Plano News

Plano Independent School District in Texas has implemented a software suite to help school counselors and students select courses to match graduation and postsecondary goals, submit supporting documents with college applications, and track alumni.

After filling its head hockey coach vacancy by hiring Matt Thomas on Tuesday, UAA will soon begin searching for his boss as it seeks a new athletic director.

PLANO, Texas - Police in North Texas made arrests last week in an attempt to thwart a nationwide burglary gang whose alleged m.o. is to prey on women who leave their purses behind in their cars, CBS DFW reports.

The mayors of three Collin County cities joined KRLD at Henry's Ice Cream in Plano as part of KRLD's Your Hometown Tour.

About one in three Americans has high blood pressure, and nearly one-third don't know it.

RJN Group, Inc. is conducting a flow monitoring program for the city of Plano, Texas to determine the amount of Infiltration/Inflow that is entering the city's Collection System.

The owners of a Garland sandwich shop have petitioned to serve alcohol in an effort to transform business into a neighborhood bar.

Carrollton and Plano Police are trying to identify this man captured on surveillance video at an ATM in Plano.

LoanDepot.com LLC, the California firm which recently doubled the size of its new Plano operation, is holding a job fair this week to hire additional workers.

The free-standing emergency room facility is being build at the southeast corner of Coit Road and State Highway 121.

If your mouth waters every time you hear that sweet melody in the distance, don't despair: Many ice cream cones, bars, and sandwiches can be part of a healthy diet, says Angela Lemond, R.D.N., a Plano, TX-based dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Rockstar Consortium US, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent developed by Marcus D. Leech, Smith Falls, Canada, for a "bandwidth efficient method and system for obscuring the existence of encryption in a communications channel."

Suburban voters also decided City Council races in Grand Prairie and Plano and school trustee seats in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch and Richardson districts.

Police made arrests this week in an attempt to thwart a nationwide burglary gang that has been targeting several North Texas cities.

Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.

The un-dress code is a legacy of ousted CEO Ron Johnson, the former Apple retail chief who espoused a hipper, less formal vibe for J.C. Penney.

Governor Rick Perry has vetoed funding for the Public Integrity Unit charged with investigating state elected officials.

PLANO, Texas - The Museum of the American Railroad's Union Pacific No. 4018 steam locomotive, better known as "Big Boy," will likely make its way to Frisco on Sunday, one of the final pieces in a year-long move from its current location at Fair Park.

The A's have announced they have agreed to terms with their first-round draft pick, high school outfielder Billy McKinney, and he is expected to be at the Coliseum for Friday's game with the Seattle Mariners.

A woman and her 4-year-old son have been found shot to death in their Plano apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities say.