Business

Alamo commander William Barret Travis has been drawing an apocryphal line in the sand with his sword for 13 years at the Collin County Courthouse. Standing tall, defiant, and forever frozen in bronze, Col.

When a school counselor called Vanita Halliburton to tell her that her son was cutting, she thought he was cutting school. “I mean I was clueless about what she was talking about,” she says. “And I said, ‘I don’t understand.

Last Tuesday, students, teachers, and representatives from some of North Texas’ top companies gathered in the Shepton High School library as Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere kicked off his annual summer internship program.

Alexis Kaganas, 13, straightened a wobbly wheel and snapped a black cable into a plastic jack to connect a gray square to the chassis of a vehicle. With one last click, her team’s robot creation was ready to roll. Almost.

On a Sunday afternoon in the early ’80s, self-made Texas billionaire Henry Ross Perot sat on horseback, staring at Collin County’s vast openness.

When I walked into the massive lobby of Twelve Cowboys Way, the first thing I noticed is that it smells like a Neiman Marcus spa. More accurately, how I imagine a Neiman Marcus spa smells.

About 12 years ago, Children’s Health brought the first pediatric hospital to Plano and began meeting a growing need that now includes more than 180,000 patient encounters every year.

Local Profile is kicking off 2020 with its first ¡EXITOS! Leadership Summit, an event that aims to celebrate Hispanic and Latinx leaders who work in the Dallas area.

If you had to plan a dinner party for a group of successful Collin County business people, the crowd of creators and collaborators at Thursday’s ¡EXITOS! kickoff would be at the top of your invite list.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is often used to support small businesses. After days of consumption, of both turkey and material possessions, it’s nice to step away from expensive brand names and give our money to local vendors.