Frisco BubbleLife News

DATA: Denton and Collin counties see rises in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks

Community Impact 10/30 9:51A

Collin and Denton counties have seen an increase in new cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks. Oct. 29 marked a new high in the recent surge with 1,124 active cases—the most since the height of the pandemic’s wave in the county in August, when there...

Apartment developer JPI to build 424-unit apartments in Frisco

Dallas Business Journal 10/30 2:00A Bill Hethcock

Apartment developer JPI has closed on construction financing for Jefferson at The Grove in Frisco, and has other projects on the drawing board as well.

Oct. 30 is last day for Frisco voters to cast early ballots

Community Impact 10/29 11:25A

Oct. 30 is the last day for Frisco voters to join the nearly 77,000 people who have voted in person at city polling locations since the beginning of early voting.

North Texas Child Predator Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison Without Parole

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth Collin County 10/29 11:14A Collin County – CBS Dallas / For

McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) A Collin County jury sentenced man from The Colony to 60 years in prison without the possibility of parole for continuous sexual abuse of a child. Joel Thomas Dies, 36,...

North Texas Municipal Water District member cities agree to new rate structure

Community Impact 10/29 6:51A

A new agreement on the North Texas Municipal Water District’s rate structure will allow cost sharing to be phased in for Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Richardson and its other member cities over the next 13 years.

Q&A: Sam Houston State University cyber forensics intelligence expert talks foreign election hacking...

Community Impact 10/29 3:57A hzedaker@communityimpact.com (Ha

"There is a very slim chance that the hackers can change vote count, but they can definitely influence people to believe that they did manipulate it," Cihan Varol said. "If election fraud is going to happen, it'll be because of disinformation."

Preston Estates is this month's featured neighborhood in Frisco

Community Impact 10/29 12:00A

Preston Estates is an established neighborhood located west of Preston Road on both sides of Meadow Hill Drive.

Citing racial discrimination, district court judge voids exemption to face covering order for...

Community Impact 10/28 9:05A bthompson@communityimpact.com (B

A district judge's decision sided with arguments that an exemption to the statewide face covering order violated the Voting Rights Act due to disproportionate effects of COVID-19 for Black and Latino Americans.

UPDATED: U.S. appeals court pauses decision voiding face covering exemption at polling places

Community Impact 10/28 9:05A bthompson@communityimpact.com (B

The court temporarily stayed a district judge's decision to void an exemption to Gov. Greg Abbott's statewide face covering order concerning polling places.

Collin College names new provost for Frisco campus

Community Impact 10/28 6:22A

Collin College recently appointed Craig Leverette to serve as the new campus provost of the school's Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco.

Frisco takes ownership of former Exide site, plans to resume cleanup

Community Impact 10/27 2:46P

Frisco and its Community Development Corp. announced Oct. 27 that they had taken ownership of 102 acres where the former Exide Technologies battery recycling plant operated for decades.

Bar, winery owners in Tarrant County adapt to changing COVID-19 restrictions and more DFW-area news

Community Impact 10/27 2:00P

Read the latest business and community news from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Frisco Planning & Zoning Commission approves site plan for city park, public trail

Community Impact 10/27 8:56A

A city park and public trail on the west end of Frisco got their first approval from the Frisco Planning & Zoning Commission Oct. 27.

DATA: More than 66,000 people turn out to vote early in Frisco during first 2 weeks

Community Impact 10/26 12:08P mjaimes@communityimpact.com (Mir

The Collin College Frisco campus has been the most popular Frisco polling location with about 1,168 voters showing up each day on average.

Collin County reverses decision, will keep COVID-19 dashboard active for now

Community Impact 10/26 11:02A

Collin County’s COVID-19 dashboard will remain on the county website until commissioners discuss it further at their Nov. 2 meeting.

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