04/28/11 City Council Place 4 incumbent candidate Dick Smith and his wife Janet moved to Celina in 1998 from Duncanville. His employer moved offices from Las Colinas to Addison so the drive became impossible. He and Janet decided to move to Celina.
04/28/11 Cheryl Winger is running for the Celina city council in Place 5. She and her husband John moved to Celina 11 years ago. They have been married 35 years and two grown sons, a daughter-in-law and grandson that all live in nearby cities.
04/27/11 Penny Rathbun/Staff photo Gunter City Manager Mark Millar, center, and Karen and Fred Holt look at a map of the proposed root for phase 4B and 5A of the North Dallas Tollway at a public hearing held in Celina by the North Dallas Tollway Authority.
04/21/11 Photo courtesy of Texas Forest Service - With fires raging in many parts of West Texas, firefighters are doing what they can to keep the fires from reaching cities and other structures. Techniques used to keep the fires at bay include controlled burns and digging fire trenches.
04/17/11 Submitted artwork - This map illustrates the district lines as proposed by the House Redistricting Committee April 13. District 33 is a new district that will absorb the Collin County side of Frisco and the northern and western boundaries of Collin County.
04/15/11 Celina resident Tracy Fiers is bringing awareness of the city of Celina to over 10,000 women across the state of Texas.
04/11/11 The Celina Record will sponsor a candidate forum for Celina school board candidates at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19 at the Celina ISD building at 205 South Colorado just off the square. Everyone is invited to attend.
04/07/11 Courtesy photo/Collin County ? A proposed map detailing the design, construction segments and location of Collin County?s Outer Loop. Next Monday will be a busy day for county commissioners as they plan their regular court meeting and schedule a public update on the progress of the Outer Loop.
03/31/11 Kenneth B. Teese, executive vice president of sales, demonstrates WatchGuard Video's DV-1 for a tour group at the company's ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 3. The company introduced in October a high-definition dash cam for law enforcement agency vehicles, the first of its kind in the industry.
03/26/11 Penny Rathbun/Staff photo Executive Director of The Crape Myrtle Trails of McKinney Susan Owens was the featured speaker at the Preston Trails Rotary meeting last Friday.
03/26/11 Courtesy photo ? Volunteers from Simpson Strong-Tie work on a home in Gunter, Texas for Army veteran Levi Wilson. The McKinney-based Smiles Charity will hold a "Casino Night" on Saturday to raise money for the home-building charity that provides no-cost homes to injured combat veterans.
03/26/11 Penny Rathbun/ Staff photo Celina Mayor Jim Lewis, left, presents City Manager Jason Gray with a plaque for his service to the city at Gray's final council meeting on Monday. Gray has accepted the position of city manager in McKinney.
03/26/11 The Celina Fire Department has put a new ambulance on the road. At Monday's regular council meeting CoServ Charitable Foundation Executive Director Dennis Engelke presented a check to Mayor Jim Lewis and Fire Chief Mark Metdker for a grant for $25,500 to be used for the ambulance.
03/26/11 Frisco voters: Do you support using public bond money to fund the Arts of Collin County?
03/10/11 Photo courtesy of Maria Nolan - From left: Austin McCowen (McKinney ISD, sophomore), Landon Beauchamp (Frisco ISD, freshman), Peter Madrala (Jesuit, senior) and Thomas Baert (Jesuit, freshman).
03/10/11 Penny Rathbun/The Celina Record Celina residents, school teachers and staff crowd the meeting room in the school administration building on Colorado Street at Monday's meeting. Many were there to express disapproval of how personnel matters are being handled in the district.
03/09/11 Now that spring has given way to warmer and more agreeable weather for the outdoor type, Collin County's county roads will once again be filled with cyclists.
03/03/11 Penny Rathbun/The Celina Record This is the new traffic light installed at the corner of Coit Road and U.S. Highway 380. Studies in May 2009 showed that over 40,000 vehicles traversed that intersection every weekday.
02/28/11 Penny Rathbun/The Celina Record Allen artist Lamont Skinner paints the sign for a new restaurant on the square, The Southern Kitchen. Owners John Howse and Tracie Davis hope to be open by March 7 or 8. The restaurant will serve southern comfort food.
02/27/11 Penny Rathbun/The Celina Record Celina City Manager Jason Gray will take the city manager position in McKinney next month after being on the job in Celina since March. Here he facilitates the council's goal-setting session in April 2010. | 
