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When Shannon Fought moved several years ago to Texas, she was looking for wide open spaces, a break from the congested highways she had grown up with in Southern California.

For the first time in 800 years, the “Star of Bethlehem,” also known as the “Christmas Star,” will appear after sunset Monday — but only for a short time.

These days, Chrissy Brown of Frisco is careful about seeing her grandparents who are in their early 90s and staying at an assisted living facility in McKinney.

McKinney Pastor Chris Thornton’s first words as a city council representative for District 1 were positive: “I hope in the next five months or whatever I have, I can be in service to my community.

Update from the son of Pastor Fred Thomas: "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of my father Pastor Fred Thomas. This was not our will or desire, but it is the will of God in which we accept.

CMT will honor country music icon Charley Pride with a special tribute to the late singer after the 86-year-old Dallas resident contracted COVID-19. He died Saturday. The special tribute “CMT Remembers Charley Pride” takes place at 7 p.m.

The Burkman Holiday Home in Frisco features about 70,000 lights, Christmas music and — during more normal years — Santa and his elves.

In a Dec. 10 Facebook post, McKinney Independent School District announced that it was closing Reuben Johnson Elementary due to a COVID outbreak. The ISD is moving classes online until Dec. 18, but expects to resume in-person classes Jan.

Last week, Texas icon Matthew McConaughey, a centrist flirting with a Texas governor’s run, argued that Trump supporters are simply “putting down their last bastion of defense” in an interview with British comedian Russell Brand.

In December, 2020, the ex-head of Israel’s space program dropped a bombshell claim: President Donald Trump struck a deal with an extraterrestrial race to keep quiet about them on Twitter so they can carry out their experiments among us.