Plano TX

Prosper Police Chief Doug Kowalski joined the Prosper Police Department in 2014 as interim police chief and was later appointed to the permanent role. (Courtesy town of Prosper) Prosper Police Chief Doug Kowalski will retire in February after more than a decade with the town, according to a Jan. 20...

GARLAND, Texas — A North Texas couple has pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle and sell unregistered pesticides and misbranded veterinary drugs, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. Thao Duong and Lam Mai, of Garland, operated a website selling those drugs and pesticides, which had...

Dallas neighbor Plano has worked its way into 7th place in WalletHub's new study ranking the best places to find a job in 2026. The just-released "Best Cities for Jobs (2026)" report compared 182 U.S. cities based on 31 relevant metrics "that shape the strength of local job markets" across two main categories: a...

Kroger announced it is closing a store in midtown McKinney, but expects to open a new store in the area soon after. The store, at Lake Forest Drive and Eldorado Parkway, is expected to shut down in March. Another store shut down a year ago in East McKinney. Community Impact...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas – A sharp Arctic blast is set to arrive by late Friday, raising the risk for dangerous cold, icy roads, and potential power and pipe issues across North and Central Texas heading...

The fatal shooting happened outside Pink House, a Dallas strip club, in the early hours of New Year's Day.

A huge surge of Arctic weather is headed for Texas this week, renewing concerns of another Texas pool freeze as an extended stretch of unusually cold temperatures settles in toward the weekend. While the cold will be felt statewide, forecasts now indicate that Houston and San Antonio are likely to...

Dallas County’s Commissioners Court is expected to adopt a resolution formally recognizing that a 19-year-old man executed in 1956 was wrongfully convicted, marking an official acknowledgment of a historical miscarriage of justice.

After more than half a century of uncertainty, the oldest missing persons case in Texas has been solved. A decades-old disappearance in Dallas was recently closed when a single photograph linked a missing teenager to an unidentified hit-and-run victim found hundreds of miles away. The discovery brought long-awaited...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Dallas–Fort Worth, TX – Rain chances are returning to North and East Texas late tonight and are expected to linger through Wednesday, bringing scattered light showers but limited rainfall totals for most...