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Planners hold a hearing Thursday on rewriting the zoning for BizPark Melissa. The owner's draft lists dozens of industrial uses, 75-foot equipment and chain-link screening.
The city's winter quarter averaging period starts in two weeks. Leaks, running toilets or fall irrigation during those three months can raise the usage-based part of sewer bills for a full billing cycle.
The North Zone general white-tailed deer season runs Nov. 7 through Jan. 3, and Collin County hunters may use only archery equipment and crossbows, with a four-deer limit and 24-hour harvest reporting.
Melissa High's girls placed third at the UIL 5A regional meet to qualify as a full team. They run at the state championships Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8:15 a.m. in Round Rock.
City Hall, the Public Safety Building and Melissa United Methodist Church are on the county's Election Day list. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 3, and early voting at City Hall ends tonight.
The Nov. 3 session, posted Wednesday evening, also brings a roadway assessment discussion, a presentation from Community Commerce Melissa and closed-door talks on the city manager and two development deals.
The biggest swing among 16 Texas suburban counties came in Collin, the Tribune found. Republicans say newcomers want Texas to stay as it is; a former GOP director says Trump has lost upwardly mobile suburbanites.
The Texas Dance Educators Association's North Texas contest on Nov. 2 rates teams from Class 4A to 6A and adds a new 5A finals round. The Ruby Belles take the field at 11:40 a.m.; tickets are $10.
Trustees vote Friday on hiring R & B Vocational Training to supply instructors, trucks and testing for the college's CDL program through October 2031. The college has spent $1.55 million under its current deal.
Collin County's certified roll for Melissa lists $6.1 billion in market value and a $22.85 million levy. A required budget notice shows the median homestead's taxable value dropping to $432,453.
The city's winter quarter averaging window opens Nov. 15 and runs through Feb. 15. The average water use recorded in those months sets the usage-based part of each home's sewer charge for the next billing cycle.
The 6-foot-7 senior was carted off in the first quarter of Saturday's win over Ole Miss. ESPN projects him as a top tackle prospect for the 2027 NFL draft.
Only the top four bands at Saturday's UIL Area B 5A contest advanced to San Antonio. Melissa moved up from sixth a year ago; Argyle, Lone Star, Lebanon Trail and Reedy are going to state.
An amended work session agenda adds the speed study and an East Takepoint facility update. Planners on Nov. 5 take up a downtown rezoning, an industrial site plan near SH 121 and a QuikTrip sign plan.
The Collin County Soil & Water Conservation District has Texas bluebonnet seed at $65 a pound and a 20-plus variety fall wildflower mix at $32 a pound, with proceeds going to local conservation programs.
The team and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association said Friday they will begin collective bargaining after what they called 'meaningful discussion.' How many of the 36 active cheerleaders the union will represent has not been announced.
Fresh off straight Division I ratings at region, the Mighty Cardinal Band hosts the UIL Area B 5A contest. Ten bands advance to a finals round that runs past 10 p.m.; tickets are $9.
Every Collin County bond proposition on the Nov. 3 ballot carries the words 'THIS IS A TAX INCREASE.' County projections show the debt rate rising as much as 0.77 cents by 2031; Collin College projects none.
Melissa grew 14.5% to 29,969 residents in the year ending July 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, and has more than doubled since 2020.
Classrooms will fill red bags with non-perishable food Oct. 26 through Nov. 6 for the First Melissa Christmas Angel Program and the Melissa Community Outreach Food Pantry. Football fans can donate at the Nov. 6 varsity game.
The Region C Water Planning Group, which covers Collin County, kept Freese & Nichols, reelected its chair and heard the timeline for new population and demand projections due by April 2028.
