Caroline Love

1 month ago | keranews.org | Caroline Love

Plano city council member Shelby Williams may be resigning. The city council has a special called meeting scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m. The meeting agenda includes accepting a council member's resignation and calling a special election to fill a vacancy for the city council Place 5 seat on May 3. Williams currently holds the seat. Williams announced that he was considering a run for the Collin County commissioner Precinct 4 seat on his website last month.

1 month ago | keranews.org | Caroline Love

When a mobile home near Jo Ann Graham’s home caught on fire, she says it took 43 minutes before firefighters tried to put it out. Firefighters from a nearby town arrived first — but their department apparently was not responsible for providing emergency services to that location. Graham said those firefighters stood back, “and waited 43 minutes until the Weston Fire Department was able to come.”She said Weston is at least a 35-minute drive from where the mobile home caught on fire.

2 months ago | keranews.org | Caroline Love

The city of Plano is hiring people to check water meters manually after a problem with its electronic readers. The city council recently approved $765,000 to hire about 20 more field technicians to monitor water meters and help calculate residents bills for the next two years. The city purchased 87,000 automatic meters in 2019 that used to communicate water usage electronically, reducing the number of field technicians that were needed.

2 months ago | keranews.org | Caroline Love

Frisco voters have two city council seats, a $160 million bond election for a performing arts center and several city charter amendments on their ballots in May. Three Frisco ISD school board seats also are on the ballot. Here’s who’s running to represent the city of Frisco and Frisco ISD. Early voting is scheduled for April 22 through April 29. Election day is May 3. City of FriscoThe incumbent, Tammy Meinershagen, will face Burt Thakur and Sai Krishnarajanagar in her reelection bid.

2 months ago | keranews.org | Caroline Love

McKinney voters have three city council seats and a mayoral race on their ballots in May. Four McKinney ISD school board seats also are on the ballot. Here’s who’s running to represent the city of McKinney and McKinney ISD. Early voting is scheduled for April 22 through April 29. Election day is May 3. City of McKinneyGeorge Fuller, the incumbent, is term limited and ineligible to run after a proposed charter amendment to extend term limits failed to pass in November.