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Maverriers Fall Flat in 39-Point Loss to Timberwolves
Silver Line to Shiloh Road posts 597,000 boardings in its first year, DART's annual report says
Aldridge Elementary's counseling program earns a state gold award, and Plano West takes silver
Fire-Rescue paramedics now give blood transfusions before patients reach the hospital, and a soccer league is donating a medical cart
Builder hired for $42 million police training center, while new sign rules wait until January
Ericsson announces 2026 Inventor of the Year recipients
AT&T breaks ground on its Legacy Drive headquarters, a campus planned for 10,000 workers
19 New Businesses in Plano: Week of Nov. 9
Retirement community on Windhaven Parkway seeks up to $10 million in tax-exempt financing for an expansion
Nearly 1,850 apartments and a rewrite of who pays for pipes and roads are on the Nov. 16 planning agenda
Plesa's first bills of 2027 would show homeowners how much of their school tax goes to the state
Consultant would spend 20 weeks sizing up the city's software and tech staffing for $165,000, and the old Dell computer lease runs six more months
Coverage for retired police and firefighters who develop cancer would cost Plano about $75,000 a year, nearly four times the first estimate
Plano ISD's 150,000-square-foot career center opens to students with 19 programs, from welding to cybersecurity
Maverriers Fall Flat in 39-Point Loss to Timberwolves
Silver Line to Shiloh Road posts 597,000 boardings in its first year, DART's annual report says
Aldridge Elementary's counseling program earns a state gold award, and Plano West takes silver
Fire-Rescue paramedics now give blood transfusions before patients reach the hospital, and a soccer league is donating a medical cart
Builder hired for $42 million police training center, while new sign rules wait until January
Ericsson announces 2026 Inventor of the Year recipients
AT&T breaks ground on its Legacy Drive headquarters, a campus planned for 10,000 workers
19 New Businesses in Plano: Week of Nov. 9
Retirement community on Windhaven Parkway seeks up to $10 million in tax-exempt financing for an expansion
Nearly 1,850 apartments and a rewrite of who pays for pipes and roads are on the Nov. 16 planning agenda
Plesa's first bills of 2027 would show homeowners how much of their school tax goes to the state
Consultant would spend 20 weeks sizing up the city's software and tech staffing for $165,000, and the old Dell computer lease runs six more months
Coverage for retired police and firefighters who develop cancer would cost Plano about $75,000 a year, nearly four times the first estimate
Plano ISD's 150,000-square-foot career center opens to students with 19 programs, from welding to cybersecurity

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Maverriers Fall Flat in 39-Point Loss to Timberwolves

Dallas suffered a 133-94 defeat Thursday in Minneapolis. Bones Hyland led the way with 24 points, while the Mavericks could not contain the home team's dominant offensive output.

Una VargasNovember 13, 20262 min read

Plano

North Texas Performing Arts opens its unfinished 15th Street headquarters for a walk-through Saturday

The youth and community theater group, pushed out when The Shops at Willow Bend closed, will show off its future four-stage home at 2819 W. 15th St. at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 and ask for volunteers and donated help.

Quincy Quill · November 12, 2026

Plano

Detectives still hunting two drivers, a month after an east Plano hit-and-run left a bicyclist badly hurt

The Oct. 6 crash on East Park Boulevard near N Avenue is unsolved, police told NBC 5. Investigators suspect the drivers were street racing without headlights and want home and dashcam video.

Demarcus Ferris · November 12, 2026

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Local Business

Ericsson announces 2026 Inventor of the Year recipients

Quincy Quill · November 14, 2026

business campus construction - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Local Business

AT&T breaks ground on its Legacy Drive headquarters, a campus planned for 10,000 workers

Quincy Quill · November 12, 2026

Plano business growth - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Local Business

19 New Businesses in Plano: Week of Nov. 9

Public records show 19 new sales tax permits for Plano businesses in the week of Nov. 9. Here is the full list.

Quincy Quill · November 11, 2026

Plano

Retirement community on Windhaven Parkway seeks up to $10 million in tax-exempt financing for an expansion

Demarcus Ferris · November 10, 2026

Urban Planning Agenda - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Plano

Nearly 1,850 apartments and a rewrite of who pays for pipes and roads are on the Nov. 16 planning agenda

Plano's Planning & Zoning Commission will take up four apartment site plans, led by 1,048 units on Jupiter Road, plus a city-written change to how new projects prove there is enough water, sewer and road capacity.

Dana Keller · November 9, 2026

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Plano

Plesa's first bills of 2027 would show homeowners how much of their school tax goes to the state

Demarcus Ferris · November 9, 2026

City council chamber - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Plano

Consultant would spend 20 weeks sizing up the city's software and tech staffing for $165,000, and the old Dell computer lease runs six more months

Two items on Monday's consent agenda come from Technology Solutions: a Raftelis review meant to produce an applications roadmap, and a lease extension of up to $439,380 so new computers can roll out on a slower schedule.

Demarcus Ferris · November 8, 2026

Civic Safety Coverage - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Plano

Coverage for retired police and firefighters who develop cancer would cost Plano about $75,000 a year, nearly four times the first estimate

A Monday consent item raises Plano's state-mandated critical illness coverage for recently retired first responders by $55,000 after actual bills through October outran the original $20,000 estimate.

Demarcus Ferris · November 7, 2026

Career center opening - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Plano

Plano ISD's 150,000-square-foot career center opens to students with 19 programs, from welding to cybersecurity

Demarcus Ferris · November 7, 2026

Plano

North Texas Performing Arts opens its unfinished 15th Street headquarters for a walk-through Saturday

Quincy Quill · November 12, 2026

Plano

Detectives still hunting two drivers, a month after an east Plano hit-and-run left a bicyclist badly hurt

The Oct. 6 crash on East Park Boulevard near N Avenue is unsolved, police told NBC 5. Investigators suspect the drivers were street racing without headlights and want home and dashcam video.

Demarcus Ferris · November 12, 2026

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72 Allen ISD singers earn TMEA all-region choir spots, and 24 advance in the all-state chase
November 12, 2026
County lines up a $256,503 state grant for VALOR, its veterans substance abuse treatment program
November 11, 2026

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Maverriers Fall Flat in 39-Point Loss to Timberwolves

North Texas Performing Arts opens its unfinished 15th Street headquarters for a walk-through Saturday

Detectives still hunting two drivers, a month after an east Plano hit-and-run left a bicyclist badly hurt

Ericsson announces 2026 Inventor of the Year recipients

AT&T breaks ground on its Legacy Drive headquarters, a campus planned for 10,000 workers

19 New Businesses in Plano: Week of Nov. 9

Retirement community on Windhaven Parkway seeks up to $10 million in tax-exempt financing for an expansion

Nearly 1,850 apartments and a rewrite of who pays for pipes and roads are on the Nov. 16 planning agenda

Plesa's first bills of 2027 would show homeowners how much of their school tax goes to the state

Consultant would spend 20 weeks sizing up the city's software and tech staffing for $165,000, and the old Dell computer lease runs six more months

Coverage for retired police and firefighters who develop cancer would cost Plano about $75,000 a year, nearly four times the first estimate

Plano ISD's 150,000-square-foot career center opens to students with 19 programs, from welding to cybersecurity

North Texas Performing Arts opens its unfinished 15th Street headquarters for a walk-through Saturday

Detectives still hunting two drivers, a month after an east Plano hit-and-run left a bicyclist badly hurt

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