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As more cities in North Texas declare a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19, offices are closing, restaurants are relying on carryon and delivery, and kids are staying home from school.

Whether you’re looking for a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Day or how to get to Sesame Street, there’s something this weekend for everyone. Friends, couples, families, galentines – there’s something happening for you this weekend.

Plano City Council honored a local Texas hero with the key to the city at the Monday evening regular council meeting. Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere led the short ceremony for Dr.

The halls of Plano ISD schools just got a lot less bright. This past Thursday, Plano alumni, students, teachers, and parents gathered at Shiloh Baptist Church to honor former Plano ISD police liaison Arthur “OP” Parker at a retirement ceremony.

This moment in McKinney history, the Great Altoga Bank Heist of 1912, is one of Collin County's earliest, most notorious, and most explosive crimes.

Chrystal Wilcox spends every moment of every day waiting for a phone call.

Excerpted from the upcoming Hidden History of Plano, Texas (History Press, March 16, 2020) by Mary Jacobs, Jeff Campbell, and Cheryl Smith.

The first Iranian and first enrolled Native American in space have both called Plano home. You can read about them in the upcoming Hidden History of Plano , a book created by three of Plano’s biggest fans.

While Jerry Jones seems to be putting out fires left and right, he can at least do so in style now. The Frisco Fire Department has revealed their latest purchase; a firetruck bedecked in Dallas Cowboys fashion.

Alfreda Norman will serve as Comunity Foundations of Texas’ new chair | Image courtesy of Comunity Foundations of Texas Communities Foundation of Texas has named a new chair and three new trustees.