03/18/2010

Pothole being filled before it eats Plano
Problem: There is a large pothole on Alliance Boulevard east of Preston Road in Plano.

03/15/2010

Denton man sentenced to 17 years in drilling scheme
A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $18 million after pleading guilty to fraud in an oil and natural gas drilling scheme.

03/14/2010

Plano dinner, auctions to benefit Hendrick Scholarship Foundation
Longtime board members JoAnn Botts and Jenny McCall are chairing the 19th annual event with dinner and auctions to benefit the Hendrick Scholarship Foundation on March 22 at Southfork Ranch.

Many in Collin County jumping at chance to serve on city councils, school boards
Collin County voters this spring will find more candidates on the ballot for some city council and school board races than in previous years.

03/12/2010

Plano woman fatally shot had rocky relationship with husband
Court records reveal an unstable relationship between Minal Bhagat and her husband, Barinder Singh, who was arrested Thursday morning as a suspect in her murder.

Plano Senior High principal retires after 24 years
Plano Senior High School's longtime principal, who helped the district's flagship school earn a national reputation for strong academics, has announced his retirement.

Baptists in Texas fill Buckets of Hope for Haiti

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At Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Tom Moore (left) and Steve Byrd unload plastic buckets filled with food destined for Haiti through the Buckets of Hope campaign.
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03/11/2010

Plano man arrested in wife's shooting death
36-year-old Minal Bhagat was shot to death by her husband in their Plano home Wednesday night while her two young children and mother were inside.

03/10/2010

Denbury to close Encore Acquisition's Fort Worth offices, move jobs to Plano after merger
Denbury Resources plans to offer most Encore Acquisition Co. employees a transfer to Plano and will eventually close Encore's downtown Fort Worth headquarters, a Denbury spokeswoman said Tuesday.

03/08/2010

Frisco City Council nixes ballot measure on funds for Collin County arts hall
The council had some serious questions about the project’s costs, and members made it clear the city isn’t ready to sell $16.4 million in bonds to help build the 2,100-seat facility.

03/07/2010

Reporters' Notebook for Collin, eastern Dallas counties
Two Frisco men face theft charges

03/04/2010

Plano home sales
Home sales recorded Jan. 22 to Feb. 10.

03/03/2010

No Frisco means no arts hall, Plano mayor says
An effort to put Frisco's bonds for the planned Collin County arts hall before voters again could cripple the project if they're turned down, Plano's mayor says.

Plano man executed in 2000 murder of Brazilian couple
During his final statement, Michael Sigala asked for forgiveness from the slain couple’s relatives who attended the execution.

In Collin County, Ward loses Commissioners Court seat, Self wins county judge race
Kathy Ward lost her re-election bid to Duncan Webb, while fellow GOP commissioner Jerry Hoagland faces a runoff with Cheryl Williams.

03/02/2010

Killer set to die for 2000 slaying of couple in Plano apartment
HUNTSVILLE – Michael Sigala was on probation for robbery and allowed to leave a Dallas-area substance abuse treatment center for the day to look for a job. Instead, he violently ended the lives of a newlywed Brazilian couple and ended up on death row.

03/01/2010

Chileans in Dallas-Fort Worth plan meeting to discuss earthquake relief
Club Chileno, a local group that has been dormant for years, hopes to revive itself.

Texas death row inmate set to die for murder of Brazilian couple in Plano
Michael Sigala killed Kleber and Lilian Santos in August 2000 while he was on probation and was allowed to leave a Dallas-area substance abuse treatment center for the day to look for a job.

02/28/2010

Plano looking forward to first magnet school
From Denver to St. Paul to New York, suburban school districts are building magnet schools, usually in poorer parts of town, to attract a mix of low-income to middle-class students. The theory: Mixing students from varied socioeconomic backgrounds improves learning for all.

Area magnet schools
DALLAS ISD started magnet schools after a 1976 court-mandated desegregation order and now has more than 20 magnet-type schools, including the acclaimed Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Local relatives work phones, gather news, worry
The small Chilean community in North Texas gathered all the news it could find about the devastating earthquake that hit the homeland early Saturday, and people remained optimistic that the country's preparations would limit casualties and damage.

Plano police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Feb. 17.

02/27/2010

Plano looking forward to city's first magnet school
Plano's school superintendent, Doug Otto, says the opening of the magnet school in two years could mark the beginning of significant reform in how the district's schools operate.

02/26/2010

Plano potter creates kitchen essentials and sculptures

Innumerable works of clay later, Tom Holman continuously strives to keep his inspiration -- and his pottery -- fresh.

Tollway authority approves State Highway 161 project
Even some supporters of the massive project fear that it will leave the North Texas Tollway Authority awash in debt, unable to pursue other ambitious plans.

02/25/2010

Plano home sales
Home sales recorded Jan. 19-29.

02/23/2010

Texas House race starting to get ugly in Plano
The GOP campaign to represent West Plano in the Texas House of Representatives is emerging as one of the city's most cantankerous races in years. Candidates are trading barbs over everything from resume discrepancies to charges of tax evasion.

DART ridership falls, despite opening of Green Line
The numbers for the last three months of 2009 are even worse than the most pessimsitic forecasts had suggested.

02/22/2010

DART bus fire jams traffic on North Central Expressway
No one was injured in the fire, on a DART bus in Richardson.

02/21/2010

Family helped racer fight addiction, reach Olympics

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Four years after Chris Del Bosco hit bottom and entered rehab, his sister, who lives in Plano, will watch him contend for Olympic gold today.
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Plano police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Feb. 10.

02/18/2010

Former Plano East teacher indicted over relationship with student
Daniel Salas, 30, was indicted over an incident that occurred in October, according to the Collin County district attorney's office.

Plano home sales
Home sales recorded Dec. 30 to Jan. 15.