Homestead exemption for 65-plus homeowners to remain at $90K
Chief Financial Officer Mark Holloway speaks to McKinney City Council during a meeting held June 17 at McKinney City Hall. (Colby Farr/Community Impact) McKinney’s homestead exemption for homeowners who are 65 years and older or disabled will remain at $90,000 in 2025. No motion was made to increase the...
Plano’s Taste of Peru: Lima Taverna Is A Hidden Gem
L ima Taverna sits, clandestine, in an East Plano strip mall located near the soon-to-be-revitalized Collin Creek Mall. Eight years ago, Eliseo Figueroa was looking for a spot for what would become Lima Taverna. He was shopping at Macy’s in the old mall when he happened to cross paths with the landlord. Was it fate?...
‘It’s not a pretty picture’: Denton will need to cut next year’s budget by...
Denton City officials laid out at a city council work session Tuesday their plan for cutting over $7 million in city spending, which is around half of the $14.5 million they’ll need to cut to balance the city’s 2026 general fund budget. The $14.5 million shortfall, which is...
Plano police searching for critically missing person
Jasmine Tinoco, a 34-year-old Plano resident, was reported missing by her family and was last seen on June 18 at approximately 5 p.m. in south Dallas. Tinoco is described as being 5 feet and 4 inches tall, 165 pounds and has red hair. She has a flower tattoo on her right hand, a tattoo of butterflies on her right...
Body of missing boater found, search continues for woman on Lewisville Lake
The body of one of two missing boaters last seen on Lewisville Lake on Tuesday was recovered Thursday morning, the Texas Game Wardens say. Game wardens said they were called out to the lake on Tuesday evening to help search for a man and a woman whose boat had been found beached.
Dallas Man Arrested in Hopkins County After Road Rage Incident Involving Firearm
The post Dallas Man Arrested in Hopkins County After Road Rage Incident Involving Firearm appeared first on Hunt County Theft Reports . Dallas Man Arrested in Hopkins County After Road Rage Incident Involving Firearm HOPKINS COUNTY, TX — A Dallas man was arrested over the weekend after [...] The post Dallas Man...
North Texas fire department faces shortage, adopts smart tech
Firefighters are often seen as the ones who come to the rescue, battling blazes. But many don’t realize they face their own challenges back at the station. “We've had vacancies for the last couple of years,” Rendon Fire Department firefighter and paramedic Brian Meroney said. “We're constantly trying to hire.”
Fatal crash claims the life of Texas woman in Bienville Parish
Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 near Louisiana Highway 154 on June 15 at approximately 5pm. The crash claimed the life of 32-year-old Lauren Carkeet of Lewisville, TX. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2010 GMC Acadia, driven by 29-year-old...
Grand Jury Indicts Texas Man in Connection to Death of Woman Found Along I-40...
Roane County, TN (WOKI) The man charged in connection with the death of a woman who was found along I-40 in Roane County last year is indicted Tuesday by a Roane County Grand Jury. Stevie Bernard Williams of Rockwall, Texas was indicted on a single charge of leaving the scene...
Multiple Defendants sentenced in Texas for intricate fraud scheme
Several people have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a complicated fraud operation in the Eastern District of Texas, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. The defendants, who targeted the elderly and defenseless, were all sentenced to over 160 years in prison. Damilola Kumapayi, 39,...