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Three killed in Collin County wreck

Three people were killed in a head-on collision this morning on State Highway 205 at County Road 746 between Wylie and Lavon, reports Steve Stoler of WFAA-TV (Channel 8). A vehicle hydroplaning on wet pavement is believed to have started...


Frisco Football League teams face off in championships on Saturday

It's game time - championship game time. Frisco Football League will hold its championship games all day Saturday at Memorial Stadium, 6925 Stadium Lane. The first game - for 5-year-olds - starts at 9 a.m. The day continues with games...


Rockin' The Village to help community in need

Frisco Family Services Center has partnered with Newman Village and the Emerald City Band to put on a holiday fundraiser to help the nonprofit help people in need. The center has seen a dramatic increase in clients this year due...


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 20, 2009

Where are all the H1N1 vaccines for Collin County? More have arrived. But they will be available only to people in high-risk categories, health officials say. That includes pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than...


Frisco posts holiday closures

Get your library books this weekend and your workouts squeezed in early as the city's holiday hours may affect your regular schedule next week. City Hall and administrative offices will be closed next Thursday and Friday (Nov. 26-27) for Thanksgiving....


Frisco's National Night Out program wins award

Frisco's National Night Out program earned an award this year from the National Association of Town Watch. The annual October event aims spread word about crime prevention through neighborhood events. Its mascot is the National Night Out Knight (at right)....


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 19, 2009

Frisco Family Services Center will distribute Thanksgiving meal boxes to more than 250 families in need on Saturday with the help of about 100 volunteers. The center is also making final preparations for its 2009 Holiday Store Program. Click here...


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 18, 2009

Frisco's council chambers was packed to the gills for Tuesday's meeting. The occasion? Council recognition of the Wakeland High School marching band, which finished fourth at the recent UIL AAAA state marching band competition. Between the band members and the...


Frisco City Council has questions about funding for Frisco Association for the Arts

City financing for the Frisco Association for the Arts topped the discussion at Tuesday's City Council meeting. And for the second meeting in a row, council members delayed voting on an agreement to finalize $75,000 in funding for the group....


Ground-breaking for new parking garage is Nov. 30

Construction is scheduled to begin Nov. 30 on the $6.4 million multilevel parking garage behind city hall and the library. The garage will have 574 spaces. Two smaller lots on the east and west sides will add another 70 spaces....


Frisco morning roundup for Nov 17, 2009

A majority of Frisco Blog readers prefer to limit the mayor and City Council to two consecutive terms, according to results from our latest poll. The number of responses is too small to get an idea of how residents as...


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 16

The Frisco City Council on Tuesday will consider the sale of $4 million in certificates of obligation bonds to fund the Municipal Center Parking Garage and issue $28.01 million in general obligation refunding bonds, which is expected to save the...


Parade maintains Frisco's community feel

Former Frisco mayor Bob Warren kicked off Saturday's Frisco Community Parade as grand marshal in style. Organizers couldn't have asked for better weather. The nearly 90-minute parade featured plenty of community groups, school bands, football teams and homecoming courts as...


Public concerns aren't over at Frisco's battery recycling plant

Public health concerns aren't over just because the application to increase production at Frisco's battery recycling plant was withdrawn, writes DMN environmental writer Randy Loftis. Exide Technologies Inc. has been operating for 45 years at the site off Fifth Street...


Music Conservatory of Texas offers live streaming video of student fall concert

Distant relatives and friends will no longer have to wait for the DVD of little Johnny's piano concerto. In what's believed to be a first for Frisco students, the Music Conservatory of Texas will offer live streaming video of its...


14-screen movie theater planned for Frisco Market Center at Tollway and Main

A $10 million, 14-screen movie theater will be built as part of the Frisco Market Center at the Dallas North Tollway and Main Street, reports Bill Hethcock with the Dallas Business Journal. Construction is set to start in May on...


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 13, 2009

After months of meetings, the city's 10-member Charter Review Commission will present its recommendations to the City Council on Tuesday. The proposed changes to the city charter range from reducing the minimum age to 18 for those wanting to file...


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 12, 2009

Organizers are calling the first Frisco Arts Festival a success. More than 6,000 people turned out to view works by more than 100 juried artists and the talents of 650 performers in the event held last month at Newman Village....


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 11, 2009

Today is Veterans Day. Take a moment to thank a veteran you know or send a note to someone on active duty somewhere who has helped make this country what it is today. Dallas' Veterans Day parade starts at 11...


Frisco morning roundup for Nov. 10, 2009

The benefits of Frisco's Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone can been seen all over town. The development fund was created in 1997 on the vacant land where Stonebriar Centre mall now sits. As the assessed value increased because of the mall's...

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