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It's official: Plano schools have a new COVID-19 mask mandate.

It's official: Plano schools have a new COVID-19 mask mandate.

UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect the specific guidelines and resources Plano ISD has provided. This story is breaking and will be updated as further developments arise.
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The Texas Fair will have COVID-19 vaccines, with incentive

The Texas Fair will have COVID-19 vaccines, with incentive

The State Fair of Texas is still happening. Here are its COVID-19 measures you need to know.
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Plano Balloon Festival cancels 2021 event, amid COVID-19 Delta variant concerns

The highly-anticipated Plano Balloon Festival has been canceled for 2021.
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It's not just COVID: children catching RSV is also causing the pediatric ICU bed shortage in Collin County

It's not just COVID-19 that's filling up pediatric ICU beds in Collin County. The other culprit is RSV.
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Allen ISD protest: upset parents support virtual learning, mask mandates

Allen ISD protest: upset parents support virtual learning, mask mandates

On August 10, a day before students across Collin County went back to school, an Allen ISD protest occurred.
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Stray bullets spark urgent gun control conversation in North Texas

Stray bullets spark urgent gun control conversation in North Texas

This story on this North Texas county's gun control fight amid sporadic gunfire in the neighborhood originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Local Profile . Every morning, Rachel gets up and prays "Lord, don't let me get shot today.
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Always in season: St. Andrew United Methodist Church celebrates after reinventing what church looks like during COVID-19

Reverend Arthur Jones sits in the emptiness of St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano on a Friday.
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Hundreds gather at memorial run for Sarmistha Sen, the Plano resident killed a year ago on the Chisholm Trail

Memorial for Sarmistha Sen last year. | Photo courtesy of Arindam Roy on Facebook On Aug.
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COVID-19 Delta variant causes severe shortage of pediatric ICU beds for kids in North Texas

As school begins this week, more children are getting COVID-19 due to the Delta variant. And local hospitals' pediatric ICUs are filling up. Only two pediatric ICU beds out of 285 total are available as of Aug. 10 in the 19-county North Texas area.
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Meet Maria Tu, Plano's New Deputy Mayor Pro Tem in 2021

In June, Councilwoman Maria Tu was appointed Plano’s new Deputy Mayor Pro Tem .
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