Plano’s VA clinic is now officially the U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic.
A variety of news headlines affected Collin County residents during 2025, starting on January with a major measles outbreak that began in far West Texas. By the time the Texas Department of State Health Services declared the outbreak over in mid-August, there had been 762 confirmed cases and two deaths. Four cases were reported in Collin County, but only one case was linked to the outbreak that began in Grimes County.
As the Texas Legislature convened in January, a bill passed two years earlier took effect -– ending the annual inspection required for Texas vehicles except for emissions inspections in 17 counties surrounding large metropolitan areas like Dallas-Fort Worth…