheriff's Department knew something had to be done when he realized there was no official way of helping a fellow coworker in a time of need. In early 2017 Lawson took a firm interest in starting a fund for sheriff's employees. It's something he first did in his homeÃâà...
Dallas News
December 31, 1999
This is no small deal for what opponents of capital punishment like to call "the Texas death machine" and "the nation's busiest death chamber." Mercy towards heinous criminals is not a quality that gets a lot of political traction in this state. Thomas Bartlett Whitaker's crime was certainly a terrible one. In 2003Ãâà...
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