Lavon News

The Challenge Air program invited more than 100 families to Collin County Regional Airport on June 6, and gave children, challenged by various mental and physical disabilities, the opportunity to co-pilot a 30-minute flight over Lake Lavon and into Farmersville.

All members of the McLendon-Chisholm city council, both the three new and the three veterans, are agreeing on key decisions - the apparent need for a property tax to sustain the 2009-10 draft budget, the need to keep the city staff salaries in it, and the need to communicate with the public on fiscal matters, as well as in general.

Debby Wiley is ready for the Memorial Day weekend rush at Collin Park Marina on Lavon Lake.

Cloud cover and cool breezes kept festival goers in high spirits Saturday for Marshall's annual Stagecoach Days, a celebration of the city's transportation roots.

Saturday morning, walkers from the Rockwall and Rowlett Great Strides Walk wound their way through the rolling hills of Harry Myers Park, singly and in groups, raising money for cystic fibrosis research.

Scenic Lake Texoma hardly looks like a war zone, but a new discovery may mean a serious battle is ahead and state fisheries biologist Bruce Hysmith is already on the front lines.

Todd and Kay Nordby hope to build a retirement home on Lavon Lake and enjoy a serene view of the water.

After searching for more than a week, Michael A. Simmons' body was recovered April 7 approximately 25 yards from shore in the same area where the paddle boat he was in capsized March 30.

Mack Stark figures cattle raisers can appreciate the name of his west central Texas ranch and makes no apologies for the words in big black letters on the steel arch over the dirt and gravel driveway.

Sachse police are asking the public for assistance in locating two robbers who beat a man during a home invasion and then fled in a stolen Jaguar.

Mack Stark figures cattle raisers can appreciate the name of his west central Texas ranch and makes no apologies for the words in big black letters on the steel arch over the dirt and gravel driveway.

Sachse police think they were the last stop in a busy work-day for a pair of robbers.

Police in Sachse, Wylie and Lavon are asking the public to be on the lookout for a 2000 white Jaguar S-Type, Texas license number X83-DVJ. The car was stolen in a violent home invasion robbery shortly before 7 a.m. Monday in Sachse that left one man in a local hospital with injuries from a beating.

Apr 6, 2009 5:12 pm US/Central COLLIN COUNTY Wylie, Lavon and Sachse police are all on the look out for two armed men.

Mar 31, 2009 5:29 pm US/Central COLLIN COUNTY A teenager has been missing in Lake Lavon since Monday when the paddle boat he was riding in flipped over.

Apr 1, 2009 3:55 pm US/Central Marianne Martinez COLLIN COUNTY It started as a leisurely evening on the lake for 16-year-old Kimberly Clayton and her boyfriend, 18-year-old Michael Simmons.

Search teams in Navarro County located the body of a second drowning victim Wednesday morning.

Collin County authorities are expected to resume a search this morning for a teen who disappeared after his paddle boat capsized Monday in Lake Lavon.

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Imagine a time when schools of sharks swam in what is now Frisco; and huge serpents ruled the sea that is now dry land in McKinney.