Collin County News

Some parents hoping to protect their children from H1N1, or swine flu, are frustrated over a lack in the vaccine in Collin County .

Posted on November 4th, 2009 11:17am by Jason Heid Filed under Arts , Local News If you'd like to construct a 2,100-seat theater near the intersection of Custer Road and the Sam Rayburn Tollway in Allen, the Arts of Collin County Commission opened bidding on the project today.

Michelle Smith never sexually touched her daughter, but she let her husband do as he pleased.

The $52.6 million Allen Event Center opens Friday with a concert by country superstar Reba McEntire, and Allen officials tout the 8,600-seat arena as the finest entertainment venue in Collin County.

With a lack of swine flu vaccine received, the Collin County Health Department is delaying a planned shot clinic.

Share + Nov 2, 2009 3:58 pm US/Central Reporting Bud Gillett McKINNEY Tomorrow is Election Day across Texas, but Collin County voters get to take part in an experimental effort to vote at any polling place in the county--not just the usual neighborhood precinct.

Attorneys have reached a plea agreement in the case of a 23-year-old McKinney man indicted last year on a murder charge after police said he caused the death of an unborn child by assaulting his pregnant girlfriend.

McKinney ISD, Medical Center of McKinney and the city of McKinney invite the public to their Experience McKinney event at 5:30 p.m. Monday at McKinney Boyd High School, 600 Lake Forest Drive.

Collin County authorities Friday arrested a Frisco-based financier after a grand jury indicted him on money laundering and theft charges related to football great Roger Staubach's son, Jeffery R. Staubach.

A decision handed down Thursday by state District Judge Rayburn Nall means Christopher Hussey, a Plano man convicted earlier this month on aggravated assault of public servant, will be eligible for parole in 10 years.

The road work on Central Expressway starts in Plano and does not seem to end until suburbia gives way to prairie beyond McKinney.

North and southbound lanes are closed on SH 5 from FM 543 to County Road 275, between McKinney and Melissa, for emergency bridge repair.

The Centennial Marching Festival for North Texas high school marching bands will be 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium, 6950 Stadium Lane in Frisco.

An Allen father said he is upset after learning that a boy accused of assaulting his daughter is now attending her school.

Two North Texas men who tried to get a drunk driver off the streets and into a courtroom are confused and upset.

The highest criminal court in Texas denied appeals Wednesday from two death-row inmates, including a hit man in a murder-for-hire plot and a man convicted of killing his wife.

The highest criminal court in Texas has denied appeals from two death row inmates, including a hit man in a murder-for-hire plot and another man convicted of killing his wife.

In 2010 three members of the Collin County Commissioners Court will face re-election. All three races will provide interesting choices.

LOOKING FORWARD: Ken Wiegand hopes to kick off work in January on a $57 million renovation of facilities at Collin County Regional Airport.

By MATTHEW HAAG and VALERIE WIGGLESWORTH / The Dallas Morning News mhaag@dallasnews.com vwigglesworth@dallasnews.com Thousands of people in the heart of Frisco are exposed to toxic lead pollution from a battery recycling plant that wants to expand production.