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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.

A man died this weekend after police say he was hit by a car trying to cross Eldorado Parkway in McKinney.

Twenty world language students from Evans Middle School recently were nationally recognized for superior performance on the 2013 National Spanish Examinations, said Evans teacher Kimberly Church.

When Nadiya Boldware of Fairview gave birth to her son on March 4, she and virtually the entire staff at the Medical Center of McKinney were fighting for her life.

Rain and cold couldn't prevent bowed heads and closed eyes in McKinney.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who robbed a bank Thursday afternoon in McKinney.

Raytheon Corp. is moving another business unit to McKinney.

"Lend Me a Tenor," a comedic play about mistaken identities with plenty of plot twists, is being presented by McKinney Repertory Theatre May 3-4 and May 10-12 at the McKinney Performing Arts Center, as part of its 2012-13 season.

A man who evaded Texas Department of Public Safety authorities and McKinney police late Friday night has still not been found.

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