11/08/2009

East reporters notebook
Congregation buys Abbey in Frisco

Frisco Good Kid: Merida Thurmon of Wakeland High School

11/06/2009

2 Frisco students suspended for comments on Facebook page threatening teacher
Two Frisco middle school students were suspended and several others received warnings after threatening their teacher on Facebook, a social networking Web site.

11/05/2009

2 Frisco students suspended for comments on Facebook page threatening teacher
Two Frisco middle school students were suspended and several others received warnings after threatening their teacher on Facebook. Someone notified Staley Middle School officials earlier in the week about the menacing comments, said Rick Burnett, the district's executive director of Student Services.

Frisco home sales
Home sales recorded Sept. 25 to Oct. 9.

11/04/2009

Collin County cities in race to one-up one another
The $52.6 million Allen Event Center opens Friday, and Allen officials tout the 8,600-seat arena as the finest entertainment venue in Collin County. But Frisco Mayor Maher Maso isn't impressed. He says his town's recently renovated Dr Pepper Arena has better acoustics and more seating configurations.

11/01/2009

Frisco police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Oct. 21-22.

Pulitzer finalist examines Frisco's Christmases as an American microcosm in 'Tinsel'
Hank Stuever could have chosen any American suburb as the setting for his book about the country's consumer-driven identity and its collective Christmas myth.

Pulitzer finalist examines Frisco's Christmases in 'Tinsel'

SONYA N. HEBERT/DMN

Hank Stuever could have chosen any suburb as the setting for his book about America's collective Christmas myth. He chose Frisco, profiling three families including Caroll Cavazos and her daughter, Marissa.
More about 'Tinsel'
Frisco news | Frisco blog

10/31/2009

Man jailed in Frisco boy's apparent 'cheese' death
A Frisco teenager has died after an apparent overdose of "cheese" heroin, and police have arrested the 19-year-old man they say sold him the drugs.

10/30/2009

Roger Staubach's son lost $600,000 to financier, indictment alleges
Collin County authorities Friday arrested a Frisco-based financier after a grand jury indicted him on money laundering and theft charges related to football great Roger Staubach’s son, Jeffrey R. Staubach.

10/29/2009

Frisco home sales
Home sales recorded Sept. 18 to Oct. 7.

10/25/2009

Frisco police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Oct. 13-14.

10/23/2009

Frisco battery recycler facing tougher pollution standards won't add production
The withdrawal came three days after the Frisco City Council voted unanimously to ask the plant to withdraw its application with state regulators over concerns related to toxic lead emissions.

Frisco home sales
Home sales recorded Sept. 1-29.

10/22/2009

Community calendar: East, north
Spooky Symphony , performed by the Plano Symphony Orchestra, starts at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive. The concert will feature popular melodies from Halloween and children's movies as well as an Instrument Petting Zoo. Kids are invited to wear costumes. Tickets cost $8 to $18 for the show. 972-473-7262. Allen

10/19/2009

Frisco to consider health risk study of battery plant
The commitment comes as concerns grow about health effects from lead pollution from the Exide Technologies plant, just south of downtown.

Frisco police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Oct. 6-7.

10/18/2009

East reporters' notebook
Frisco schedules last town hall meeting

10/17/2009

Frisco officials fight plans to expand lead smelter
Exide Technologies Inc. operates the decades-old battery recycling plant that's flanked by Frisco's downtown, a high school and several neighborhoods and businesses. Its lead emissions make Collin County one of only 18 counties nationwide not expected to meet new, more stringent air-quality standards.
Frisco hopes to benefit from battery fee funds
Graphic: Lead levels exceed new standard
Link: TCEQ documents on lead standards, Frisco's status

Frisco hopes to benefit from battery fee funds set aside for recycling activities
City of Frisco officials have little say in the commercial operations at the state's only battery recycling plant. But that hasn't stopped them from trying to lessen pollution coming from the plant operated by Exide Technologies Inc.

10/16/2009

Frisco home sales
Home sales recorded Aug. 14 to Sept. 24.

10/13/2009

Texas schools saying auf Wiedersehen to German programs

JIM MAHONEY/DMN

Across the country, German is sputtering next to its Spanish rival.
More education news
Link: American Association of Teachers of German
Link: German classes for adults

10/12/2009

Frisco police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Sept. 29-30.

10/11/2009

East reporters' notebook
ACLU flags Bible handouts at schools

Community calendar: East, north
The Pumpkin Patch , benefiting Friends of the Rockwall County Library and the Council of Catholic Women of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Pick a pumpkin and discover pickles, peppers and yard art at the Patch, located in the Ridge Road Shopping Center in front of Brookshire's, 1201 Ridge Road. Allen