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Small or clear bags only, guests under 14 need an adult, and wristband re-entry ends after the Swiss Stage. The rules apply when League of Legends Worlds play begins in Allen on Friday, Oct. 23.
The draft seeks flexibility over staffing, school calendars and administrative timelines; its proposed term would run through November 2031.
Insurers reported 4,260 auto cancellations, 181 nonrenewals and 2,003 turned-down applications in 75002 and 75013 from April through June. Vehicle make and model was the top reason for refusals.
Council approved about $2.6 million in furniture, network gear and gym equipment for the Century Parkway building on Oct. 13. An artist selection panel looks at submissions for public art there Oct. 21.
Collin County commissioners take up a $346,757 increase to the road's inspection contract Monday and a $202,368 construction change order Oct. 26, both paid from the 2023 road bond.
Allen (6-0, 3-0) plays Prosper Rock Hill at 7 p.m. Thursday at Children's Health Stadium at PISD in Prosper in a District 6-6A football game.
The district expected to spend $400,000 to $500,000 on fuel. Rising bulk prices pushed that to $650,000 by February, and an administrator says $1 million is now possible. Dallas-area diesel averaged $5.81 a gallon Thursday.
The $600 million Proposition A lists a workforce and academic building at the Allen campus, where enrollment is up more than 56% in five years. Early voting starts Monday.
Stadium People, the arena's current contractor and the only bidder, would keep converting the Credit Union of Texas Event Center between events under a consent item on Tuesday night's council agenda.
The Texas Workforce Commission award is meant to train 120 welders. Blue Ridge ISD won a nearly identical grant for a welding program run with Collin College, part of more than $20 million in state awards announced Monday.
The League of Legends publisher committed $500,000 to DonorsChoose classroom projects in the three states hosting its world championship. Texas day is Oct. 19, days before matches start at the Allen event center.
A state filing by the City of Allen lists about 27,000 square feet of new buildings and a stage structure at 105 S. Anna Drive, with work set for January 2027 through April 2028.
The Exchange Parkway burger restaurant already sells beer and wine. A variance on Tuesday's consent agenda would let it seek a mixed-drink permit despite the property line sitting within 300 feet of Allen ISD's stadium parcel.
Betty Matthews leads a free history-of-quilting talk at Allen Public Library at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15, a day after the Wild Things Zoofari brings animals to the Civic Auditorium for up to 275 children.
Allen rallied twice to within a goal before an empty-netter sealed the Oilers' win Saturday night. The Americans open the ECHL season Oct. 17 in Tulsa and play their first home games Oct. 29 and 30 in Frisco.
Regular unleaded averages $3.7825 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
TxDOT inspectors flagged the bridge, and an engineer found the ground under its west approach slab has given way. Council votes Tuesday on a contractor that bid 36 days for the job.
A $193,639 annual plan would keep the current litter contractor and add four others. Council members will consider it Oct. 13.
Facility visits introduced students to engineering, robotics, production and maintenance work, according to the district’s Oct. 9 report.
Collin County's parks advisory board backed Allen's full request to cover half the $460,000 cost of designing the next piece of Molsen Farm, one of eight park projects up for $4.36 million in county bond money.
A $326,000 contract with LJA Engineering would start survey and concept design for wider sidewalks, narrower lanes and new landscaping on two downtown Allen streets.
