The Princeton Herald

12/31/2024

12/30/2024

The Princeton High School Class of 2024 celebrated their graduation. File Art Princeton ISD board members wrestled with the same growth problems facing the city as a whole as the district opened two new elementary schools, struggled to find enough teachers and adopted a 2024-2025 school year budget....

12/28/2024

Singer-songwriter Aaron Watson headlined performances at the June 29 Freedom & Fireworks event. File Art A cloudy day turned black as night as Princeton residents witnessed the area’s first total solar eclipse since 1878.  April 8, 2024, will remain in the memory of watchers, young and old. The n...

12/27/2024

A field of campaign signs welcomed voters to the Community Center for the primary elections. File Art Unhappy Princeton voters unseated the mayor and two city councilmembers in 2024, and a new member joined two Princeton ISD trustees who were re-elected.  Four candidates had filed to oppose Mayor B...

12/26/2024

Rampant growth continued to batter Princeton’s infrastructure during 2024 as city leaders attempted to curb and refine development. By the time the U.S. Census Bureau reported in May that Princeton was the third-fastest-growing city by percentage, a new administrative team in the Municipal Center ...

12/24/2024

City Secretary Amber Anderson swore in Eugene Escobar Jr. as mayor of Princeton, effective Monday, Dec. 23.Escobar won 55% of the vote in a runoff election on Saturday, Dec. 14. He is to preside over the first Princeton City Council meeting on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. To read the full story and suppor...

12/23/2024

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12/23/2024

McKinney Air Center at McKinney National Airport is among top ranked fixed-based operators serving general aviation. Courtesy Photo McKinney voters have twice rejected airport expansion plans, but Mayor George Fuller has continued to champion the cause. After nobody came forward to speak at a public...

12/21/2024

The Angel Tree program, developed to assist less fortunate Princeton ISD students during Christmas, served at least 304 families and 854 children this year, Lions Club President Casey Gunnels reported to the Monday, Dec. 16, meeting of the Princeton ISD Board of Trustees.  The district supports the...

12/20/2024

Rich Rykens honors William Rutledge, who died in 1910 at about 27 years of age, at the Wreaths Across America ceremony at Wilson Chapel Cemetery in Lowry Crossing Saturday, Dec. 14. John Kanelis/The Princeton Herald Linda Dillard never knew her uncle, who died in battle during the Korean War. Yet, e...

12/20/2024

Newly elected Princeton Councilmembers Terrance Johnson and Cristina Todd greet Eugene Escobar Jr., right, who is expected to be named mayor once unofficial election returns are canvassed by council. Photo Courtesy Elamurugu Vaiyapuri The Princeton City Council meets Monday, Dec. 23, to canvass vote...

12/20/2024

A former worker at the Princeton ISD Panther Cub Daycare, 501 5th Street, has been charged with injury to a child, according to a release posted by the PISD and the Princeton Police Department.Collin County Detention Center booking records show Savanna Marie Chron, 25, was named in three warrants is...

12/19/2024

One tradition Sonia Duggan kept is gifting a unique ornament to my children the night we decorate the tree. Her childhood ornaments—each a small, tangible reminder of her parents’ love—now hang alongside the ornaments her sons have received since they were born. Courtesy Sonia Duggan As a nati...

12/19/2024

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12/18/2024

The city of Princeton has hired Jim Wehmeier as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Princeton Economic Development Corporation (PEDC) and the Princeton Community Development Corporation (PCDC). Wehmeier has been director of economic development for the city of Ennis since October 2020. Located sout...

12/17/2024

Texas school districts may now choose reading and English language lessons linked to the Bible. By an 8-7 vote Friday, Nov. 22, the State Board of Education (SBOE) approved the optional Bluebonnet Learning curriculum drafted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for kindergarten through fifth grade. F...