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Memorial for Sarmistha Sen last year. | Photo courtesy of Arindam Roy on Facebook On Aug.

A drive-by parade in Plano, on July 26, celebrated more than 80 teens who participated in the Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program.

Plano Fire-Rescue Chief Sam Greif has just been appointed to serve as Chairman of the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC) Terrorism and Homeland Security Committee.

Ninth-grade Lee Haskett was practically numb from anxiety as he sat his mom down to tell her something he had been hiding from her almost his entire life.

In mid-September 1918, McKinney native James “Jimmie” Henry Geigas was walking back from a stream in St. Mihiel, France, where he and another soldier filled canteens with water, when a German biplane flew over them and dropped a bomb.

It has been 15 years since Plano resident Vanita Halliburton founded the Grant Halliburton Foundation after her son took his life. Vanita’s son Grant had struggled with severe depression and bipolar disorder.

In the early 1960s, Bert Fields Sr. didn't have much of an education when he founded North Dallas Bank & Trust Co.

Babatope Aderinoye’s victims ranged from a school district to charities. The 30-year-old Plano resident and Nigerian national stole money from a non-profit that helps families of terminally ill patients.

When local meteorologists began warning about Winter Storm Uri, Dan Brantner knew he had done all he could to ensure that his beehives at the Texas Honey Company in Plano were fortified for the storm.

April 1 marks the start of Child Abuse Prevention Month, and non-profit TexProtects has kicked off a campaign to raise awareness for the signs of child abuse and how to prevent it, especially in our now-normal virtual environments.