Collin County News

It's the first day of June and the last day of school. Plus it's Friday. What more could you ask for? Reaction continues with Thursday's news that the city of Frisco is proposing to buy a large portion of land from Exide Technologies for $45 million in exchange for the plant's closure by the end of the year.

Peggy Mitchell of Plano is 81, but Dorothy Johnston still calls her "my baby sister." The two women, along with three brothers, grew up in a white, wooden home on 16th Street in Plano, where the Mitchell family moved in 1933 from rural Collin County.

View of land owned by Exide Technologies, north of the plant facility, on the western side of the company's property, Friday, April 22, 2011 in Frisco.

McKinney, TX, May 30, 2012 -- Brown McCarroll Partner, Peter J. Harry, secured a unanimous verdict for $1.7 million from a Collin County jury for professional manufacturers' representative, Circuit - Metals, LLC d/b/a Intermarc, in a tortious interference of contract lawsuit against Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.

Allen can boast national recognition for its low crime rates, but Police Chief Brian Harvey believes his department still has some sweeping to do.

Collin County resident Rachel Blacketer Hedstrom was crowned Mrs. Texas International 2012 on April 29, 2012 at the Selena Auditorium in beautiful, coastal Corpus Christi.

With the threat of more severe storms Thursday night, homeowners spent their day cleaning up, knowing it could happen again.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for northwestern Collin County, southern Cooke County and northeastern Denton County until 11:30 a.m. Storms that swept through North Texas overnight and into the early morning brought hail and led to power outages across the area, and more storms are expected in the evening hours.

A Keller man with a gambling addiction has been charged with capital murder in the February death of a Plano man.

Firefighters were called to the first blaze just after 11:15 a.m. When crews arrived in the 5900 block of Aberdeen Place they found heavy smoke and flames shooting from the house.

Neighbors across Collin County have reached out to help one another recover from the damage left behind from early-morning storms.

A grand jury in Collin County has found enough evidence against McKinney chiropractor David Russell to take some cases to court.

Denton County District Attorney Investigator Dale Chegwidden will face Denton police Officer Doug Boydston in a July runoff for constable in Precinct 5. The candidates seek to replace Constable Ken Jannereth, who was denied his peace officer's license in April following a February 2010 criminal mischief conviction.

In the race for republican nomination for the 30th State Senate seat, incumbent Craig Estes of Wichita Falls led his opponent, Jim Herblin by a comfortable margin through the vote count.

Republican Geraldine "Tincy" Miller will advance to a runoff for the nomination for the District 12 spot on the state Board of Education.

North Texas attorney Bill Boyd made a name for himself defending one of the Charles Manson family members in the murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others.

On June 13, Larry Hagman's formidable eyebrows will welcome you back to a new "Dallas" TV series on TNT, and the city to our north is once again ready to bask in the spotlight of oil-rich backbiters.

The primary election is finally here. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.

Several brush fires had already erupted before the unofficial start to summer: Memorial Day.

Today is a day to remember the men and women who have served this country and given their lives to the U.S. armed forces.