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View MoreCelina couple pleads guilty to $697K COVID loan fraud
Craig and Chemika Bennett of Celina pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after fabricating employees and expenses to steal $697,000 in PPP loans, as part of a $245 million national DOJ enforcement sweep called Operation No Doze.
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View MoreProsper Fire overlap rate hits 57% as August calls surge
Prosper Fire Rescue responded to 467 calls in August 2026, the busiest month of the year through August, with the department's overlapping calls rate reaching 57% compared to 36% a year earlier.
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View MoreDenton County confirms fourth West Nile virus case as mosquito season peaks
Denton County Public Health confirmed its fourth human West Nile virus case on Sept. 8, with each of the four 2026 patients diagnosed with the severe neuroinvasive form of the disease.
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View MoreProsper keeps Flock cameras as six Texas cities pull back
Prosper's police department continues operating Flock Safety cameras, drones, and a real-time crime center funded partly by the same state grant program Gov. Greg Abbott paused Aug. 26. At least six other Texas cities have ended or frozen their Flock contracts since the order.
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View MoreProsper closes First Street at railroad crossing Sept. 4
First Street in Prosper will be closed at the railroad crossing Friday, Sept. 4, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. while BNSF Railway relocates the railroad signal.
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View MoreCelina Fire Station #2 hosts free open house Sept. 19
The Celina Fire Department will host a free open house at Fire Station #2 on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring station tours, equipment displays, kids' activities and fire safety demonstrations.
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View MoreCelina promotes Kyle Peck to assistant police chief
Kyle Peck was sworn in Aug. 27 as Celina's new assistant police chief, filling the vacancy left when Brent Brown departed to lead the Prosper Police Department.
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View MoreBurn bans now cover all of Prosper and Celina
Denton and Collin County Commissioners Courts declared mandatory burn bans effective Aug. 25, 2026, prohibiting all outdoor burning across Prosper and Celina, with Denton County violators facing a $500 fine and no set end date for either ban.
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View MoreCelina to build larger replacement for Fire Station 2 near Light Farms
Celina plans to construct a replacement Fire Station 2 adjacent to the existing Light Farms location, then renovate the original building for other department uses, as the fast-growing city expands its emergency services footprint beyond four stations.
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