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New initiative aims to help Lewisville ISD classrooms by covering teacher certification costs
Many educators in Lewisville ISD could get their teacher certification costs covered. Lewisville Education Foundation’s new Teacher Certification Reimbursement Fund, announced Thursday, is designed to ease the financial burden on LISD educators looking to get certified or expand their current certifications. “Home to nearly 4,000 credentialed educators, Lewisville ISD...
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6A Football Roundup: McKinney, Plano shake up playoff races with upset wins
The McKinney football team may be outside the postseason picture in District 6-6A, but that didn’t stop the Lions from authoring one of the better wins of their 2026 campaign on Friday. McKinney denied a two-point conversion with 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter and hung on for a 35-34 road win over playoff hopeful Jesuit. The Lions trailed just 14-7 at halftime before making their move with back-to-back touchdown drives in the third quarter – both of which ended on runs of 20 and 22 yards by junior TJ Corbett for the team’s first lead of the night, 21-14. McKinney caught fire, scoring touchdowns on each of its four second-half drives to force the Rangers into playing catch-up. Corbett found the end zone on each series as part of a mammoth 30-carry, 229-yard, five-touchdown performance by the running back. The Lions improved to 3-6 overall and 2-4 in district play while dropping Jesuit to 3-3. The Rangers are tied for fourth place with Prosper Rock Hill, and those two will fittingly square off at 7 p.m. Thursday at Children’s Health Stadium with the winner securing the final playoff spot in 6-6A. Plano 22, Richardson Berkner 20 The Wildcats
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Plano East rallies past JJ Pearce, clinches playoff berth
Plano East senior quarterback Josh Gordon throws a pass over the hands of JJ Pearce senior defensive lineman Kaleb Stuckey on Friday at Tom Kimbrough Stadium. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media. Plano East punched its ticket to the postseason Friday night, overcoming a pair of double-digit deficits to...
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These Are the A-Rated Schools in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD for 2026
Eight campuses in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD earned an A in the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) 2026 accountability ratings. The agency evaluates student achievement, academic progress and how well schools close achievement gaps among student groups. An A is the highest rating, representing a score of 90–100. While the district received an overall B with a score of 81, the elementary and high schools below earned top marks. Find each campus’s score, enrollment, grades served and student-teacher ratio. All ratings and statistics are from school profiles on txschools.gov.
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Austin Keeps Crown as Top College Town While Plano Cracks Texas Top 3
Austin has once again been crowned the best college town in America, topping WalletHub's 2027 rankings for a fifth consecutive year, while Plano quietly carved out a spot among Texas's notable college towns at No. 54 overall. The personal finance site evaluated 415 cities nationwide, weighing everything from tuition costs to job prospects for graduates, and Texas cities populated much of the list from top to bottom.
The Cross Timbers Gazette
Concerns reload after another bullet was found at Northlake middle school
A Northlake middle school can’t seem to shake its bullet problem as more discharged ammunition was found on the campus. Toward the end of the school day Wednesday, a coach at Barksdale Middle School found a stray bullet on the tennis courts. Northwest ISD Superintendent Mark Foust notified families...
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5A Football Roundup: North Mesquite, Creekview earn rivalry wins
District titles and playoff berths are at stake all throughout the area at this time of the high school football regular season, but Friday’s action also gave way to some old-fashioned city rivalry bragging rights. Creekview kept its postseason hopes alive for the final week of the season and retained its spot as the top team in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD after defeating Newman Smith on Friday, 10-8. All 18 points between the Mustangs and Trojans came in the first half, trading the lead twice over that span as Creekview senior Gavin Palacio found the end zone on the ground before Smith answered with a touchdown and a two-point conversion for an 8-7 edge. The Mustangs tacked on a field goal before halftime and kept Smith off the scoreboard over the final two quarters. The win improved Creekview to 2-3 in 6-5A Division I, good for fifth place and trailing Naaman Forest (3-2) and Birdville (3-3) heading into its regular-season finale on Friday against Naaman. North Mesquite 36, Mesquite 21 Last season saw North Mesquite capture its first playoff berth in 10 years. This year, the Stallions clinched back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time since 2002 – securing a return