Plano Wins State Dominates PNG For AAAA Championship
Plano defeats Port Neches Groves 13 to 10 at Texas Stadium to capture the Class AAAA State Football title. The win sets an all time high school attendance record of 49,953 and makes Plano the first program to win state titles in Class AA AAA and AAAA. Coach Tommy Kimbrough credits players, coaches, Plano supporters, and faith for the achievement. Plano led 10-0 after a field goal and Turner’s 11 yard TD run, PNG rallied to 13-10 by halftime then stayed within one score in the second half.
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Plano
Port Neches-Groves
Texas Stadium
Texas
Highland Park
Waco
Tommy Kimbrough
Norris Smith
Haynes
Marty Melson
John Gaddis
Jeff Turner
Gaddis
Turner
Steve Ulmer
Indians
PNG
Marlon Coplin
Ethridge
Justin Eicher
Coplin
PNG Indians
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Port Neches Groves
David Fry
DA Sues Collin County over Private Practice Rule
District Attorney Tom OConnell's civil suit against the Collin County Commissioners Court and auditor advances in Dallas after Christmas. He argues a state law forcing him to give up his private civil practice is biased against Collin County and seeks a declaratory judgment. Judge Dee Brown Walker will decide by year end, with no trial needed as a facts statement is filed.
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Collin County Commissioners Court
Tom O’Connell
Dee Brown Walker
162nd District Court
Dallas
O’Connell
Bob Hendricks
Collin County
Walker
Collin County DA
commissioners court
Plano
Rep
Hendricks
County Views Change Order On Complex
Collin County Commissioners will review a sixteenth change order for the new 7.5 million courthouse jail complex in McKinney. Rich Morgan of Jarvis Putty Jarvis Architects to present. Also on the agenda an amendment to the Soil and Water Conservation Service agreement and utility pole relocation with Texas Power and Light along FM 3364. Eleven people were injured in a McKinney area crash near W 15th and Mill Valley after a 1977 Buick collided with a 1966 Ford.
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Collin County
McKinney
Rich Morgan
Jarvis Putty Jarvis
Soil and Water Conservation Service
Robert Powers
Texas Power & Light Co
Horseshoe Bend
Highway 720
Thomas Earl Tompkins
Greywood
Nancy Walentiny
Pinehurst
W. 15th
Mill Valley
Dee Valentiny
Plano General Hospital
Walenting
Shery
City Crime Stable in November with 192 Offenses Reported
A Plano FBI monthly report shows 192 major offenses in November, up from 180 in October. Violent deaths include a manslaughter in November and an October homicide case cleared by death by own action. Offenses span robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, and auto thefts with a 27 percent clearance rate.
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Plano
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hugh Dwight Houghton
Mercedes Pt
Public Hearings Set on Annexation and Zoning Plans
The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold three hearings Monday at 7:30 p.m. on annexation and zoning for parcels at Parker Coit roads, White Rock Road near Coit Road, and Thunderbird Lane Cross Bend Road. The actions cover 88.8 acres for mixed uses, 73 acres SF-3 and retail, and 26.5 acres with MF-2 PD SF-4 and light commercial. A fourth item reviews a 3.7 acre final plat at US 75 Parker Road near Target with a 65-foot street surrounding the site.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Parker- Coit roads
W.D. Wells
First National Bank of Dallas
White Rock Road
Coit Road
Pinkus-McCord
Thunderbird Lane
Cross Bend Road
Parker Road
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ED VOSS
Mike Barnett
Stevie Haynes
Smith
Daily Star-Courier
Mike Newman
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