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After five years at Dr. Glenn Mitchell Memorial Park, McKinney's Día de los Muertos Festival moves to the brewery's East Louisiana Street site for a noon-to-9 p.m. celebration on Saturday, Oct. 17.
The Heritage Guild of Collin County registered a 395-square-foot restroom project at Chestnut Square with the state, with construction scheduled from Nov. 2 to Feb. 19.
The City of McKinney has released its planning passport for the period spanning October 8 through October 31.
McKinney's council and its two development corporations on Monday let VENU sell the Sunset Amphitheater land to STORE Capital and lease it back; the city says no new public money is involved.
The City of McKinney announced a drug take-back event scheduled for October 24, 2026.
Davis Rowlett Station, a 368-unit first phase of a planned mixed-use redevelopment of the Globe Life campus, asks McKinney planners on Oct. 13 to allow a metal fence and shrubs instead of a required masonry wall.
McKinney's planning commission on Oct. 13 will hold hearings on zoning three tracts totaling about 724 acres as light industrial, land the city can now annex under 2016 pre-annexation agreements.
Council on Monday approved a stopgap deal with Collin County Emergency Services District No. 1, which voters created last year and which now pays for McKinney firefighters to answer calls in unincorporated land around the city.
McKinney planners will consider a proposed minor vehicle repair use at Independence and Virginia parkways. The commission makes a recommendation before City Council takes final action.
McKinney planners are being asked to move consideration of Burger King, Popeyes and Taco Bueno proposals to Oct. 27 after a public-notice issue.
Hundreds of Israeli flags placed outside a McKinney church were pulled up and damaged, prompting a police report and community efforts to restore the display.
Voters will see five McKinney ISD propositions Nov. 3: a tax-rate ratification for teacher pay and four bonds led by a $430.95 million package for two elementary schools, renovations and a shared career center.
The sheriff's office says it is no longer coordinating or joining National Night Out events after commissioners voted 5-0 in August to eliminate its public information sergeant.
Fill used to raise the field at 402 E. Louisiana St. left part of the brewery's 6-foot screening wall too short, and staff says shrubs are not an adequate substitute; the planning commission takes it up Oct. 13.
The John and Judy Gay Library will host an adult True Crime Book Club meeting on November 11, 2026, to discuss the book 'Yellow Bird.'
The district, its school board and several educators have received nominations. Applications for H-E-B’s 2027 awards close Nov. 1.
McKinney posted its seasonal events and school-break camps, from a free sensory-friendly Halloween night Oct. 30 to Breakfast with Santa Dec. 5 and winter break camps at the Apex Centre.
Residents can meet officers and share neighborhood concerns from 9 to 11 a.m. Oct. 8 at Bad Ass Coffee on South Central Expressway.
The McKinney Housing Finance Corporation meets Friday on applications tied to the Torrington Terry Apartments and Forest View Senior Living, plus a tougher scorecard for tax-exempt rental deals.
McKinney parks staff want to replace separate memberships at Towne Lake, Old Settler's and the Senior Recreation Center with a single all-access pass; the advisory board takes up the change Oct. 8.
Both ordinances, adopted last October on split votes, expire Oct. 21 unless renewed; the extensions on Monday's consent agenda would keep them in force through Oct. 5, 2027.
