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Zane Williams. Ray Wylie Hubbard. Jason Boland. Junior Brown. Aubrey Lynn England and Yellow Rose. The O's. At first glance, this may sound like an excerpt from a lineup for a three-day country music fest, but these were only a few of the acts that graced the Courtyard Theatre in Plano last year.

Construction has begun and State Highway 5 between McKinney and Fairview was closed Tuesday for six months to re-align the highway and remove the railroad overpass.

As North Texas sees its first round of severe weather this year, McKinney city officials are ensuring residents know how to stay safe.

Paul Alexander Tanner Sr., the 82-year-old man charged with the murder of his son and grandson in Fairview, is under armed guard at a local hospital.

Heather Callender's days used to start at 4 a.m. with a four-mile walk to work. What followed were treks around McKinney to pick up her six children, crowded walks home and one-mile grocery store visits.

End-of-year tests and essays? How about a hot-air balloon launch instead.

Police say a woman died this week from a drug overdose in McKinney.

"Happy Hump Day!"

A man who's spent his life teaching others to build homes will soon leave a place he's called home for 39 years.

Two Fairview men were found shot to death in their home Friday, Fairview Police Chief Granver Tolliver told the Dallas Morning News.

Volunteer McKinney on Tuesday treated volunteer managers from nearly two dozen local agencies to lunch as thanks for keeping the workforce behind Collin County nonprofits running.

For the sixth year in a row, Smiles Charity has planned its free annual concert around Memorial Day weekend, a fitting date considering its musical event is the fundraising vehicle for building new homes for military veterans.

Ten McKinney ISD high school seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). One of them has earned a National Merit $2,500 Scholarship.

Peter Anthony Traylor, 25, of Arlington, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for invading the home of his McKinney mother-in-law and assaulting her with a hatchet, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis.

McKinney's sense of community is growing stronger thanks to small, shared gardens popping up on both sides of the city.

Wondering what's going on with that new park near the intersection of Hardin Boulevard and Virginia Parkway? It's Bonnie Wenk Park, and Phase I of the project is nearly complete. Its first attraction, the dog park, opened late last month.

Step into the McKinney Senior Center pool on a given Tuesday afternoon, and you'll hear splashes, strokes and songs reminiscent of a movie score on water.

Randall (Randy) Pogue will become the newest McKinney City Council member Monday after being elected May 11 to one of two at-large seats.

A man died after being thrown from his motorcycle Saturday afternoon in McKinney.

Area residents helped fund cancer research April 26 at the 12th annual Relay For Life of McKinney event, which netted more than $410,000 for the American Cancer Society, according to a release.

McKinney and rural Collin County will soon have a new public transportation provider.

Randall P. Pogue will be the newest McKinney City Council member after receiving nearly 64 percent of the vote in the May 11 election.

Nestled into one of the McKinney square's coffee shops is a new business that's turning heads - and taste buds.

Election Day is Saturday for McKinney voters, who will choose City Council representatives for the mayoral, District 1, District 3 and one of two at-large positions to hold office for four years.

Bike the Bricks will take over the McKinney square May 24 for the fourth time, and as cyclists and fans have come to expect, the event will bring in about 500 cyclists from around the Metroplex.

Just three weeks after the opening of McKinney's highly anticipated skate park, vandals have made their mark and caused the city to shut down the park for two days.

It's not every day the mayor receives a request to Skype one of McKinney's up-and-coming city planners, especially when that planner is a fifth-grade student at McGowen Elementary.

Cindy Johnson, executive director of Chestnut Square Historic Village in McKinney, was removed from administrative leave Wednesday night and has resumed duties, according to a Heritage Guild of Collin County release.

Mental toughness, ambition, teamwork - they separate great football players from the rest. And not just between the white lines.

A young lady showed off her artistic side in a recent contest.

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