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McKinney's draft Safe Streets plan, up for council discussion Tuesday, counts 35 fatal and 180 serious-injury crashes from 2020 to 2024 and sets a goal of halving them by 2035.
The board of McKinney's downtown tax increment zone weighs four requests Oct. 20. Staff recommends about $225,000 in all, trimming two of them, out of $400,000 set aside this year for such projects.
Council takes up McKinney's state legislative priorities Tuesday, Oct. 20, including a lower residential speed limit, $5 million for Taxiway A and roadway impact fees outside city limits.
McKinney’s Oct. 20 hearing concerns a 0.11-acre corner at Coleman Street. Staff support townhome zoning; the planning commission recommended denial 4–3.
Council votes Oct. 20 on an agreement with HD Sports & Hospitality and Parkhill to plan Project Kepler near Bloomdale Road and Taylor Burk Drive, splitting a $1 million master-planning bill with the developer.
A state filing lists $140,800 in interior work at 215 Coit Road, with construction scheduled from November 16 to January 4.
Crossland Construction's price for site work and drilled piers at the Russell A. Steindam Courts Building on Bloomdale Road would start the job Nov. 5, with completion set for January 2029.
A state filing describes a 25,000-square-foot addition of religious classrooms at the church near the Collin County Courthouse, scheduled from October 2026 to September 2027.
The Project Outreach program supports single arts projects and requires matching funding. First-time applicants have a lower award cap.
Council awarded the construction contract Oct. 5, and the city says the job will take more than two years. Residents can hear the timeline and question the contractor Monday, Oct. 19, at City Hall.
The McKinney Armed Services Memorial Board meets Wednesday at City Hall to work through the ceremony at Corporal RD Foster Veterans Memorial Park and hear a Rotary plan to line the park with flags.
A permit request for three fast-food drive-throughs west of Aviation Way is on Tuesday's planning agenda, but staff want it tabled to Oct. 27 because required notice signs were not posted in time.
Regular unleaded averages $3.7825 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
Fright at the Museum, for ages 21 and up, is Oct. 16 and Halloween at the Heard is Oct. 17, both 6 to 10 p.m.; the McKinney museum closes at 3 p.m. both days, and tickets will not be sold at the door once gone.
The free city activity runs through Oct. 31, with app check-ins at 20 destinations and prize drawings for eligible adults.
Texas Youth Ballet holds a masked fundraiser at Church Street Auditorium Sunday night as Tupps shows a free movie on its lawn, and the free Rooted & Revealed exhibit at The Cove wraps up that afternoon.
Local artisans set up inside the historic McKinney Cotton Mill from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, while Landon Winery leads a ticketed art and wine walk around downtown that benefits MillHouse McKinney.
Regular unleaded averages $3.7995 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
Regular unleaded averages $3.8202 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
The district's total rate is $1.0664 per $100 of taxable value for 2026-27, down from $1.4747 in 2021-22, after five straight years of cuts.
Rat rods, hot rods, classics and motorcycles fill the downtown brewery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 10, with day-of vehicle registration and a raffle for a veterans' nonprofit.
