Monday, August 18, 2014

Just going about their business: Wildcats taking workmanlike approach to fall practice


Just going about their business: Wildcats taking workmanlike approach to fall practice


Like every other Class 6A program that went through spring workouts, Monday marked the first day of fall practices for the Plano Senior football team. Although that morning was the first time since the end of spring ball – nearly three months ago ...


Plano Officer Rescues Boy with Autism in Busy Road


A rookie Plano police officer is being hailed as a hero after he saved a boy with autism found running in a busy street. Officer Jacob Evans, 29, has been with the Plano Police Department for a little more than two years and was on his way to grab some ...


Sounding Off: Plano-Murphy-Wylie readers tell us if they agree with Murphy's decision to ban artificial turf visible from a street


Dan Mingea, Wylie: I’m left speechless by the audacity of this Council. Ted Gold, Plano: Funny you should ask. Last year, I needed to resod and considered “fake grass,” but our HOA said no. A friend of mine sells the product and tells me the quality ...


Plano East linebacker Landis Durham, a Texas A&M commit, expects to also play on offense


No matter how big the school, there are going to be two-way players on a football team. Linemen who play offense and defense, defensive backs doubling as receivers, linebackers who are also running backs, etc. At Plano East, which has a UIL enrollment ...


TaylorMade to close Adams Golf headquarters in Plano, Texas


The Adams Golf headquarters in Plano, Texas, will be shuttered with business eventually being consolidated at TaylorMade's headquarters in Southern California, according to a statement from The Adidas Group (parent of TaylorMade-adidas, Ashworth, and Adams ...


Plano moves on to final round for state’s school board of the year


The Plano school board is one of five finalists for the Texas Association of School Administrators’ annual school board of the year award. Today TASA named the district among its five Texas Honor School Boards, along with Arlington, Clear Creek, Midway ...


Plano Family YMCA Preschool Program now enrolling


August 13, 2014 – Registration is underway for the Plano Family YMCA 2014-15 Preschool Program, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 2. Big things are planned this year with a re-vamped curriculum, as well as new curriculum specials. Children age 3 to 5 will ...


Plano boy faces biggest fears to rescue neighbor's dog


PLANO — Grant Snodgrass was home with his mom on Sunday afternoon while his dad and little brother took the family dog for a walk. Soon, dad and brother were back with quite a story. "They came up and told me that another dog fell down into a gutter, and ...


Plano officer charged with assault


A Plano police officer is out of jail on bond, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Officer Joshua Randall Caussey was arrested Tuesday by McKinney police, an official with the McKinney Police Department confirmed Wednesday. Investigators ...


Plano woman fighting to keep squatters, scammers out of foreclosed home


PLANO, Texas — Maureen Conway said the home that she lived in for 16 years has become victim to scammers and squatters. "It was flooded; there were holes in the walls; and all the carpet's gone," she said. Conway said she lost the home to foreclosure ...